Marc Shoffman

Read my articles below...

As landlords grapple with rising costs, experts are warning that tenants may be unknowingly invalidating their insurance. ...
New research has revealed the “true cost” of being a landlord after property maintenance costs soared by 26.24% since 2022. ...
The House of Lords is currently considering a series of amendments to the controversial Renters’ Rights Bill. ...
The Government may want to give tenants more power to challenge rent increases but it doesn't appear to have any data to backup why this is required. ...
Universities are successfully raising tens of millions of pounds by renting out empty student halls to combat the higher education sector’s funding crisis, research suggests. ...
Property investors could take advantage of Permitted Development Rights (PDR) to reap rewards from creating homes from non-residential stock without having to navigate laborious planning permission processes, an advisory firm claims. ...
A Cardiff landlord who attempted to evict her tenant using WhatsApp has been prosecuted for unlawful eviction. ...
The level of rental revenues lost by landlords due to void periods has increased by 19% across England over the past year, research suggests. ...
Uncertainty over policy direction has led Scotland’s private rental sector (PRS) to undergo “a reset,” research suggest. ...
More than half of homes in England currently fall below the C Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating that landlords will be required to meet by 2030, research shows. ...
The Work and Pensions Secretary is examining a controversial system that automatically approves landlord requests to deduct tenants’ benefits to pay rent arrears and ongoing rent. ...
Landlords in Scotland are facing extra taxes when purchasing additional properties for their buy-to-let portfolio. ...
Landlords may finally have some good news in the buy-to-let market. ...
Average rental yields achieved by landlords increased to their highest level since March 2011 during the fourth quarter of last year, new data shows. ...
Selective landlord licensing has been extended to almost 1,900 more properties in Manchester. ...
The Government has confirmed the end of Section 21 no-fault eviction notices as part of its newly published Renters’ Rights Bill but questions are already being raised about whether courts can cope. ...
Renters will struggle if life gets more difficult, an analyst has warned. ...
Good landlords have nothing to fear from rental reforms, the Housing Minister has claimed. ...
The Government may have signalled the end of no-fault evictions but it is not enough for one tenant group. ...
The most vulnerable tenants may pay the highest price...
A consultant says councils are becoming sharper at licensing enforcement...
A tax rise coming in just five weeks’ time will...
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