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Landlords fume after letting agency shuts down owing money

Landlords fume after letting agency shuts down owing money

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Northwood letting agency in Romford has gone bust, leaving angry landlords out of pocket.

Most labour-voting landlords now regret their decision

Most labour-voting landlords now regret their decision

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Most landlords who voted Labour wouldn’t do it again, a new survey from buy-to-lender Landbay has found.

RICS reports first dip in tenant demand since 2020

RICS reports first dip in tenant demand since 2020

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Surveyors are the latest group to report a cooling rental market in the UK, with a slowing in demand among tenants for the first time since 2020.

Big town in south reveals plans for more HMO licencing

Big town in south reveals plans for more HMO licencing

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Reading Council has given the go-ahead for an additional licensing scheme in the town – and defended the rising costs set to hit landlords.

Campaigners urge MPs to back more severe renting reforms

Campaigners urge MPs to back more severe renting reforms

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Generation Rent has urged renters to get more MPs backing amendments to the Renters’ Rights Bill.

LATEST: Rental market cooling as landlord 'sell off' eases

LATEST: Rental market cooling as landlord 'sell off' eases

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Rental growth in the UK has dropped to 3.9%, its lowest level in more than three years and down from 9.1% a year ago.

Demand for accessible homes grows as renting population ages

Demand for accessible homes grows as renting population ages

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Demand for accessible homes is growing as the tenant population ages, a leading estate agency has reported, calling on Labour to help landlords finance upgrades.

COMMENT: Tax trap has landlords in a quandary

COMMENT: Tax trap has landlords in a quandary

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With substantial capital gains gathered within your properties, selling the whole portfolio will probably leave you exposed to a substantial capital gains tax bill

Welsh Government reveals 'baffling' stamp duty rise for landlords

Welsh Government reveals 'baffling' stamp duty rise for landlords

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The Welsh Government has followed its counterparts in England and Scotland and raised the stamp duty that landlords buying rental properties must pay, effective from tomorrow.

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Renting reforms to have 'unintended consequences' warns agent leader

Renting reforms to have 'unintended consequences' warns agent leader

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Propertymark has warned that the Renters’ Rights Bill poses critical unintended consequences unless the government ensures a fair and balanced approach between landlord and tenant rights.

One of UK's largest portfolio landlords fined £97,000

One of UK's largest portfolio landlords fined £97,000

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A landlord with a string of more than 5,000 rental properties across the UK has been fined a whopping £97,000 over the ‘serious and deliberate’ failure to manage a block of flats in Sheffield.

Investment in the private rented sector unlocked

Investment in the private rented sector unlocked

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NRLA trainer Henry Davis explains how his Key to Property Investment course can help you stay ahead of the game.

Renting reforms will cause 'gridlock' in justice system says Badenoch

Renting reforms will cause 'gridlock' in justice system says Badenoch

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The government has been accused of pressing ahead with renter reform measures that will cause gridlock in the justice system, and pit landlords and tenants against each other in protracted litigation.

Few MPs defend landlords during Renters' Rights Bill debate in Commons

Few MPs defend landlords during Renters' Rights Bill debate in Commons

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Few MPs stood to defend landlords during yesterday’s second reading of the Renters' Rights Bill in parliament, but a few did - with all of them being Conservative.

Landlords 'selling up' ahead of expected CGT rise says RICS

Landlords 'selling up' ahead of expected CGT rise says RICS

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Landlords listing their properties for sale before potential capital gains tax rises are adding to a widening divide between supply and demand, report letting agents from around the UK.

Renting reforms 'to drive huge increase in tenancy disputes'

Renting reforms 'to drive huge increase in tenancy disputes'

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The Renters’ Rights Bill is expected to fuel a surge in tenancy disputes following a 20% rise last year.

Council to restrict HMOs despite 'no evidence' residents cause crime

Council to restrict HMOs despite 'no evidence' residents cause crime

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Walsall Council plans to implement an Article 4 Direction to restrict HMOs, despite acknowledging no strong evidence linking HMOs to crime.

Renting reforms 'will go nowhere unless courts properly funded'

Renting reforms 'will go nowhere unless courts properly funded'

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Lawyers have warned that an underfunded justice system will hinder any progress made in strengthening renters’ rights.

Big portfolio landlord to pay tenants £15,000 over missing licence

Big portfolio landlord to pay tenants £15,000 over missing licence

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A very big portfolio landlord has been ordered to pay £15,290 to former tenants after it failed to license one of its 750 properties.

Landlords to pay back rent if they ignore tenant complaints

Landlords to pay back rent if they ignore tenant complaints

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Landlords may soon have to repay up to two years rents to tenants if they fail to comply with decisions with the sector’s looming new ombudsman.

'Private rented sector better than council housing, let's not forget'

'Private rented sector better than council housing, let's not forget'

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The government must focus on sustaining a vibrant PRS and not “hark back to the wonders of the 1970s with social housing and council housing…as being a really great thing,” warns NRLA boss Ben Beadle.

Labour's 'anti-landlord' stance will hurt benefits tenants, warns Mick Roberts

Labour's 'anti-landlord' stance will hurt benefits tenants, warns Mick Roberts

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Benefits landlord Mick Roberts is losing patience with MPs whose continued ‘anti-landlord’ policies have only made more people homeless and increased rents.

Big law firm reports landlords 'rushing to liquidate assets'

Big law firm reports landlords 'rushing to liquidate assets'

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Landlords and businesses are rushing to transfer and liquidate assets ahead of a potential Capital Gains Tax hike in next week’s budget.

'This is why I've sold nearly half my portfolio', landlord tells BBC show

'This is why I've sold nearly half my portfolio', landlord tells BBC show

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A landlord who used to have a property portfolio of 100 homes has told the BBC that multiple pressures on the sector including looming regulations, higher interest rates and costs have persuaded him to cut his portfolio down to 65 units.

Student landlord group warns Labour over banning fixed-term tenancies

Student landlord group warns Labour over banning fixed-term tenancies

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A group of student accommodation landlords have warned the Government that its plans to dispense with fixed-term tenancies and move to open ended ones will lead to fewer providers and homes within this market.

North East delivers 'strongest yields' for landlords in UK

North East delivers 'strongest yields' for landlords in UK

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Landlords in the North East are pocketing the highest rental yields in the UK, according to Paragon Bank’s latest lending data.

23% more landlords rush to adopt limited company operations

23% more landlords rush to adopt limited company operations

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Hamptons reports that 46,449 companies have been set up to hold buy-to-let property in Great Britain between January and September, a 23% increase on the same period last year.

What expenses can I claim for my rental property?

What expenses can I claim for my rental property?

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To maximise your profits as a landlord, it's crucial to minimise your tax liability by claiming all allowable expenses.

Leading figures call for Government to embrace private landlords

Leading figures call for Government to embrace private landlords

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A group of high-profile housing leaders, lawyers and economists have urged the Government to include private landlords within its plans to solve the housing crisis, instead of casting them as the villains of the piece.

The great British shopping revival, could the exodus be reversing?

The great British shopping revival, could the exodus be reversing?

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The British High Street has been in decline for some years now, but could it be that there are signs of a revival?

Landlord reveals nightmare of illegal holiday let tenants

Landlord reveals nightmare of illegal holiday let tenants

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A landlord fears neighbours may force him out for breaking lease conditions due to rogue renters illegally sub-letting his flat.

EXCLUSIVE: Welsh Government says landlords 'will get retrofit cash'

EXCLUSIVE: Welsh Government says landlords 'will get retrofit cash'

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Private landlords have been excluded from a new government Welsh government initiative that funds retrofit advice in residential properties and hands out interest-free loans for energy efficiency improvements.

Council sends out inspectors on foot to check selective licencing

Council sends out inspectors on foot to check selective licencing

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Inspectors employed by a big London borough have started knocking on doors around Wembley to check whether landlords have a selective licence.

Landlord fined £50,000 over 'house of horrors' rental

Landlord fined £50,000 over 'house of horrors' rental

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A landlord in Wembley, North London has been fined £49,500 after a court heard that he rented out a five-bedroom two-storey unlicenced house in very poor condition to eight people including two children.

Chancellor to leave BTL landlords alone in budget, claims report

Chancellor to leave BTL landlords alone in budget, claims report

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The Chancellor is expected to leave the rate of capital gains tax (CGT) on the sale of second homes and buy-to-let properties untouched amid concerns that increasing it would cost money.

Tribunal system woefully unprepared for Labour's rent rise appeal plans

Tribunal system woefully unprepared for Labour's rent rise appeal plans

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England’s overburdened tribunal system is ill-equipped to handle the potential influx of new claims from the Renters’ Rights Bill, according to proptech firm Reapit.

London borough to go ahead with more HMO licencing

London borough to go ahead with more HMO licencing

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Barking and Dagenham is to go ahead with an HMO licensing extension in January and has asked the government to approve a new selective scheme.

Give landlords more money to upgrade properties, urges Nationwide

Give landlords more money to upgrade properties, urges Nationwide

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One of the UK’s largest BTL mortgage lenders has urged the Government to give landlords more financial support to reach the recently-announced 2030 deadline for all rental properties to reach a minimum EPC band C.

Landlord-bashing council slammed over its own property failings

Landlord-bashing council slammed over its own property failings

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Newham Council has apologised to council tenants after the Regulator of Social Housing found serious failings in safety standards at its properties.

Housing must be a (unique reference) numbers game, Rayner told

Housing must be a (unique reference) numbers game, Rayner told

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A coalition of leading property groups has called on the government to put the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) at the heart of the UK residential market.

Pet-friendly homes, not rent rises are tenants biggest concern

Pet-friendly homes, not rent rises are tenants biggest concern

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Many politicians and campaigners have, in support of the Government’s looing renting reforms, claimed that tenants feel insecure when living in their homes and are worried about the high rents.

Rightmove urges Chancellor not to punish landlords AGAIN

Rightmove urges Chancellor not to punish landlords AGAIN

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Rightmove has called on the Government to support landlords, not load them with more tax, ahead of the Chancellor’s budget on 30th October.

LATEST: New guide to official retrofitting support for landlords

LATEST: New guide to official retrofitting support for landlords

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After feedback from landlords, energy firm Utilita has published a free guide on the LandlordZONE Forum on retrofitting scheme eligilility.