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The RLA’s Landlord Advice Team is now offering a live chat service. The new service is available to all full members on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Expert members of the team will be offering live chats over the web, advising on everything from tenancies to deposits and evictions. The LAT will still be available […]

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We are always here working to help you in your landlord business. Our Landlord Advice Team provide advice and support when you have problems or questions. We support you with our documents, guides and training to keep you up-to-date with the latest developments and legislation. We also offer discounts on services that every landlord needs to […]

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When you start out as a landlord aged 22 you learn a thing or two about managing property. Here, James Davis offers a helping hand for landlords facing deposit disputes When tenants hand in their notice, less interested landlords strap themselves in for the inescapable deposit dispute. Proactive landlords will be comfortable, knowing how to […]

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Having ran numerous workshops on this legislation around England this year, there still appears to be much confusion about the penalties and expectations placed upon landlords (or agents acting on their behalf). In this article I will highlight the new penalties now in force, along with the key issues and areas of contention. Civil and […]

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The RLA has objected to the Government’s plans to extend its mandatory HMO licensing scheme. In a detailed submission to the DCLG, which launched the houses in multiple occupation and residential property licensing reforms consultation in October, the RLA outlined a number of serious concerns about the plans. The consultation, which closed this week, asked […]

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Data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) today has identified that house prices are increasing more than rents in the private rented sector. The average house price in the UK has increased by 6.9% in the year to October 2016, which has continued on the growth since the end of 2013. The average […]

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Possession claims by PRS landlords in Wales have fallen by 26% over the past two years. An analysis of Government statistics by the RLA found the number of possession claims made to county courts in Wales has fallen from a high of 203 in the first quarter of 2014 to 150 between July and September […]

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The Government are now consulting on the offences that should constitute ‘banning order offences’ for landlords as defined by section 14 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016. The consultation documents can be found here. The online consultation period will run until 10th February 2017. The government will be introducing these measures on a phased […]

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RLA Wales has had a busy year, with the Welsh Assembly elections and the introduction of the Rent Smart Wales registration and licensing scheme. And as 2016 comes to close the team in Wales has been richly rewarded for its campaigning work as part of the Homes for Wales coalition. The RLA was instrumental in […]

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Taken from the Residential Property Investor (RPI), the RLA’s member magazine, Rosalind Renshaw talks to Neil Young. He is a private landlord who is also a leading pioneer in the build-to-rent sector. They discuss if this is the future… Neil Young started out as a private landlord. Today, he still has an active portfolio but he is […]

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