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Landlords left with £30K bills after cannabis gangs took over their properties

Landlords left with £30K bills after cannabis gangs took over their properties

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Landlords were left with bills of up to £30,000 after cannabis gangs took over their properties and left them unliveable.

More firms look to rent office space than at any time since before the pandemic

More firms look to rent office space than at any time since before the pandemic

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More firms are looking to rent office space than at any time since before the pandemic, new Rightmove research has found.

Judge criticises First-tier Tribunal in a hearing over a dispute about services charges at London block of flats

Judge criticises First-tier Tribunal in a hearing over a dispute about services charges at London block of flats

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A judge has given a First Tier Property Tribunal a ticking off for unfair conduct during a hearing over a dispute about leaseholder service charges.

The importance of increasing the availability of pet friendly homes

The importance of increasing the availability of pet friendly homes

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Battersea is taking a stand to ensure tenants have the right to keep their pets while renting.

HMO market valued at £78billion and generates annual rental income of £6.3billion

HMO market valued at £78billion and generates annual rental income of £6.3billion

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he HMO market has been valued at £78billion and generates annual rental income of £6.3billion.

New YouTube channel for landlords promises it “won’t sugar-coat the industry’s realities”

New YouTube channel for landlords promises it “won’t sugar-coat the industry’s realities”

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Landlords looking for some no-nonsense straight talking about property can tune into Paul Shamplina’s new YouTube channel.

Landlords in Scotland urged to give their view on rent controls as part of consultation

Landlords in Scotland urged to give their view on rent controls as part of consultation

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Landlords in Scotland are being asked for their views on rent control exemptions and where rent could be increased above the rent cap.

Why inventories matter more than ever in a post Renters’ Rights Bill world

Why inventories matter more than ever in a post Renters’ Rights Bill world

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Inventories in a post Renters' Rights Bill world, have never mattered more.

More than one in ten landlords are being pushed out of the buy-to-market, claims new research

More than one in ten landlords are being pushed out of the buy-to-market, claims new research

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More than one in ten landlords are being pushed out of the buy-to-market, according to new research.

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Tenant group says 'landlords can't be trusted' to regulate themselves

Tenant group says 'landlords can't be trusted' to regulate themselves

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Scotland’s tenants’ union has warned that removing rent rise reprotections will lead to an uptick in de facto evictions and homelessness.

Big Kent council latest to offer landlords 'guaranteed rent'

Big Kent council latest to offer landlords 'guaranteed rent'

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Maidstone Borough Council has become the latest authority hoping to entice private landlords to hand over their properties in exchange for guaranteed rent.

Landlord to pay £37,000 after running overcrowded illegal HMO

Landlord to pay £37,000 after running overcrowded illegal HMO

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A rogue landlord who squeezed six people into one room of his HMO has been told to pay £37,000 in fines and costs.

CLAIM: Labour's 'new towns' will be all about BTR not private landlords

CLAIM: Labour's 'new towns' will be all about BTR not private landlords

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The UK’s new towns will favour build-to-rent developers rather than private landlords, according to a think tank which labels them “profit-seeking institutional investors”.

Big London council to bring back selective licensing

Big London council to bring back selective licensing

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Croydon has announced plans to bring back its selective licensing scheme after a five-year break.

Lettings agency pays high price for ignoring HMO regulations

Lettings agency pays high price for ignoring HMO regulations

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A student housing firm has been told to pay £13,160 for breaching safety regulations at a Salford HMO.

Landlords in-line for a £20bn energy efficiency bill

Landlords in-line for a £20bn energy efficiency bill

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Landlords will collectively have to spend more than £20billion making improvements to their rental properties to meet proposed new energy efficiency standards

Developer in hot water after Rightmove offers Premier Inn rooms to rent

Developer in hot water after Rightmove offers Premier Inn rooms to rent

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Gravesham Council is looking into a possible planning breach after studio flats were advertised for rent at a disused Premier Inn.

OFFICIAL: Landlords now waiting 25 weeks to evict tenants

OFFICIAL: Landlords now waiting 25 weeks to evict tenants

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Landlords are waiting even longer to repossess their properties - up to 25 weeks in the last quarter of 2024.

Book Review: How to Become a Successful Property Investor

Book Review: How to Become a Successful Property Investor

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This is a book I wish I’d had available when I first started out on my own property investing career

WARNING: Banning Section 21 will cause 'chaos' unless courts property funded

WARNING: Banning Section 21 will cause 'chaos' unless courts property funded

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The government’s reluctance to properly fund eviction courts could cause chaos once the Renters’ Rights Bill becomes law, a leading lawyer has warned.

SHOCK: Tenants £17,000 in arrears seek £16,800 rent repayment order

SHOCK: Tenants £17,000 in arrears seek £16,800 rent repayment order

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A landlord caught out for having an unlicensed property has managed to get her fine slashed after a First Tier Property Tribunal heard that the tenants owed more than £17,000 in rent.

Leasehold reform takes first steps forward - but it's 'too slow'

Leasehold reform takes first steps forward - but it's 'too slow'

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Landlords who buy leasehold apartments will next month be able to extend the property’s lease without having to wait two years, as it presently the case.

Landlord slams tenant group's 'childish' social post

Landlord slams tenant group's 'childish' social post

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A fed-up landlord has challenged tenants’ union Acorn for using social media to relentlessly bash the PRS without considering the bigger picture.

Should you sell or hold ahead of Renters’ Rights changes?

Should you sell or hold ahead of Renters’ Rights changes?

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The decision to hold onto your rental properties or sell them is more critical than ever – landlords everywhere are taking time to weigh up the balance between risk and profit.

Tenants live in BTR homes for less time than traditional rentals

Tenants live in BTR homes for less time than traditional rentals

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Tenants are living in build-to-rent developments for less time than their counterparts in the traditional PRS – suggesting that they are not the panacea for the housing crisis that is often claimed.

Landlord who ignored outbuilding demolition order fined £23,000

Landlord who ignored outbuilding demolition order fined £23,000

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A landlord who built an illegal outbuilding to store his tenants’ belongings has been ordered to pay more than £23,000.

Mortgage rates set to rise post-budget, warns Rachel

Mortgage rates set to rise post-budget, warns Rachel

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Buy-to-let mortgage rates could fall slightly soon after creeping up since the Autumn Budget, according to financial experts.

BTL bounces back as lenders reveal surprise jump in lending

BTL bounces back as lenders reveal surprise jump in lending

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Activity within the buy-to-let market is reviving after months of uncertainty and political interference, new official landlord lending data suggests.

Get your energy-efficient house in order with Safe2

Get your energy-efficient house in order with Safe2

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With the Government launching a consultation on the way EPCs are calculated – and with another on energy efficiency standards in the pipeline, we know that the rental homes of the future will need to reach much higher standards.

Welsh landlords to return two months' rent to evicted tenants

Welsh landlords to return two months' rent to evicted tenants

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Letting agents have called out Welsh Government plans to enable tenants facing eviction to keep their final two months’ rent as ‘compensation’.

EXCLUSIVE: National Trust rebuffs MPs claims over empty rental homes

EXCLUSIVE: National Trust rebuffs MPs claims over empty rental homes

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The National Trust has rejected claims that it stopped renting out its properties to avoid the growing legislative burden.

Property firm and landlord fined £14,000 over 'slum conditions' at house

Property firm and landlord fined £14,000 over 'slum conditions' at house

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A Liverpool landlord has been hit with a fine of almost £14,000 for allowing tenants to live in a “house of horrors”.

POLL: 44% of landlords support most extreme form of rent control

POLL: 44% of landlords support most extreme form of rent control

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Nearly half of landlords and three quarters of the general public support rent controls, a poll by YouGov on behalf of wealth inequality not-for-profit Common Wealth has revealed.

Welsh MS says reforms will push too many landlords out of rental market

Welsh MS says reforms will push too many landlords out of rental market

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A Welsh politician has sounded the alarm over new legislation which risks exacerbating the mass exodus of private landlords.

Agent warns renting reforms will throw tenancy starts into disarray

Agent warns renting reforms will throw tenancy starts into disarray

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A leading agency has warned that tenants could move into a property without having paid any rent once the Renters’ Rights Bill becomes law.

60% of tenants preparing to move home before end of July

60% of tenants preparing to move home before end of July

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The next six months will see a huge increase in demand for rental properties, landlords and letting agents have been told.

'Wicked' directors given suspended sentences over illegal eviction

'Wicked' directors given suspended sentences over illegal eviction

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The directors of a supported housing company who illegally evicted a vulnerable tenant have been handed suspended jail sentences.

Comment: Renters’ Rights legislation in place before Easter?

Comment: Renters’ Rights legislation in place before Easter?

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The Government is evidently taking decisive steps to ensure swift progress of the Renters’ Rights Bill through the Commons and the Lords, with a view to having the Act implemented before Easter

Landlords win legal battle to protect postal rights

Landlords win legal battle to protect postal rights

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A landlord couple have won their legal case against a tenant who claimed her section 21 notice was invalid.

Government promises EPC study is imminent

Government promises EPC study is imminent

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The government looks set to launch its overdue consultation into new energy efficiency standards in the PRS during the next few weeks.

Is now the time to sell before Renters’ Rights law?

Is now the time to sell before Renters’ Rights law?

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The Renters’ Rights Bill returned to Parliament this week and it getting ever closer to becoming law by the summer has sent alarm bells ringing.

Peers scheduled to debate fast-tracked Renters' Rights Bill

Peers scheduled to debate fast-tracked Renters' Rights Bill

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The Renters’ Rights Bill has had its first reading in the House of Lords and is due for a full debate on 4th February.

Cash announced for empty shop auction scheme

Cash announced for empty shop auction scheme

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Local councils will be offered up to £79,000 to refurbish an empty property under the government’s new High Street Rental Auctions initiative.