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As millions across the country will be completing their self-assessment tax returns soon in the run up to the 31 January deadline, HMRC has published guidance on how to avoid being scammed. Over the last twelve months, HMRC received nearly 900,000 reports from members of the public about suspicious HMRC contact, including phone calls, texts […]

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The RLA is warning that regulations that have been laid relating to the information landlords and letting agents must present to prospective tenants before taking a holding deposit are flawed. Last week, the Welsh Government laid regulations on holding deposits information. The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Specified Information) (Wales) Regulations 2019 ask for the “name, […]

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Plans for rent controls, open-ended tenancies and property MOTs could close down the PRS, the RLA has warned. Labour has pledged to put bad landlords out of business with new charter of renters’ rights. However, the RLA believes changes would drive thousands of landlords out of the sector, leading to a massive shortage of properties […]

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A vow to strengthen landlords’ rights has been made in the Conservative manifesto, released today. The Tories have committed to abolishing Section 21, but said good landlords would see possession rights strengthened. It also talks about the idea of a ‘lifetime deposit’ – an idea first mooted by the RLA ahead of the 2017 election. […]

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It’s an emotive subject for landlords and tenants: pets in rental properties. Research has shown permission to keep pets is the number one perk a tenant would pay more rent for – ahead of benefits such as high-speed internet and parking spaces. And last year Labour mooted plans that would force all landlords to accept […]

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Rent controls and plans for open-ended tenancies have been included in the Labour Party manifesto, out today. The RLA is concerned that some of the proposals included in the manifesto, such as longer tenancies, would hurt tenants if nothing is done to encourage and support good landlords to stay in the market long-term. The association […]

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Conservative plans to introduce lifetime deposits – an idea first mooted by the RLA – has been welcomed. The Conservatives made the announcement on ‘Lifetime Rental Deposits’ in an overnight press briefing. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told journalists: “The costs of deposits make it harder to move. We are going to fix that. “We will end […]

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Mandatory landlord licensing and rent controls are proposed in the Liberal Democrat election manifesto, out today. While the association has welcomed plans for a new ‘Help to Rent’ scheme and proposals to lift the freeze on LHA rates, it says licensing will not work. It has also branded plans to link rent increases to inflation […]

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A majority of private landlords say they are less confident about the market than they were three months ago. This is reflected in figures showing that the gap between the percentage of landlords planning to sell properties and those planning to buy has risen seven fold in the last two years from 4 percentage points […]

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A landlord in Camden has been banned from letting property for four years, for a number of health and safety breaches. The banning order will come into effect on 8th March 2020, and will then last for four years. It means that the landlord will not only be barred from renting out property in England […]

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