News Archive
All landlords belonging to the National Landlords Association will in future have to go on educational courses...
The immigration status of tenants will only have to be checked under a ‘light touch’ regime, housing minister Mark Prisk has said...
Claims on a website advertising “unlimited access” for £4.99 to properties that accept tenants on housing benefits have been banned by the advertising watchdog...
A new property disputes service has launched for private landlords. The new service from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) will allow both commercial and private landlords, and tenants of both sectors, to settle their property disputes...
Lending by Paragon Mortgages to buy-to-let landlords rose to £102.3m in the six months to the end of March...
Software supplier CML is launching bespoke portals for letting agencies which allow both landlords and tenants to keep individual track of events...
If you are concerned your rental property is not yielding the maximum return, just follow these seven simple income-boosting tips...
So the Government wants us to carry out immigration checks on prospective tenants. Well, unlike a lot of those who have commented on the proposals, I support the general thrust of what is trying to be achieved but have a few questions of my own...
A tenancy referencing firm approached the Government three years ago and offered an immigrants’ checking service which would have cost taxpayers nothing...
Capita has launched a new insured tenancy deposit scheme which has been approved by the Government Capita Tenancy Deposit Protection (TDP) will offer dispute resolution services via an existing ombudsman scheme, Ombudsman Services, and becomes the fourth provider in England and Wales...
Rents in April rose right across England and Wales, with average rents 3.9% higher than the same month last year – but tenants struggled to keep up with their payments...
A Newham landlord charged with offences relating to letting out properties without a licence failed to show up at hearings...
Landlords planning to expand their portfolios have been warned to steer clear of so-called student pods, Investors Chronicle has reported...
Almost a quarter of buy-to-let landlords are planning to purchase at least one further property over the next 12 months...
Actor Nigel Havers – who ironically rented a property while playing a conman in Coronation Street – told how he was ripped off by a rogue letting agent who vanished without trace...
The agents featured in the BBC Watchdog programme have strongly denied any wrongdoing. Reeds Rains, Your Move – both part of LSL – and Foxtons were named in the programme, which criticised their links with utility firm Spark Energy...
Landlords face a very real possibility of heavy fines under proposed new immigration laws, a law firm has warned...
New planning restrictions on Houses in Multiple Occupation are having an adverse effect on local rental markets, the Government has admitted...
The ratio of deposit disputes in England & Wales is just over 1% according to official figures released by the Department for Communities and Local Government...
Nearly 40% of tenants who are trying to escape being part of today’s ‘Generation Rent’ could become home-buyers when the 95% Help to Buy scheme is implemented in January...
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- NLA to insist on mandatory training for all members in future ........
- Immigrant checks would be 'light touch', Prisk promises........
- Benefit claimants lettings portal rapped by advertising watchdog........
- New property disputes service unveiled for landlords........
- Paragon's lending to buy-to-let landlords shoots up........
- New portals launched for landlords and tenants........
- Crystal Horwood Blog........
- Rental services firm offered ministers free immigrant check service........
- Capita launches new tenancy deposit protection scheme........
- Average rents on the rise as London hits new record........
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