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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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Property investment firm cautioned over 'unclear' newspaper advert

Property investment firm cautioned over 'unclear' newspaper advert

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A holiday property investment company has had its knuckles rapped over a misleading advert in The Times that promised investors whopping returns.

Landlords to face longer, harsher licensing schemes, says CIEH

Landlords to face longer, harsher licensing schemes, says CIEH

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The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has secured two amendments around tougher licensing rules in the next Renters’ Rights Bill debate.

Rise in number of landlords allowing tenants to redecorate

Rise in number of landlords allowing tenants to redecorate

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Surprising new research has revealed that three quarters of landlords would allow a tenant to redecorate their home, and half of landlords would pay for the costs of completing the work.

Housing law expert to host 'deep dive' into Labour's reforms

Housing law expert to host 'deep dive' into Labour's reforms

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Landlords are being invited to join a deep dive into the Renters’ Rights Bill during a two-day online conference featuring big hitters from the property sector.

Thousands of HMO landlords to face tougher rules in East of England

Thousands of HMO landlords to face tougher rules in East of England

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Norwich Council is overhauling its HMO policy by bringing in higher standards and tougher enforcement action.

Stretched councils 'unable to police landlords' mouldy homes'

Stretched councils 'unable to police landlords' mouldy homes'

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Local authorities are not enforcing private landlords’ legal duty to maintain safe housing, a BBC investigation has found.

High-profile landlord warns Energy Secretary over EPC upgrade plan

High-profile landlord warns Energy Secretary over EPC upgrade plan

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Nottingham benefits landlord Mick Roberts has warned that the government’s push to get rental properties up to an EPC C by 2030 could backfire.

Labour struggling with house building – quantity as well as quality

Labour struggling with house building – quantity as well as quality

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Angela Rayner’s promise to build 1.5 million new homes this Parliament is looking increasingly optimistic

BTL via Ltd company now most popular route

BTL via Ltd company now most popular route

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Seven out of 10 landlords planning to buy a new rental property during the next 12 months will use a limited company structure, it has been claimed.