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RLA tax partner RITA4RENT has seen a huge increase in the number of calls on Section 24 – and how the changes to mortgage interest relief are reflected on self-assessment tax returns. Tax expert Michael Wright explains. Another tax year end passes, where has the year gone? Now April 5th has passed, landlords are now able to […]

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Consumer champion Which? has echoed the RLA’s call for a new housing court in a comprehensive report on PRS reform. The report ‘Reform of the private rental sector: the consumer view’, sees Which? call for a programme of reform ‘to bring the rental sector up to the standards required in the 21st Century’. The report […]

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Landlords must have electrical installations in their rental homes checked every five years under new rules announced today. The new mandatory requirement for PRS landlords is one of a number of safety measures to be brought in by the Government, which has also launched a consultation into building regulations’ fire safety guidance. The Government has clarified the […]

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Landlords are today welcoming a call by a Parliamentary committee for the Government to fund certain fire safety improvements in privately owned residential blocks. In it’s response to the Hackitt Review, the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee recommends that the government should pay for the replacement of any cladding on existing buildings which had […]

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Property Ombudsman, Katrine Sporle CBE, has been confirmed as the latest speaker at the RLA’s next Future Renting conference. Katrine will be part of a panel delivering a session on “Tenants, or consumers – the way ahead”. This will explore the Government’s plans to force landlords to join a redress scheme, the tenants’ fee ban, Fitness for […]

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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: – Virgin Money – will now offer its full buy to let range to portfolio landlords. The lender will now accept applications from landlords with up to 10 mortgaged properties, and […]

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LANDLORDS are today welcoming a call by a Parliamentary committee for the Government to fund certain fire safety improvements in privately owned residential blocks. In its report responding to the Hackitt Review into building and fire safety, the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee recommends that the Government should pay for the replacement of […]

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This week’s Forum Spotlight looks at gaining access to carry out repairs in a property. The landlord posted on our Forum to say that the tenant is unavailable to let him in to the property, to inspect it and to carry out repairs. The tenant works, and says that he can only be there to […]

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London Property Licensing’s Richard Tacagni has been confirmed as the latest speaker at the RLA’s next Future Renting Conference. Richard is the founder and Managing Director of London Property Licensing, an independent housing consultancy providing simple, impartial and expert advice on housing regulation with a particular focus on the London property market. Well- known as one […]

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A landlord phoned our Landlord Advice Team this week with a question about whether he was required to protecting a deposit again, as one of her tenants is approaching the end of the initial fixed term. The landlord explained that the tenant was an excellent tenant and was planning on staying on at the property […]

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