- Written by: Graham Norwood
A government department is asking landlords to share their data in a bid to improve services. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Over 5,000 leaseholders – some of them private landlords – could get refunds on their ground rent after the Competition and Markets Authority won new pledges from nine firms that bought freeholds from housebuilder Taylor Wimpey. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
An upbeat report on the booming private rental market in Prime Central London has been released by investment consultancy London Central Portfolio. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Refusing to have a professional inventory on a property could be a false economy for landlords. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A council says it’s offering private sector landlords an opportunity to lease their vacant property and help support local residents who require temporary accommodation. ...
- Written by: Perdip Kaur Bhach
In its latest plans, the government is hoping to make the leasehold system fairer for leaseholders through a brand new Reform Act. There are a number of things to consider for all parties when the new Act comes into force. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The government's ban on charging ground rent on leases in England and Wales comes into force today. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of homes for rent. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The Welsh Government, which recently pushed back its so-called rental revolution until December, has nonetheless published extensive new guidelines about the changes. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The John Lewis Partnership is to offer short- and long-term lets when it builds flats to rent at three locations in southern England. ...
- Written by: Daniel Evans
As a landlord, you will know and recognise that your inventory is one of the most important pieces of documentation that you will have in your arsenal. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Details have been released of a scheme seeking to encourage private landlords to lease their properties to local councils. ...
- Written by: Ann Ebberson
For many years now developers, freeholders and landlords have been engaged in the practice of utilising ground rents as lucrative investments that could be packaged and sold as a means of continued income after a residential property had been built ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The government has announced that its ban on charging ground rent on new leases in England and Wales comes into force on June 30, in just over two months’ time. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Fifteen businesses which had bought freeholds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground rents to double in price. ...
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