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A council says it’s offering private sector landlords an opportunity to lease their vacant property and help support local residents who...
13 July 2022
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A new survey from an experienced company in the private rental sector has revealed shocking findings about what landlords really think...
07 June 2022
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Buy-to-let landlords collectively contribute £16.1bn to the British economy through pre-tax spending, which is almost double the estimated £8.5bn a decade...
08 March 2019
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With the 31 January deadline for the 2017/18 self assessment tax returns just days away, Blick Rothenberg offers some last minute...
29 January 2019
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Buy-to-let landlords looking to invest in Croydon or stay on top of industry best practice are invited to attend a free...
25 January 2019
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With a new year now upon us, it’s time to look forward to what might happen (and what is definitely happening)...
15 January 2019
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Trading standards will almost certainly need help from consumers to help police the ban on letting fees, according to PayProp. As part...
27 November 2018
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Buy-to-let landlords could save hundreds, if not thousands of pounds every year by not instructing a letting agent to let their property. The...
01 August 2018
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An online petition calling for buy-to-let tax relief changes to be reversed has received almost 16,500 signatures. Buy-to-let landlord and property investment...
05 July 2018
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The government has responded to a petition calling on the reintroduction of full mortgage interest relief and the scrapping of the...
30 May 2018
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Buy-to-let landlords are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help pay for higher letting agents...
15 May 2018
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The government’s Tenant Fees Bill now introduced to the Commons is a ‘missed opportunity’ to make quicker and more lasting improvements in...
04 May 2018
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An online student accommodation service has launched in Bristol offering to cover landlords for up to six months’ worth of unpaid...
09 April 2018
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Recent research from Fixflo shows that nearly 42% of all agents in the UK believe the looming letting fees ban will...
16 March 2018
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With the 31 January deadline for the 2016/17 self assessment tax returns almost upon us, Blick Rothenberg offers some last minute...
30 January 2018
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Rent prices will increase next year, according to the latest property market analysis. Shortages of suitable properties to let and greater demand...
12 December 2017
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The government introduced a draft bill to parliament yesterday to ban letting agents and landlords from charging introductory fees to tenants...
02 November 2017
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New research from Fixflo shows that nearly 42% of all agents in the UK believe the looming letting fees ban will...
05 October 2017
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Almost a third of buy-to-let landlords are unaware of the proposals for a draft bill banning letting agent fees, according to...
07 September 2017
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Letting agents will compensate for potential losses resulting from a future ban on letting agent fees paid by tenants by increasing...
05 September 2017
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Buy-to-let landlords should be responsible for paying letting agent fees in Wales, despite some concerns that this will lead to higher...
22 August 2017
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A host of Brexit bills dominated last week’s Queens’s speech, while there were also a few main non-Brexit proposals announced outlining...
27 June 2017
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The Queen’s Speech was unsurprisingly dominated by Brexit, with a host of proposed new laws designed to prepare the UK for...
22 June 2017
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With landlords’ purse strings being tightened by tax changes and a mortgage squeeze, a growing number of buy-to-let investors are choosing...
20 June 2017
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With only a few hours left of voting in the general election, the balance of power will have a major impact...
08 June 2017
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The number of rental homes available in London dropped sharply in April, while only increasing marginally across the rest of the...
26 May 2017
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Buy-to-let landlords currently contribute £15.9bn per year to the British economy through pre-tax spending on running their portfolios, which is more...
12 May 2017
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There has been a significant increase in the number of landlords exiting the buy-to-let sector due to higher stamp duty costs...
26 April 2017
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The consultation period for the proposed ban on letting agents’ fees in England should either be extended or suspended until after...
26 April 2017
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The recent conviction of letting agent Thirunga Damayantharan for illegally keeping £15,000 of tenancy deposits has taken the total value of...
18 April 2017
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Following a raft of changes, including tax measures, in the buy-to-let sector, the government has now published its consultation on banning...
10 April 2017
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Tenants will not benefit from the government’s ban on letting agent fees - because the costs will be passed on in...
10 April 2017
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The pace of UK rental growth has more than halved since the end of March 2016, slowing consistently since the introduction...
07 April 2017
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Changes to letting agent fees could lead to increased rent arrears and higher repossessions as a consequence of a potential reduction...
28 March 2017
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Despite pressure from the property industry, including landlords, letting agents and housebuilders, the chancellor Philip Hammond opted not to reverse the...
09 March 2017
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Rental prices look set to increase in the coming months on the back of a growing supply-demand imbalance, the latest Private...
24 February 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has reiterated its call for the government to reconsider banning letting agents in England...
01 February 2017
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Demand for rented homes has fallen to a two-year low, while the supply of properties to rent has edged up marginally,...
30 January 2017
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The substantial imbalance between supply and demand is likely to persist, maintaining upward pressure on rental prices in 2017, according to...
03 January 2017
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Rents will continue to increase next year, owed in part to a reduction in housing supply in the private rented sector...
20 December 2016
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Letting agents in England will be banned from charging fees to tenants under plans announced by the chancellor in his Autumn...
24 November 2016
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A new Fair Fees Forum has been launched by the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) in order to help prevent excessive...
18 October 2016
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All letting agency fees should be paid by landlords, rather than tenants, as is the case in Scotland, according to Citizens...
19 September 2016
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The average flatsharing tenant has increased their budget in order to stay in line with rent increases, according to EasyRoommate. The flatsharing...
17 August 2016
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The government’s intention to reform rental deposits has been broadly welcomed, but one letting agent believes that they should be abolished altogether. The...
15 June 2016
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Property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market should look to university towns in the North West to find the...
01 June 2016
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Chancellor George Osborne is presenting the “summer budget” tomorrow with rumours circulating that he will give in to calls to close...
07 July 2015
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A tenants' campaign group says it has identified 21 letting agents out of 56 in one London borough which do not...
06 July 2015
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UK landlords are at risk of overestimating the profitability of their buy-to-let investment by neglecting to take into account key running...