September 2016

Landlords join us in the fight against changes to Mortgage Interest Relief! If you are not already aware buy-to-let investors are facing huge finance and tax changes from 2017. Currently landlords are able to offset the amount of interest they pay to their lenders annually on their mortgage against their tax bill. This means landlords are currently […]

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There are nearly 2 million landlords across the UK and many are ‘accidental’ landlords who are ordinary people, with jobs, in situations where renting out a property has become necessary. Many may have inherited property or been unable to sell, so renting the property is the only option. This could mean that inexperienced landlords are […]

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The RLA is backing the Homelessness Reduction Bill – which includes new measures allowing councils to accept eviction notices as proof people are losing their homes. Earlier this year it emerged local authorities were encouraging PRS tenants to remain in their homes until the bailiffs arrived, as only then could they declare themselves homeless and […]

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The RLA has welcomed news that Wandsworth Council has abandoned plans to introduce landlord licensing. At a meeting to discuss the issue the authority noted that as there had been a reduction in the number of complaints about PRS homes and a high level of tenant satisfaction there was no evidence to justify bringing in […]

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A Sheffield landlord who falsely claimed one of his properties was exempt from a selective licensing scheme must now pay out more than £4,000. Repeat offender Sajid Bashir, of Page Hall Road, appeared before Sheffield Magistrates Court on August 25. The court heard that Bashir had attempted to avoid paying the licence fee by saying tenants of […]

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Research by The Resolution Foundation has shown the biggest falls in home ownership of over the last 10 years. The alternative is renting. Why do governments see this as a bad thing? George Osborne – the previous Chancellor – put the blame for this trend on private landlords. His argument was that landlords are buying properties […]

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Bournemouth Council is considering new plans to introduce selective licensing. Under proposals mooted this summer the council is planning to introduce some form of licensing in Boscombe and the surrounding areas as part of the work of the Boscombe Regeneration Partnership. The borough council is currently holding talks about what form this will take ahead […]

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Landlords in Coventry are being warned the council has begun consultation on plans to introduce licences costing £773 a property. The authority wants to introduce the scheme in the St Michaels area of the city. In documents publicising the scheme the council says it has selected the ward as there is a high percentage of private renters […]

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Research conducted by the Residential Landlords Association has been used in a new report looking at the impact of ‘accidental landlords’ on the PRS. The report, entitled ‘The impact of accidental landlords on the private rented sector’, was written by property expert Kate Faulkner and funded by the TDS Charitable Foundation. In it she quotes […]

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Bournemouth Council is considering new plans to introduce selective licensing.
Under proposals mooted this summer the council is planning to introduce some form of licensing in Boscombe and the surrounding areas as part of the work of the Boscombe Regeneration Partnership.

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