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![Renters Reform Bill back in tomorrow’s King’s Speech](/upload/images/shutterstock_1889253424.jpg)
Informed leaks from unnamed government sources, and rolled out in the mainstream media, confirm that a version of the Renters Reform...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Huge surge in Right To Rent checks as non-compliance fines soar](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
There’s been a surge in Right to Rent checks - up 577% year on year. Under the Right to Rent Scheme, civil...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour claims link between Section 21 and homelessness](/upload/images/shutterstock_270470528.jpg)
Labour says there’s a link between Section 21 powers granted to landlords and what it claims is a total of 4,400...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Asylum seekers and HMOs - legal challenge to rules relaxation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health gas come out in support of a legal challenge to the government’s draft regulations exempting...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Decorating Tips For Renters With Limited Scope for Changes](/upload/images/shutterstock_1500458468.jpg)
If you live in a rented home, you’ll know the struggles of wanting to make your home feel like your own...
02 September 2023
From: Top tips & guides
![Lawyer says landlords face bankruptcy risk over migrant fines](/upload/images/shutterstock_1086803045.jpg)
A leading property law firm is warning that landlords face bankruptcy as a result of the massive increase in fines they...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Asylum Seekers in HMOs - government to slash red tape for landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
The government is proposing to slash the regulations on HMOs used to house asylum seekers. Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Braverman clampdown on sex-pest landlords with new law](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
A new law is being considered to crack down on predatory landlords exploiting vulnerable people for sex in return for free...
24 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Home Office says landlords do not ‘systematically discriminate’ against tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The government has published the findings of a review into the operation of Right To Rent by private landlords and letting...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax Self Assessment - the mistakes landlords make…](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxRefund-400x310.png)
It’s the time of year when everyone is rushing to meet the self-assessment deadlines. Unfortunately, experience shows that there will be...
28 January 2023
From: Tax & Finance
![Green Premium on capital values may justify energy efficiency upgrades](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EcoHome-400x310.png)
A new report by the Santander bank claims a ‘green premium’ based on energy efficiency is emerging in the UK’s property...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlords’ Alert - complex new tenant checks begin this weekend](/upload/images/library/TenantsLandlordTalking-400x310.png)
Industry body Propertymark is reminding landlords as well as agents in England to be ready for significant changes to the way...
29 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Yet more government guidance for landlords on Right To Rent](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/IdentityChecks-1-400x310.jpg)
The Home Office has issued yet another update of its Right To Rent guidance for landlords and tenants. It advises them on...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tomorrow - webinar for landlords on upcoming Right To Rent changes](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Webinar-400x310-min.jpeg)
One of the country’s most respected property lawyers is to discuss changes to rental processes live at a webinar tomorrow. David Smith,...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb offers free short-term housing for 100,000 Ukraine refugees](/upload/images/Logos/Airbnb-Alt-400x310.jpg)
Airbnb says it will offer free short-term housing to up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine. These stays will be funded by Airbnb...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Right To Rent Changes: new deadline for landlords](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Passport-400x310.png)
There’s been yet another deadline change for the revised Right To Rent rules. Temporary checks introduced at the height of the pandemic...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Anti-discrimination guide for landlords issued by government](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/IdentityChecks-1-400x310.jpg)
The government has issued a new guide to ensure landlords do not discriminate while enforcing the Right To Rent regulations. It applies...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Confirmed - new ID technology can be used in Right To Rent](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Identification-400x310.jpg)
The Home Office has confirmed that landlords, letting agents and employers will be able to use certified new technology to digitally...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![2022 Rental Trends - a Build To Rent perspective](/upload/images/library/BTR-Block-400x310.jpg)
1. Outdoor space: After nearly two years of restrictions, 2022 will see renters continuing to prioritise outdoor space. For residents of...
08 January 2022
From: The Big Issues
![Government issues new Right To Rent guidance for landlords](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Passport-400x310.png)
The Home Office has issued yet another iteration of its guidance for landlords on how to conduct Right To Rent checks. The...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage lenders stop landlords letting to asylum seekers - claim](/upload/images/library/Row-of-houses400x310.png)
An investigation conducted by The Mirror newspaper claims to have found that 55 out of 72 buy to let mortgage lenders...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why landlords shouldn’t use credit cards to pay for refurbs](/upload/images/library/PayingDeposit-400x310.jpg)
Around 20 per cent of landlords surveyed by a bank used a credit card or short-term finance to fund a recent...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Updated Right To Rent user guide for landlords launched](/upload/images/library/ID-Checks-400x310.jpg)
The Home Office has launched a new User Guide for Right To Rent, aimed at landlords and tenants. This guidance provides information...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Webinar on Afghan refugees to tell landlords how they can transform lives](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Smartphone-Technology-400x310.jpg)
Landlords are being invited to a webinar which is billed as helping them understand how letting their properties to Afghan refugees...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government issues formal change to Right To Rent guidance](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Immigration-checks400x310.png)
The government has updated its formal guidance to landlords and letting agents on Right To Rent. This sets out the continuation of...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Right To Rent flip flop - another rule change by government](/upload/images/library/Passport-400x310.png)
Virtual Right To Rent checks by landlords, which were to have been illegal from just next week, are now permissible until...
27 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlord urges others to offer homes to refugee families](/upload/images/library/HousingPuzzle-5-400x310.jpg)
A landlord has set out why he helped a refugee family resettle through renting one of his properties. The landlord - who...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Appeal to landlords to house refugees in government-funded scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
A council is appealing to landlords to help it fulfil a pledge to be a sanctuary to vulnerable refugees. Bristol council has...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![New guidance given to first time landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
The Association of Residential Landlords Association - part of Propertymark - has issued guidance to first time landlords letting out property. Check...
10 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Right To Rent video checks extended until late June](/img/default/llt.png)
The Home Office has told agents that Right To Rent checks can continue to be conducted via video calls until June...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![U-turn on Right To Rent means ‘remote ID checks’ stand](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords are not required to conduct retrospective Right to Rent verification on tenants who had a Covid-adjusted check since March 30...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlords to face tougher fire regulations in HMOs and blocks](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords and managing agents of HMOs could face unlimited fines following new measures being brought in to strengthen fire safety, the...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Jail for landlord and shop owner after death of tenant](/img/default/llt.png)
Two men - one a landlord, the other a shopkeeper- have been jailed after being found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. Mushtaq...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Inventory clerks may rescue landlords from Right To Rent backlog](/img/default/llt.png)
A possible backlog of Right To Rent checks created by new Home Office rules could be alleviated by inventory clerks. Since March,...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landlords “facilitating race discrimination” claims law firm](/img/default/llt.png)
A law firm says landlords being obliged to conduct checks on the immigration status of potential tenants is encouraging and even...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Government warned on Right To Rent - landlords can't meet guidelines](/img/default/llt.png)
The government is being warned landlords won’t be able to meet new guidelines being set for Right To Rent once the Coronavirus...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![New direction for Build To Rent as major player targets suburbia](/img/default/llt.png)
Build To Rent, which has predominantly focussed on secondary sites in major city centres, is branching out to the suburbs. One of...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent changes – are landlords up to speed?](/img/default/llt.png)
In March 2020, the Home Office made a number of changes to the Right to Rent scheme to make it easier...
04 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Top tips on virtual viewings when buying or selling a home](/img/default/llt.png)
Virtual viewings are on the increase according to a new study by the UK's technology-led estate agent, Purplebricks, with one in six buyers...
29 October 2020
From: Lettings PropTech
![10 Essential Safety Requirements For New Landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
With new regulations and rules now in place for landlords, our in-house property experts outline their 10 essential safety requirements for...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Craig Hayward](/img/default/llt.png)
Who are you? Craig Hayward How do you help landlords and property investors? With over 10 years’ experience we have been helping landlords and...
20 October 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![Right To Rent checks to be easier for landlords (well, that’s the theory)](/img/default/llt.png)
Tweaks being made to the Right To Rent system should make it easier for landlords to complete the controversial process. The government...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Are your tenants about to switch to permanent home-working?](/img/default/llt.png)
There are a growing number of companies planning to shut their offices, with a view to having all their staff work...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Britain’s fire safety regime is ‘a national disgrace and politicians are responsible’](/img/default/llt.png)
Three years after the Grenfell fire, 257 tower blocks in Britain, housing about 56,000 people, are still to be made safe,...
25 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Appeal against ruling on Right to Rent judicial review](/img/default/llt.png)
The controversial Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of their tenants, often leads...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent immigration checks adjusted to make it easier for landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
Right to Rent checks has been temporarily adapted due to coronavirus, to make it easier for landlords to carry them out. Effective immediately,...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![New Right to Rent guidance issued by the Home Office](/img/default/llt.png)
Fresh guidance updating how landlords can ensure that they are compliant with the Right to Rent requirements in England has been...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fresh government guidance ‘could leave landlords open to prosecution’](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let landlords are being urged by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) not to follow new guidance from the government on its...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlords look set to influence the future of the Right to Rent scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
Private landlords will have a major say in a court case considering the future of the government’s Right to Rent scheme. The...
10 July 2019
From: Rental Reform
![Tory leadership candidates urged to scrap controversial Right to Rent scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
The two candidates for Conservative leader are being urged to make a public commitment to abolishing the controversial Right to Rent...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and the Right to Rent for EU nationals](/img/default/llt.png)
Few people familiar with the UK property market would dispute the fact that the Right to Rent scheme has been deeply...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent branded ‘a farce’ by RLA](/img/default/llt.png)
The controversial Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of their tenants, has been...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Home Office to review Right to Rent checks following High Court ruling](/img/default/llt.png)
The Home Office has announced that it plans to reassess its Right to Rent scheme that requires landlords in England to...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Government urged to abolish controversial Right to Rent policy](/img/default/llt.png)
The government faces growing pressure to scrap Right to Rent, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, after the...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![High Court review of Right to Rent policy begins today](/img/default/llt.png)
A Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent policy, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, will...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![It’s time to suspend ‘unfair’ Right to Rent scheme, says RLA](/img/default/llt.png)
The Home Office is to reconvene its Private Rented Sector (PRS) stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. The government plans to take...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![EU citizens could be evicted from their rental homes in Britain, warns RLA](/img/default/llt.png)
Thousands of EU nationals could inadvertently lose their rental homes due uncertainty about their status post-Brexit, according to the Residential Landlords...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent legal challenge date set for December](/img/default/llt.png)
The government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, is to be challenged in...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Dominic Raab’s exit leaves us ‘staring down the barrel’ of a housing crisis](/img/default/llt.png)
Kit Malthouse has been named as the government’s latest housing minister after Dominic Raab, who spent just six months in the...
10 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlords’ immigration checks ‘creating a hostile environment’, says RLA](/img/default/llt.png)
The controversial Right to Rent scheme requiring landlords to check the immigration status of new tenants is fuelling discrimination and should...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![More than 400 landlords fined for Right to Rent breaches](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let landlords have been fined on average just over £654 each by the Home office for failing to meet their obligations...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent is a ‘failing policy’ that uses landlords as ‘scapegoats’](/img/default/llt.png)
The government’s Right to Rent' policy has been slammed by a government inspector for failing “to demonstrate its worth” by encouraging...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Legal challenges launched against Right to Rent policy](/img/default/llt.png)
Two separate legal challenges have been launched against government's 'Right to Rent' policy. The scheme, which requires landlords to check the immigration...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Over four in 10 landlords are reluctant to rent to those without a British passport](/img/default/llt.png)
Some 42% of private landlords say the Right to Rent scheme has made them less likely to let to those without...
18 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Why Right to Rent imperfections shouldn’t concern pragmatic landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
The findings of the BBC investigation into ID fraud linked to Right to Rent checks will come as no surprise to...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Council receives fresh funds to tackle rogue landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
The Home Office is hoping to drive up standards in the private rented sector in Bristol by handing £321,750 to Bristol...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Save on tax: 10 ways to potentially cut what you pay to HMRC](/img/default/llt.png)
Very few of us enjoy filling in a tax return. But here are a few suggestions put forward by London based...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Government threatened with legal action over landlord immigration checks](/img/default/llt.png)
The government is facing a legal challenge over its controversial Right to Rent scheme, which effectively forces buy-to-let landlords to act...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Reform the private rented sector so that it is fit for purpose, says expert](/img/default/llt.png)
Stronger enforcement and streamlining of legislation in the private rental sector is urgently required to ensure the abolishment of what is in...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent causing landlords to discriminate against foreign students](/img/default/llt.png)
Many landlords are being left with little alternative but to discriminate against international students as a result of the government’s Right...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Company hit with £250,000 confiscation order following ‘blatant disregard for planning rules’](/img/default/llt.png)
A company letting out an illegally converted house in North West London has been ordered to pay £250,000 under the Proceeds...
12 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Enforcement is ‘fundamental’ to ensure criminal landlords are prosecuted](/img/default/llt.png)
New measures under the Immigration Act 2016, which came into play yesterday, will only be welcomed by those operating in the...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Almost half of landlords refuse to let to those without a UK passport](/img/default/llt.png)
Britons without a passport are struggling to rent due to immigration checks introduced for earlier this year, according to a new survey. The...
19 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Free landlords open evening to be held in Teignbridge](/img/default/llt.png)
A free open evening is being held by Teignbridge Council for anyone interested in letting property in the South Devon district. The...
12 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![More concerns raised over Right To Rent](/img/default/llt.png)
A recent judgment in a court case may significantly reduce the Government’s ability to enforce its ‘right to rent’ policy, according...
19 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Government tells landlords to start Right to Rent checks now](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords are being reminded that there is less than a month to go before Right to Rent goes live across England....
08 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent start date announced](/img/default/llt.png)
The Government has announced that from 1 February 2016 all private landlords in England will have to check new tenants have...
21 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Clarification on right-to-rent rules](/img/default/llt.png)
Following several days of outrage and confusion over the clampdown on letting to illegal migrants, the National Landlords Association (NLA) has...