The Residential Landlords Association has praised David Cameron for his opposition to government proposals to use planning legislation as a way of breaking up the areas of shared student housing that surround the UK’s universities and colleges. An Early Day Motion from the Tory leader has called for the revocation of an order – due [...]

Commenting on today’s mortgage data published by the Bank of England, the Council of Mortgage Lenders notes that interest rates on new mortgages continue to fall, while the average rate on the outstanding stock is stable. 29 March 2010 – CML senior economist Paul Samter observed: * The average rate on mortgages advanced in February [...]

While 99.4 per cent of private tenants’ rent deposits are returned without problems at the end of the lease period, there has been a marked shift in the outcome of disputes in the remaining cases, with landlords being more successful with claims than a year ago. An analysis of the dispute resolution scheme run by [...]

The Government has now published the Statutory Instrument which will lift the rent threshold for Assured Shorthold Tenancies from £25,000 to £100,000 a year. EstateAgentToday.co.uk – Monday 29th March 2010 The Assured Tenancies (Amendment) (England) Order 2010 will come into force on October 1. As its title suggests, it will apply in England only, and [...]

13 years of Labour interference in the private rented sector (PRS) have left us with pointless red tape and costs, thousands of benefit claimants who cannot find homes to rent, and a raft of present and proposed future legislation that is nothing more or less than “landlord bashing”. propertytalklive.co.uk – 26 March 2010 The gross [...]