Tenancies will “change overnight’ once the Renters’ Rights Bill comes into force, Sean Hooker, of the Property Redress Scheme, has warned.
Hikes in stamp duty rates have failed to dampened landlords’ appetite to buy more properties, a new survey has revealed.
North Herts Council has created a tenants’ charter to set out the rights and responsibilities of tenants, landlords and the council, in a bid to keep private rented homes up to scratch.
Three quarters of landlords believe the private rented sector has got worse recently and half are planning to quit, the new report has also found.
Three of the top five landlords in parliament are now Labour MPs, including the biggest landlord, new MP Jas Athwal.
Keen thirty-something investors have helped to lower the average age of private landlords by four years over the last decade.
A landlord who sent offensive emails to MSP Patrick Harvie (main image) about his anti-landlord policies has been convicted of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner.
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Smaller landlords need as much protection as tenants, a Lords committee inquiry into the regulation of property agents has been told.
