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06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

With savers receiving miserable returns, many shrewd investors are turning to the buy-to-let sector as a means of supplementing their income,...
17 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords allowing illegal immigrants to live in their properties may face jail after hundreds of people suspected of not having...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Gavin Barwell has been appointed the new Minister for Housing, Planning and London, taking over from Brandon Lewis, who has moved...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Professional investors should be exempt from the recently introduced 3% stamp duty surcharge, according to the Better Renting for Britain campaign. Some of...
06 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Housing Minister Brandon Lewis has written to all local councils in England in order to clarify homelessness guidance following pressure from...
22 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The Government is poised to introduce tough new laws for landlords this week – with fines of up to £30,000 for...
22 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Local authorities that charge landlords for licences solely to collect information on the number of landlords in an area have been...
18 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has announced new measures that will clamp down on “criminal” landlords who “trap and cram vulnerable tenants...
10 November 2015
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Local councils are being urged to drop landlord licensing schemes following the publication of new laws showing that they are not...
15 October 2015
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The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) claims there is a major drafting error in Government regulations affecting the end of private sector...
18 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backtracked on suggestions that the government may introduce longer standard tenancy agreements in the private rental...
18 August 2015
From: Breaking News

If the first few hours of the new government’s approach to housing are anything to go by, it could be a...