Most landlords will have spent a lot of time and money on housing tenants, whether it’s in just one property or a massive portfolio. But, has the time come to give all of this up? I don’t know whether we should sell up or shut up. And here’s why. Leaving aside the fact that house price growth is slowing, and houses are struggling to sell, there are some other issues that concern me. Mortgage rates will be pushing up business costs Firstly, increasing buy to let mortg

In an interview with iNews, the Shadow Housing Secretary Lisa Nandy says Labour supports a council house tenant's right to buy their home. She said: "Under former leader Jeremy Corbyn, Labour had pledged to end the right to buy scheme. But, under Sir Keir Starmer’s stewardship, that's no longer the case. "Labour supports the principle of council and social tenants being able to buy the homes they've lived in for years and considers it a sustainable policy if the homes are rep

A bid by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) to re-band individual HMO rooms for council tax purposes looks set to end after an amendment to a Bill by Conservative MP, Caroline Dinenage. She was compelled to act over growing instances of councils handing individual tenants living in an HMO a council tax bill. Usually, a landlord is liable for paying the council tax on the dwelling, but a trend has appeared for the VOA to reband the HMO's bedrooms as individual dwellings. Ms Di