Lettings & Management

Eviction advice and recommendations?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th November 2022, 4 years ago | 12

Hello, We are just starting an eviction and are looking for the experience of others who have been through this...

EPCs in 2028 to include existing tenancies?

Author: Readers Question

28th November 2022, 4 years ago | 24

Hello, The govt propose that existing tenancies must have a rating of C or above from April 2028. It will...

50,000 landlords have left the PRS since 2019

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th November 2022, 4 years ago | 17

It has been revealed that the UK has 2.74 million unincorporated landlords and in 2020-21 they earned £41bn from rents,...

Lender offers landlords £50m to help enhance energy efficiency

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th November 2022, 4 years ago | 0

Buy-to-let landlords who want to improve the sustainability of their investment properties can access a lending fund with lower mortgage...

Non-Companies House director?

Author: Readers Question

24th November 2022, 4 years ago | 2

Hello, We have a person who works very hard for our freehold company looking after the block in which we...

Government to fund rogue landlord crackdown

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th November 2022, 4 years ago | 34

The government has today revealed that it will fund councils with high numbers of ‘poor privately rented homes’ in a...

Commercial agents and landlords warned of energy efficiency regulation changes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th November 2022, 4 years ago | 19

Propertymark is warning commercial letting agents and landlords about a change in energy efficiency regulations for business buildings. They say...

Record spike in rent protection uptake from landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th November 2022, 4 years ago | 0

Over the last six months there has been a 57% increase in the uptake of rent protection as an optional...

Funding help is needed to make homes more energy efficient

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd November 2022, 4 years ago | 1

Only cash help to make homes and businesses energy efficient will enable the government to meet a pledge set out...

Demand for rent protection insurance grows

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd November 2022, 4 years ago | 0

Growing economic uncertainties has seen a rise in the number of letting agents supporting their landlords against rental arrears or...

Management agents to block of flats reneged on responsibility?

Author: Readers Question

22nd November 2022, 4 years ago | 3

Hello, I have a one bed rental flat in a small block of flats in Reading. My tenant experienced total...

Wealthy Londoners who can’t sell become ‘accidental landlords’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd November 2022, 4 years ago | 1

A growing number of wealthy Londoners who can’t sell their homes are becoming accidental landlords instead, a report has found....

Propertymark says the pressure on rents is easing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2022, 4 years ago | 0

Propertymark, the body for property agents, says that the average number of new prospective tenants registered with each member branch...

Worried landlords increasingly ask for rent guarantors

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st November 2022, 4 years ago | 3

Increasingly worried landlords are demanding that their tenants offer a guarantor in the face of looming rent arrears, research reveals....

Conforming with regulations?

Author: Readers Question

21st November 2022, 4 years ago | 22

Hello, I have 2 questions about the practical approach to meeting regulations. I have just requested an electrical safety check...

Property damage and cleaning top tenancy deposit disputes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th November 2022, 4 years ago | 4

More than half of tenancy deposit disputes during the last year concerned property damage and cleaning, The Deposit Protection Service...

Government’s PRS strategy is ‘in tatters’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th November 2022, 4 years ago | 11

Government policy has left the private rented sector (PRS) ‘in tatters’ as figures show the number of homes to rent...

NRLA proposal on anti-social behaviour accepted by the Government

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th November 2022, 4 years ago | 8

The Government has accepted a proposal from the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) to tackle anti-social tenants who cause misery...