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Liverpool is a rapidly transforming city with major regeneration activity taking place. Liverpool is often cited as the country’s best city for buy-to-let yields, with figures released by TotallyMoney last year showing the top three most profitable postcodes in the UK to be in Liverpool. Liverpool’s L7, L6, and L15 postcodes came out top of […]

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Manchester is one of the fastest growing cities in Europe, with more than 11,000 new homes under construction. Following its annual ‘crane survey’ earlier this year professional services network Deloitte said that with strong investor confidence, a thriving business community and a growing number of young professionals, demand for homes has never been stronger. The […]

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With our Future Renting North conference now just days away we are asking you what you think is great about being a landlord in the North? RLA Chairman Alan Ward has been renting out properties in South Manchester since 1993 and said affordability – and knowing the local market are key factors in his experience. […]

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Landlords and tenants are being let down because local authorities are unable to properly enforce the powers that they already have. That’s the concern being raised by the RLA as the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee has published a report today. RLA Chairman Alan Ward said: “Tenants and good landlords are being let […]

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RESPONDING to the publication today of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee report on the private rented sector, Alan Ward, Chair of the Residential Landlords Association said: “Tenants and good landlords are being let down by local authorities unable to properly enforce the powers they already have. RLA research has found that there […]

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Major changes to data protection legislation take effect on 25th May. These are radical changes and the penalties for getting it wrong are high. All landlords will be affected as they handle personal data. The RLA has already produced in-depth guidance on GDPR as well as a free online training course on the topic and have now […]

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The RLA has asked the Government to reconsider the way landlords are taxed after a new report from the Resolution Foundation claimed 16% of young people will never own their own home. Entitled ‘Home improvements: action to address the housing challenges faced by young people’ it says more needs to be done to improve security […]

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Two new Selective Licensing Schemes will be introduced in areas of Greater Manchester on Monday 23rd April. The areas of Old Moat and Moston are the latest towns to be subjected to Selective Licensing, when both schemes come into force on Monday 23rd April 2018. It follows on from Selective Licensing being introduced in Moss […]

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Our Future Renting North conference is a week away, with the keynote speaker on the day Mayor of Greater Manchester and former cabinet minister, Andy Burnham. Since his election as Mayor of the region last year, Andy has made a number of controversial claims about the private rented sector, and has been critical of the […]

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the phrase on every landlord’s lips at the moment. This major change to data protection legislation will take effect on 25th May and will affect ALL landlords. The RLA’s Future Renting North conference will see RLA policy director David Smith and a panel of experts including market analyst Kate […]

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