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Making commonhold default tenure will have 'unintended consquences'

Making commonhold default tenure will have 'unintended consquences'

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A leading leasehold expert has warned that commonhold reforms will hit property values and shift costs onto individual flat owners including those belonging to private landlords.

Landlord's electricity meter switch off 'nightmare' highlights big problems

Landlord's electricity meter switch off 'nightmare' highlights big problems

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A Glasgow landlord fears his tenants could be left without heating or hot water after his energy supplier delayed replacing their Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) meter.

'This is not 1915' - leading academic warns ministers over new rent controls

'This is not 1915' - leading academic warns ministers over new rent controls

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Duncan McLennan says harking back to previous rent control experiments isn't realistic, and that a 'revolution in home building' is needed instead.

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Big midlands council says new £1,100 HMO licences 'justified'

Big midlands council says new £1,100 HMO licences 'justified'

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Peterborough defends decision to bring some 1,800 smaller HMOs into its licensing clutches.

'Historic shift' from residential to commercial property revealed

'Historic shift' from residential to commercial property revealed

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Report from Handelbanken paints picture of regulation bearing down on investor sentiment with predictable results.

'Ending ASTs gives tenants power  they don't want' reveals research

'Ending ASTs gives tenants power  they don't want' reveals research

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Renters' Rights Bill will also end the 'flexibility' of tenure that landlords and tenants have been enjoying for decades.

UPDATED: Letting agents now face anti money laundering checks

UPDATED: Letting agents now face anti money laundering checks

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From Wednesday 14 May 2025 letting agents are required to check landlords, tenants and guarantors by making anti money laundering (AML) checks

A read asks - What will be the effect of the Renters' rights bill on my buy to let business? 

A read asks - What will be the effect of the Renters' rights bill on my buy to let business? 

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The Renters' Rights Bill will become law soon; a reader asks, what will be the result of it on my buy-to-let portfolio?

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Landlords to gain two‑week eviction power for anti‑social tenants

Landlords to gain two‑week eviction power for anti‑social tenants

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Government's Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan empowers landlords to evict unruly tenants in two weeks,enhancing eviction grounds and court processes.

How to Evaluate a Potential Real Estate Investment Opportunity

How to Evaluate a Potential Real Estate Investment Opportunity

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Evaluating a potential real estate investment opportunity can be stressful. There are many factors to consider, including market conditions and property prices. However, it's also important to consider whether your plan for improvements will be successful in increasing the value of the prop

Child poverty activist revealed as new leader of Generation Rent

Child poverty activist revealed as new leader of Generation Rent

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Generation Rent has appointed charity boss Ben Twomey as its new director, replacing Baroness Alicia Kennedy. Twomey joins the campaigning group from his current role as director of policy and communications at the National Youth Advocacy Service and has p

BREAKING: Landlords 'to be given three more years' to reach EPC minimum

BREAKING: Landlords 'to be given three more years' to reach EPC minimum

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Ministers are considering a punitive scheme to fine landlords up to �30,000 if they fail to upgrade their properties to a minimum band C by an extended deadline of 2028 instead of the current 2025. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero had previ

App that helps tenants fix their own leaks launches service for landlords

App that helps tenants fix their own leaks launches service for landlords

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National video maintenance platform Help me Fix is extending its reach to more self-managing private landlords with the launch of a new service. The software virtually connects tenants to tradespeople who can resolve simple maintenance issues remotely and for more complicated on

Southern Landlord Show to offer advice on tax, law, EPCs and mortgages

Southern Landlord Show to offer advice on tax, law, EPCs and mortgages

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Landlords in the South of England are being invited to attend a landlord show being held by one of the regions larger letting agencies. Charters, which is holding even at its large HQ in Southampton tomorrow, says the show will offer buy-to-let landlords advice on how to mana

Housing ministers contradict themselves over Renters Reform Act plans

Housing ministers contradict themselves over Renters Reform Act plans

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Housing ministers contradict on Renters Reform Bill timing after mixed signals from Rachel Maclean over publication date.

Big council sets housing policy based on 'shrinking landlord numbers'

Big council sets housing policy based on 'shrinking landlord numbers'

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Barnet Council has announced new housing strategies based partly on its experience of a shrinking private rented sector. The London boroughs new Housing, Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy proposes increasing the supply of affordable housing for rent and

BBC Panorama blames councils AND landlords for Britain's housing crisis

BBC Panorama blames councils AND landlords for Britain's housing crisis

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A council and housing association attracted as much criticism as private landlords in a Panorama investigation on the topic, Whats gone wrong with our housing? Last nights BBC1 programme initially talked about greedy landlords cashing in� at the B