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With the UK having voted to leave the European Union the issue of how this affects the Private Rented Sector will be on some landlords’ and tenants’ minds, writes RLA Policy Director David Smith.

Tomorrow the UK will go to the polls to vote on whether to stay or leave the European Union.
According to the most recent opinion polls the Vote Leave and Stronger in Europe campaigns are neck and neck.

Selective licensing could be brought in throughout areas of Manchester.
Manchester City Council is currently consulting on plans to pilot a scheme in Crumpsall, Moston, Rusholme and Old Moat in a bid to crackdown on criminal landlords.

The committee stage of the Finance Bill – which will include a debate on the reduction to Capital Gains Tax will take place in the Commons later this month.
All MPs will have the chance to consider and debate Clause 72 of the Bill – which reduced the Capital Gains Tax rate to 20% – on June 27 and 28 – a move which excluded residential property.

One of the most common complaints to the Landlord Advice Team is that the government is drowning landlords and tenants in paperwork – making life ever more difficult.
It’s not surprising then, that with so many stacks of paper to keep track of, some landlords simply forget or just misplace something vital. Like a tenancy agreement.

The Supreme Court has ruled today that the right to a private and family life does not prevent, in legitimate cases, landlords and mortgage lenders from reclaiming possession of a rented home.

With England and Wales due to do battle on the football pitch tomorrow in Euro 2016 do you know the key differences when it comes to renting out properties in the two countries?
The distinctions are growing each year.

A group of Tory peers has urged George Osborne to rethink plans to cut Mortgage Interest Relief for landlords. In an article for The Times Lord Flight, Lord Howard, Lord Lytton and Lord Cathcart say the Government’s assault on private-sector landlords is ‘misguided’ and will make the UK housing crisis worse, forcing up rents and […]

RLA policy director David Smith told last week’s Tenant Tax Summit that high level political campaigning in the fight against MIR cuts is showing results.

Criminal landlords in London should be named and shamed according to a new RLA survey in which members backed Sadiq Khan’s plans to create a rogue landlord database.
The vast majority of landlords are supporting the proposals – which would publicly name those landlords bringing the Private Rented Sector into disrepute.