May 2006 – Issue 009 ========================================================== We continue here with our series of LandlordZONE Newsletter editions on the topic of Licensing and the requirements of the Housing Act 2004. The licensing requirement for HMOs became effective in April: the licence will be issued to “fit and proper persons� who operate HMOs and can demonstrate good [...]
It was announced in the Budget 2006 that the Landlords Energy Saving Allowance was to be extended to include draught proofing and the insulation of hot water systems. The scheme, which was first announced in the 2004 Budget, provides £1,500 for landlords investing in energy saving measures for their properties. There are also other measure [...]
Hipag’s seminars offer lifeline to independent estate agents and high street solicitors “How HIPs (Home Information Packs) will impact local businesses” London, 23 May 2006 — Hipag Services www.hipag.co.uk the leading supplier of Home Information Packs to independent estate agents and solicitors, is holding a series of nationwide Seminars explaining the impact of the Packs [...]
Solving the housing crisis in the countryside is achievable – says the Affordable Rural Housing Commission in its final report to Government Rural communities need a major increase in subsidised housing, if the next generation is not to be priced out of the countryside, according to the independent Affordable Rural Housing Commission (ARHC)¹ in its [...]
Since 2001 the Law Commission has been working on a project to simplify housing law. This project, which is being led by Professor Martin Partington CBE, should eventually result in new legislation being brought in on housing tenure which will effectively sweep away more than 100 years of previous housing laws. Eventually is perhaps the [...]
April and May this year brought a flood of new legislation and regulation to perplex private landlords, say Leaders, the Letting Agents. First came a requirement to register all Houses in Multiple Occupation, HMOs with the Local Authority and to obtain a Licence at a cost that varied from one authority to another of £5-700 [...]
Independent Estate Agents could be ‘left behind in the HIPs goldrush’ says Hipag chief executive London, 5.6.06: Britain’s Estate Agents should prepare now for the introduction of Home Information Packs – not wait until 2007 – or they risk being left behind in the HIPs goldrush. This is what Rob Hailstone, chief executive of Hipag [...]
MENTION SITTING TENANTS AND MOST LANDLORDS would reel in horror! A friend of mine recently asked me how they should be dealt with. His friend had purchased a property and not realised the consequences of his actions. His solicitor must have been inept. He had bought the property with the promise that it could be [...]
ANYONE WHO INVESTS IN COMMERCIAL PROPERTY will probably know that it is treated generously by the taxman. For example, a couple who make a profit of £100,000 selling a shop could end up with a tax bill of just over £1,000, meaning they pay tax at a rate of just over 1%. Commercial property qualifies [...]
The LandlordZONE Journal – “LandlordLOG� April 2006 – Issue 008 =========================================================== The UK Housing Act 2004 involves one of the biggest changes for landlords for many years and most of its provisions will be enacted in April 2006. We continue this series on the Housing Act with a primer on the The Residential Property Tribunal [...]
