February 2015

The South West’s biggest landlord expo returns Thursday 12th March 2015! The 2014 Landlord Expo was the best ever event with over 790 delegates attending and 80 exhibitor stands. Expo 2015 is set to top these figures with additional stands available…

 Landlords are opposing fresh attempts at legislation which could become a charter for anti-social and rent dodging tenants. The Residential Landlords’ Association say the plans to address so-called ‘retaliatory evictions’ also risks stunting the only part of the housing market that is growing. Instead the sector needs to attract further investment to meet ever growing demand…

Shelter and the Citizens Advice Bureau in Wales have previously warned that legislation on retaliatory evictions would increase rents and do little to tackle illegal activity by criminal landlords…

On 25th & 26th February 2015, the Landlord & Letting show returns to London Barbican and the RLA will be out in full force. A slightly different set-up this year sees some seminars replaced with ‘husking’ style round-table debates, the RLA is involved throughout and tickets for visitors are FREE…

The RLA welcomes some changes contained with the Government’s new amendments to the Deregulation Bill on Retaliatory Evictions (numbers 46A – 46J)….

On 25th & 26th February 2015, the Landlord & Letting show returns to London Barbican and the RLA will be out in full force. A slightly different set-up this year sees some seminars replaced with ‘husking’ style round-table debates, the RLA is involved throughout and tickets for visitors are FREE.

An amendment to the Deregulation Bill on retaliatory evictions would put an impossible burden on councils and be ineffective in practice, claims the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). Landlords are criticising the amendment, which follows the content of Sarah Teather MP’s Bill, defeated last November…

The Landlord Advice Team (LAT) is back with their second in a series of expertly written articles from the RLA member magazine: the Residential Property Investor (RPI). This time, rent arrears are considered. A tenant falling behind on rent is one of the trickiest problems, says the RLA’s busy advice team. Further to our previous […]

Private properties and landlords requiring licences is becoming so common place that it would be easy to assume a national mandate had been written. However, this is not the case and Manchester City Council has learnt from previous schemes that licensing does not work. The Council is considering more targeted action for better results…

Three out of five landlords would leave, or consider leaving, the private rented market if rent controls were introduced. New figures also reveal that the majority of landlords plan to freeze their rents in 2015.