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Report Calls for Mandatory Five Year Electrical Checks in Private Rented...
A report from The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector Working Group suggests that new legislation is needed in England to improve electrical safety in homes in the private rented…
Scottish Government Praised by Residential Landlords Association for Stance on Universal...
Online newspaper LandlordToday has reported how the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is urging the UK government to follow Scotland’s lead in relation to Universal Credit. The Universal Credit scheme is gradually replacing…
Brits love a doer-upper new survey reveals
The majority of Brits would purchase a home in need of home improvements says research from estate agent Jackson-Stops. The company analysed the views of over 1,200 people on their…
Retired Homeowners See Property Values Grow to £1.1 Trillion
Despite housing market worries, retired homeowners who are mortgage-free have gained £45.7 billion in property wealth in the year to May, says new data. For the average retired homeowner who…
Summer Slump Sees a Lack of Available Housing to Buy
New data shows that the supply of homes available to buy last month was at the lowest level recorded for the month of July since 2002. The July Housing Report from…
Landlords move to short term lets to beat tax hikes
New research by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has revealed that an increasing number of rental properties in the capital are no longer available for long term renting and, instead,…
No More Costly Leaseholds On New-build Homes
Leasehold deals which have seen new-build homeowners face rapidly increasing ground rents (sometimes doubling annually) are to be banned under new government proposals. We reported how many thousands of owners…
Could buy to let tax changes lead to the ‘next pension...
The leading landlord body in the UK, the National Landlords Association (NLA), is calling on the Government to help retired and landlords close to retirement adjust their financial plans to…
More UK Buy To Let Lending Going To Limited Companies
New research shows that for the first time, landlords who have a limited company for their buy to let business are borrowing more than those who do not. The figures…
British expats investing in buy to let in the South East
The Greater London area and the South East of England are becoming hotspots for British expats investing in UK property to let out while they are living abroad says new…
Landlords appetite to expand still grows
A new study has revealed that despite recent tax changes in the industry (the existing phasing out of mortgage tax relief and the introduction in 2016 of the 3% stamp…
BTL landlords to face an average 13% increase on taxable profit
According to a study from online letting agent Upad.co.uk (and reported in the FT Adviser) one in five landlords intend to increase rents as a result of tax changes within…
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