September 2018

A quarter of all women will experience domestic abuse and with an increasing number of families living in the PRS it is something you, as landlords, may have to deal with. With potentially fatal consequences to turning a blind eye we share new guidance on how to support your tenants. A mother murdered in her own […]

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There are just days to go before new rules are introduced extending the range of properties in England that are subject to mandatory HMO licensing. As of Monday 1st October, almost all properties that are occupied by five or more persons, and by persons living in two or more separate households will be required to have a […]

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Future Renting Wales, the Residential Landlord Association’s annual conference in Cardiff, will be held on November 29th this year. The second of the association’s conferences in the country will offer landlords a valuable insight into the future of the private rented sector in Wales, with a political heavyweight set to be announced as the keynote speaker. With 20 […]

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This week a landlord posted on our Forum asking who is responsible for clearing out a blocked gutter, the tenant or the landlord. With Autumn being here and leaves falling, this question is a pretty common one for our Landlord Advice Team. Last week our Call of the Week looked at who is responsible for […]

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The RLA launched a collection of essays looking at the future of the PRS as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations. David Smith, RLA Policy Director, was one of the contributors to ‘Private Renting: A Vision for the Future’. You can read the essay below. The private rented sector has come a long way in 20 […]

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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: – Accord Mortgages – has announced cuts of up to 0.25% across its mortgage range. Changes include the 75% Loan to Value 5-year fixed rate […]

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This week our Landlord Advice Team took a call from a student landlord who was concerned that their new tenants were not signing the check-in inventory. He shared that this was only his second student tenancy, and he was in a conundrum because while he knew how important the check in inventory is to sign, […]

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Landlords are being reminded that it is important that if they are not yet in the self-assessment tax system, then they will need to register for a tax self-assessment by the end of next week (Friday 5th October). While the cut off date for filing in a tax return online for landlords for the 2017-2018 […]

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HMO mandatory licensing, new minimum room size requirements, and the extension of the Deregulation Act to apply to all tenancies. There are several changes coming into play on Monday 1st October which you need to be aware of. With a week to go, here we have compiled our articles and guides on the topics in […]

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RESPONDING to the Shadow Housing Secretary, John Healey MP’s proposals to end the use of Section 21 notices in the private rented sector announced at the Labour Party Conference, David Smith, Policy Director for the Residential Landlords Association, said: “Many landlords resort to Section 21 notices because the alternative procedures take too long to process […]

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