Lettings & Management

Certificate of lawful use as a HMO period required query?

Author: Sam B

20th December 2022, 3 years ago | 4

Hi Everyone, I hope you all are looking forward to as good a Christmas as you can. I was curious...

Replacement windows in a leasehold flat?

Author: Readers Question

20th December 2022, 3 years ago | 13

Hello, The old uPVC windows in the leasehold flat I rent out need replacing but I am not clear if...

Short term let business rates?

Author: Readers Question

20th December 2022, 3 years ago | 0

Hello, I have recently switched a 1 bed property that I rented out long term rental into a short term...

Making Tax Digital for landlords is delayed by two years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th December 2022, 3 years ago | 5

The Government has announced that the introduction of its flagship ‘Making Tax Digital’ (MTD) scheme for Income Tax Self Assessment...

Help for agents to navigate new Welsh housing laws

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th December 2022, 3 years ago | 0

Updated training is now available for letting agents in Wales to help them navigate the Renting Homes (Wales) Act and...

Experts warn that landlords are facing a financial ‘timebomb’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th December 2022, 3 years ago | 5

Landlords coming to the end of a fixed-rate two-year mortgage deal are facing a ‘timebomb’ should their investments lose money,...

Survey reveals just 10% of tenants are not happy with their home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th December 2022, 3 years ago | 3

It might go against the media narrative that landlords offer poor housing, but a survey of tenants has revealed that...

Property leaders urge Michael Gove to address PRS pressures

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th December 2022, 3 years ago | 9

Leading members of the property sector have written to Michael Gove calling on him to address the unsustainable pressures on...

Government energy discount – Do tenants or the Landlord get this?

Author: Readers Question

15th December 2022, 3 years ago | 3

Hello, this is the scenario: Landlord owns and rents a property to students. Landlord is the registered payer for energy...

BoE base rate rise – property experts respond

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th December 2022, 3 years ago | 1

News that the Bank of England has pushed up the base interest rate by 50 basis points to a 14-year...

Claiming deposit?

Author: Readers Question

15th December 2022, 3 years ago | 6

Hello, a tenant has disappeared after a possession order was granted owing thousands in rent. I have requested the deposit...

Renters see biggest annual rent rise since 2016

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th December 2022, 3 years ago | 13

Tenants have seen rents rise yet again with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reporting that rent prices grew by...

It’s not the tenant that’s the problem!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th December 2022, 3 years ago | 3

Is there anything you can do when it’s the neighbours who are being antisocial and affecting YOUR tenants? I HAD...

Daily Telegraph wants to talk to landlords about rent guarantee insurance

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th December 2022, 3 years ago | 1

If you are a landlord who has had issues with rent guarantee insurance, then Alexa Phillips would like to speak...

Rents to rocket by 20% as landlords pay higher mortgage costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th December 2022, 3 years ago | 8

A grim prediction from the Bank of England is forecasting that rents will rocket by 20% because landlords could be...

New model for Student HMOs post Renters Reform Bill?

Author: Readers Question

13th December 2022, 3 years ago | 34

For mitigation against the worst implications of the (expected) Renters’ Reform Bill for my Student HMOs, I am mulling a...

London’s rents have risen by 15% since last Christmas

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th December 2022, 3 years ago | 0

Tenants are struggling this Christmas with rising food and energy prices, and now comes news that rents have risen by...

Authorities need to help landlords tackle anti-social behaviour

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th December 2022, 3 years ago | 7

At least half of landlords who have served a repossession notice have done so to tackle a tenant’s criminal or...