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The work of the Residential Landlords Association has been name-checked in a House of Commons Library paper on tenancy deposit schemes. The paper, which explains the duty private landlords have to protect deposits and summarises how the schemes operate, talks about the helpful advice available from the association’s website, and the work it undertook in […]

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Two thirds of individual landlords are only liable for the basic rate of income tax according to data released by the government. The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) says that it challenges the myth that landlords are wallowing in vast sums of money and so can cope with tax rises. According to the figures obtained in […]

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The government has explained the obligations for fire safety in PRS homes. The statement was made in response to a written question from Rachel Reeves MP (Labour, Leeds West) who asked what steps DCLG is taking to ensure that recommended fire safety standards are met in private sector housing. Communities and Local Government Minister, Marcus Jones MP […]

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The London Borough of Newham has announced this week the start of an Additional Licensing Scheme and the intended start of two new Selective Licensing Schemes. The additional licensing scheme will come into force 1st January 2018 and will run until 31st December 2022. Additional Licensing schemes affect Houses of Multiple Occupancy that are not […]

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Tax hikes on the private rented sector are hurting tenants but failing to achieve their objective, the RLA has warned. The news comes following the publication of research by the Local Government Association showing that the average private sector rent is now £852 a month across the country. Whilst this figure is a mean average […]

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Letting agents have received some bad press over recent years, whether it be failure to follow legislation correctly or losing tenant or landlord funds. While this is occasionally purposefully fraudulent activity, it can be also be attributed to an agents failure to understand the law or making simple administrative errors. Although it is the landlord […]

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Liverpool has taken the crown as the UK’s top spot for buy-to-let rental yield. According to mortgage broker Private Finance, the city offers a rental yield of 8% for landlords after mortgage costs have been deducted. Its closest competitors were Nottingham at 5.6%, Coventry at 5.4% and Greater Manchester at 4.3%. According to the company […]

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A total of 46 PRS homes in Liverpool have been found to be breaking licensing conditions, with 131 breaches uncovered. A controversial city-wide licensing scheme was introduced in April 2015 and requires every landlord to pay a licence fee for each of their rented properties. Inspections are carried out at random to ensure landlords are […]

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The RLA is advising members to check white goods in the wake of the devastating blaze in London’s Grenfell Tower. Police confirmed a Hotpoint FF175BP fridge freezer was the initial source of the blaze, and the government has ordered an immediate examination of the unit by technical experts to establish the cause. The product, which […]

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Brighton and Hove Council have announced today that they have begun a licensing consultation on two new licensing schemes, one additional and one selective. This proposal will affect over 27,000 properties. The consultation comes to a close 10th September 2017. Selective Licensing was introduced under the Housing Act 2004. The Housing Act 2004 says that before introducing […]

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