Tag: Landlords

Landlords continue fleeing PRS as tenant demand rises

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Tenant demand in the first three months of the year rocketed by 41%, but fewer rental properties came onto the...

Build-to-rent sector stalls as completions slump

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th May 2023, 3 years ago | 1

The number of build-to-rent (BTR) completions in the UK has slumped by 56% in a year – with the decline...

Where house prices have rocketed by 25%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th May 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Homeowners and landlords in one in five of the UK’s local authorities have seen the average rate of house price...

Stephen Henesy: Why Helpthemove can solve a landlord’s utility billing issues

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd May 2023, 3 years ago | 0

If you are a landlord, agent or property manager looking to centralise and automate utility notifications to the council, water...

Welsh government says landlords need crucial financial help

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th April 2023, 3 years ago | 2

The Welsh government has acknowledged that landlords will need financial help to improve their rental homes to meet energy efficiency...

Rents hit new high – but record growth is slowing down

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th April 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Tenants are faced with rents hitting a new record high with renters outside of London now spending an average of...

Welsh government should have ‘listened to landlords’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th April 2023, 3 years ago | 0

The National Residential Landlords’ Association (NRLA) has hit out after the Welsh government unveiled draft legislation to clarify parts of...

Shock poll finds 44% of landlords will sell up

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th April 2023, 3 years ago | 16

If interest rates rise to 4.5% next month, 45% of landlords say they will sell up, a survey reveals. The...

All regions see rental yields go up

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th April 2023, 3 years ago | 0

All regions have seen an annual and quarterly rise in rental yields – up from 6% a year ago, and...

New ‘sex for rent’ law aimed at predatory landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th April 2023, 3 years ago | 17

A consultation that could lead to a new law to crack down on landlords demanding ‘sex for rent’ has been...

Landlords will be able to sue over rip-off building insurance policies

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st April 2023, 3 years ago | 2

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed that it is going to reform the multi-occupancy leasehold insurance market which will...

EPC upgrade bill will see two-thirds of landlords selling up

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th April 2023, 3 years ago | 2

The cost for landlords to upgrade their rental properties to meet a minimum EPC rating of C by an expected...

NRLA says Government is clueless over housing benefit freeze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th April 2023, 3 years ago | 2

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has hit out after the government revealed it has not tried to calculate how...

Tenants warned that rent hikes are coming

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th April 2023, 3 years ago | 3

Landlords haven’t yet passed on their rising mortgage costs to tenants, but that could be about to change, research reveals....

Early BTL investors are retiring and selling up

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th April 2023, 3 years ago | 39

Most BTL investor sales are from those landlords who were among the first to invest after buy to let mortgages...

Tenants in the capital will be most affected by EPC changes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th April 2023, 3 years ago | 2

Renters in London will be the worst hit by the government’s proposed energy performance certificate (EPC) laws, research reveals. That’s...

Two existing tenants are leaving – legal issues?

Author: Readers Question

14th April 2023, 3 years ago | 11

Hello, I currently have a leased property which, since Nov 2021, has been occupied by a family of four adults...

No evidence for Diane Abbott’s claim of landlords demanding ‘pay-to-view’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th April 2023, 3 years ago | 31

A controversial appearance by Labour MP Diane Abbott on ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’ led to claims that landlords are ‘charging...

Landlords support Decent Homes Standard for the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th April 2023, 3 years ago | 7

There is strong support for the introduction of a minimum set of property standards for the private rented sector (PRS),...

Migrating to managing agent from residents’ management Co?

Author: Readers Question

12th April 2023, 3 years ago | 34

Hello, We are a small block of 7 flats with a mix of owner occupiers and owners who let their...

Council’s selective licensing scheme slammed by tribunal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th April 2023, 3 years ago | 24

A council’s selective licensing scheme has been criticised by a First-tier Tribunal (FTT) for covering a wide area rather than...