June 2016

A group of Tory peers has urged George Osborne to rethink plans to cut Mortgage Interest Relief for landlords. In an article for The Times Lord Flight, Lord Howard, Lord Lytton and Lord Cathcart say the Government’s assault on private-sector landlords is ‘misguided’ and will make the UK housing crisis worse, forcing up rents and […]

With England and Wales due to do battle on the football pitch tomorrow in Euro 2016 do you know the key differences when it comes to renting out properties in the two countries?
The distinctions are growing each year.

Landlord schemes UKLAP and LLAS will be holding a networking event and summer barbecue next month.
The annual event, organised by the UK Landlord Accreditation Partnership and London Landlord Accreditation Scheme will be held on July 15th at the Taj Hotel in Central London.

Criminal landlords in London should be named and shamed according to a new RLA survey in which members backed Sadiq Khan’s plans to create a rogue landlord database.
The vast majority of landlords are supporting the proposals – which would publicly name those landlords bringing the Private Rented Sector into disrepute.

New planning controls restricting the number of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) have been introduced in the London Borough of Barnet.

The West Bromwich Mortgage Company will refund £27.5m to thousands of landlords who were overcharged.
As many as 6,500 landlords with multiple properties now stand to be refunded an average sum of more than £400 each from the lender.
The news comes after the Appeal Court ruled it was wrong to increase its charges for buy-to-let tracker mortgages in 2013.

PRS tenants across Wales are more satisfied with their housing than those in the social rented sector.
Figures released by the Welsh Government have revealed that 90% of those in private rented housing in Wales are satisfied with their accommodation, compared to 83% living in social housing.

The RLA’s relentless campaigning to challenge proposed restrictions to mortgage interest relief is starting to make an impact in Westminster, with a surge of support from Tory backbenchers. A number of Conservative MPs are now openly challenging the Government on the changes, which will see mortgage interest tax relief restricted to a basic rate, even […]

More than 3,000 letting agents across the UK are uniting for SAFEagent awareness week.

There is an estimated £2.7 billion being held by letting agents in client accounts, but unfortunately there are still too many cases of criminal letting agents stealing landlord and tenant cash.