Why not make energy improvements tax deductible?
Energy efficiency improvements undertaken by landlords and recommended on EPCs should be tax deductible – with the RLA continuing its campaign for change as new minimum energy efficiency standards are brought in. From tomorrow, all new tenancies and those being renewed will require properties to have an Energy Performance rating of E or better. From […]
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There are a range of ways that members are able to get in touch with our Landlord Advice Team when it comes obtaining advice for issues that they are facing. As well as our phone line, members are also able to contact the landlord advice team by emailing in their query, or using the MYRLA […]
This weeks Forum Spotlight looks at issues caused by tenants smoking. A landlord contacted the forum over problems caused by a tenant who constantly smokes in her bedroom. The property is a HMO, and the tenant’s behaviour is annoying the other tenants at the property. One is even threatening to move out, as they claim […]
The Government’s flagship Right to Rent policy has been attacked as having failed “to demonstrate its worth” in encouraging immigration compliance. Under Right to Rent landlords are responsible for checking the immigration status of their tenants with the prospect of prosecution if they know or have “reasonable cause to believe” that the property they are letting […]
The Property Ombudsman, Katrine Sporle CBE, has been confirmed as the latest speaker at our Future Renting North conference next month. The letting agent fee ban, deposits limits and the new fitness standard for rental properties will all be on the agenda as she addresses delegates on the range of new proposals the Government has put forward […]
Bill Irvine, the RLA’s Universal Credit adviser and trainer on how getting to grips with the Universal Credit system could save you money in the long run. By the end of this year, every area in Great Britain will be delivering the Government’s benefit flagship – Universal Credit Full Service. By October 2022, it’s estimated this […]
The Department for Work and Pensions and The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) are the latest speakers to be announced to address our Future Renting North conference in Manchester next month. Last month, the RLA supported the JCWI in calling for a judicial review into Right to Rent, on the basis that the […]
Welcome to ‘Buy to Let Market’, a column aimed at providing you with recent criteria and product updates within the Buy to Let lending markets. Buy to Let Market Update: BM Solutions – has reduced rates by up to 0.20% on selected fixed rates for remortgage applications which are available up to 75% loan to […]
A string of statistics were published this week, including the latest homelessness figures. Almost 14,000 households were accepted as homeless by local authorities in the final quarter of 2017 – slight dip in previous figures. However, the number of households in temporary accommodation increased by 4%, and the number pf households receiving help with homelessness […]