The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has welcomed plans by Labour to boost the supply of homes in the UK should it be returned to power. Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves had told the Labour Party conference in Liverpool that the party would ‘rebuild Britain’. That would see the speeding up of the planning for critically […]

Hello, I have a building control issue whereby the extension was built and not enough insulation was put in the cavity wall by the builder who was not aware. Building control wants this done as per the required amount. They have been advised that the whole property is an old one and no cavity wall […]

Social housing tenants are being urged to put pressure on landlords to improve their living conditions in a new campaign. The government has launched the next phase of the ‘Make Things Right’ campaign, which aims to empower residents to report issues and make complaints to improve social housing conditions. The government wants to inform social […]

Hello, I tried to evict a tenant in 2022 and got a possession order asking the tenant to leave on 1st December 2022. Got bailiffs involved but we cancelled the bailiffs as the tenants paid the majority of the debt. Now the tenant has not finished paying the old debt, but we agreed to let […]

Hello, what do you do as a responsible landlord when your plumber arranges an appointment not once but twice to visit your tenant’s flat on the anniversary of your gas safety check to be greeted by the tenant/contract holder (Wales) with there is no gas running to the boiler. The tenant hasn’t paid the bills […]

Landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) will have rental reform – including the abolition of Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions – imposed on them, Labour’s Angela Rayner has promised. The deputy Labour leader was speaking at the Party’s conference in Liverpool where she told delegates: “We will provide stability and certainty for the affordable and […]

A coalition of renting pressure groups has unveiled a manifesto that calls for sweeping changes in the private rented sector – including rent controls, open-ended tenancies and ‘fair’ four-month notice periods.  The Renters Manifesto also demands an end to Section 21 and for all PRS homes to have an EPC rating of C or above. […]

Landlords looking for a lucrative investment opportunity should consider buying student properties in the North of England and Scotland, research reveals. The data from easyMoney ranks the top 100 UK universities based on the average yields of properties in their postcodes, using house price information and rents from various sources. The findings show that the […]

The UK’s private rented sector (PRS) has seen a significant increase in both the number and value of deposits protected by tenancy deposit schemes in 2022-23, according to the latest briefing by TDS Group. The report compiles data from various sources, such as Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). […]

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has called on the Government to take urgent action to address the supply crisis in the rental market. The call comes after new figures from Rightmove revealed that there are 25 tenants enquiring about each available rental home. According to the data, which covers newly let properties, rents in […]

The mayor of West Yorkshire has launched a scathing attack on landlords, in a new interview. Labour mayor Tracy Brabin has criticised landlords who raise rents in a cost-of-living crisis. However, she does not advocate for the use of rent controls and instead wants to focus on building more affordable homes.  Avaricious and greedy Mayor […]

The Conservative Party used to be the party of property ownership and free enterprise, but its recent policies on housing have betrayed its core values and its loyal supporters. The Tories have broken their promises to reform the private rented sector (PRS), and have instead punished landlords with unjust taxes, soaring costs and stalled legislation. […]

The UK’s housing market showed further signs of cooling in September with the sixth consecutive monthly fall, Halifax says. The average house price fell by 0.4% month-on-month, and the annual rate of house price growth also slowed to -4.7%, the lowest since April 2021. Halifax said that house prices were still supported by the low […]

The Scottish government’s recently launched consultation on a range of issues affecting the private rented sector (PRS), including rent controls and tenant eviction protections, has been slammed by one leading property expert. Neil Cobbold, the managing director of automated rental payment specialists, PayProp UK, says the consultation being carried out, is ‘not fit for purpose’. […]

Business premises including holiday lets and small blocks of flats are being affected by new fire safety measures in England. All businesses must record a fire risk assessment and fire safety arrangements in full. The Home Office has published guides which will help anyone who has a legal duty for fire safety in a relevant […]

Hello, as it is not possible to ask for more than a 5 week deposit, and other fees are banned, what are the options available to a landlord if they are considering allowing a pet in the property? Is it actually ok to turn around and say a pet may be accepted BUT that as […]

A consultation on energy efficiency standards in the social housing sector will take place next year, according to new reports. In its Energy White Paper in 2020, the government committed to a review of the Decent Homes Standard to consider how it could better support the decarbonisation and energy performance of social housing. The government’s […]

We have written many articles about Hybrid LLP’s and how they have been abused. We also offered to help those who had fallen for a Hybrid LLP sales pitch to come clean with HMRC and correct matters before HMRC came knocking at their door. Today, HMRC issued Spolight article saying … Find out about a […]

Barclays put bad credit on my file 154 times while the Financial Service Ombudsman are investigating them, even though I OVERPAY my mortgages! I am not the only person to be affected. Customer accounts managed with the bank’s Trinity IT system did not accurately record monthly loan repayments, resulting in the bank wrongly flagging customers […]

The rental market in the UK is experiencing a frenzy of activity, as letting agents report an average of 25 enquiries from prospective tenants for every property on offer. And the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA), Ben Beadle, says the figures come as landlords see their lowest profits since 2006 and […]

Hello, can’t believe it – this is the second time we’ve had squatters move into one of our vacant rentals in Luton. The last time we agreed to pay a huge sum to the new owner of a property we sold, so we could walk away and leave the issue for him to deal with. […]