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Landlord to repay tenants £21,000 after failing to license HMO

Landlord to repay tenants £21,000 after failing to license HMO

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Four tenants have won £21,076 from their landlord who failed to explain why she hadn’t licensed her damp and cold HMO.

Rocketing leasehold charges trapping landlords with unsaleable flats

Rocketing leasehold charges trapping landlords with unsaleable flats

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Many landlords are struggling to sell leasehold flats because management charges have reached astronomical levels with many now forking out £2,000 or more a year.

Housing minister reveals plans to digitise property buying and selling

Housing minister reveals plans to digitise property buying and selling

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Landlords buying or selling homes will soon enjoy a smoother and quicker property transaction process after the Government announced that it is to digitise the system.

Salvation Army joins growing calls for Labour to unfreeze LHA

Salvation Army joins growing calls for Labour to unfreeze LHA

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The Salvation Army has joined calls for the UK government to help prevent homelessness in Scotland by scrapping the planned freeze on Local Housing Allowance (LHA).

Labour to force landlords to achieve EPC band C minimum

Labour to force landlords to achieve EPC band C minimum

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The government has confirmed its plan to force all private landlords to get their rental properties up to an EPC C – from the current EPC E – by 2030.

Renters’ Rights could scupper students’ uni plans

Renters’ Rights could scupper students’ uni plans

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Students from the UK and overseas could miss out on a university education unless the Government makes urgent changes to its Renters’ Rights Bill.

Tenants rescued by inspection officers after ignoring CO alarm

Tenants rescued by inspection officers after ignoring CO alarm

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A Birmingham Council officer has saved the lives of a family of renters during a selective licensing compliance visit.

Rental reforms stir controversy in House of Lords

Rental reforms stir controversy in House of Lords

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Despite warnings about potential unintended consequences of the Renters’ Rights Bill, the Bill is speeding through Parliament

Minister reveals end to rent controls in Scotland

Minister reveals end to rent controls in Scotland

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The Scottish government will scrap its temporary rent control legislation on 31st March, in a move which promises to boost landlords’ confidence.

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Landlord wins key legal case over 'unworkable' prohibition orders

Landlord wins key legal case over 'unworkable' prohibition orders

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A landlord has won an unusual Tribunal victory after their local council tried to prevent a property being rented out because, it alleged, its spiral staircase was too dangerous for workmen over 60 years old to use.

Leading landlord receives MBE in New Year Honours List

Leading landlord receives MBE in New Year Honours List

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A leading landlord has received an OBE within the New Year Honours List along with one other property figure.

Hundreds of landlords duped into illegal tax avoidance schemes

Hundreds of landlords duped into illegal tax avoidance schemes

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As much as £100 million in tax avoidance could have disappeared before taxation expert Dan Neidle of Tax Policy Associates (TPA) “blew the whistle” on the schemes

Student landlords facing 'horrendous' situation over reforms

Student landlords facing 'horrendous' situation over reforms

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The Tory Government’s assault on the student accommodation sector will see the number of private landlords operating within it halve by 2033, it has been claimed.

Higher costs and eviction reform worrying hard-pressed landlords

Higher costs and eviction reform worrying hard-pressed landlords

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Landlords are becoming increasingly worried about both rising costs and the Government’s plans to scrap ‘no fault’ Section 21 evictions next year, it has been claimed.

Shelter refutes claim it has 'become too big'

Shelter refutes claim it has 'become too big'

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Shelter has told a BBC TV show that the organisation has not become too big.

Merry Xmas - here's a bit of festive landlord poetry fun!

Merry Xmas - here's a bit of festive landlord poetry fun!

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A very Merry Christmas to all our readers from the LandlordZONE editorial team.

The war on landlords: are these “bogeymen” to blame for the housing crisis?

The war on landlords: are these “bogeymen” to blame for the housing crisis?

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Are landlords to blame for our housing crisis, or are they on the receiving end of a very raw deal?

Scottish minister ploughs on with EPC rules plan for landlords

Scottish minister ploughs on with EPC rules plan for landlords

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Scottish ministers have defended proposals to introduce minimum energy efficiency standards in the private rented sector by 2028.