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New data from Connells Survey & Valuation suggests that the buy to let mortgage sector is struggling under the weight of legislative changes, with buy-to-let sales plummeting 64% year-on-year....
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The government has relatively recently announced that letting agents will no longer be allowed to charge fees to tenants. This has caused widespread concern amongst landlords...
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While the Budget earlier this year gave property owners who sell up some tax breaks, sadly, landlords were omitted.
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With recent changes to HMO licensing laws (see our blogs of 13 October and 26 October), and the growth we at UKinsuranceNET are seeing in this area from landlords converting larger buy to lets into HM
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Landlords of Welsh properties have less than two weeks to sign up to the new registration and licensing system in Wales – Rent Smart Wales - which went live last year.
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Almost £300m worth of student deposits are taken each year by landlords, yet many students are not au fait with the importance of signing inventories before they move in, nor finding out which tenancy…
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Hot on the heels of the Airbnb trend - where you rent out a room in your home to paying guests - an article in a national newspaper (2nd November) suggested additional ways that property owners can…
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Good news for landlords – the latest data from property website Your Move reveals that in August, rents in England and Wales reached record highs, suggesting that the UK’s decision to leave the EU has
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A recent news article (Insurance Post, September 2016) reported that despite a continuing reduction in the number of fires (and related fatalities), the cost of blazes is actually increasing.
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