Tag: Landlords

Bid to mandate second staircases to make buildings safer

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th December 2022, 3 years ago | 0

The Government is proposing to mandate second staircases in new residential buildings that are more than 30m high in a...

Affordability will hit tenant demand and rent rises in 2023

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th December 2022, 3 years ago | 3

The prospect for big rent rises in 2023 is slim with affordability already hitting a tenant’s ability to pay rent,...

70,000 BTL landlords exited the PRS this year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th December 2022, 3 years ago | 19

An accountancy firm says that 70,000 buy-to-let landlords have exited the UK’s rental market over the last 12 months. UHY...

Record year for landlord and agent fines

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd December 2022, 3 years ago | 3

Rogue landlords and letting agents have been hit with fines that averaged £90,000 per month in 2022 in a sign...

Landlords feel unfairly penalised – but tenants want more regulation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd December 2022, 3 years ago | 19

A survey has revealed the gap in how landlords and tenants see the private rented sector – with most landlords...

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...

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,...

It’s time for those responsible for the PRS mess to own it

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th December 2022, 3 years ago | 7

I can’t help but wonder what the future is for the private rented sector (PRS) when I look at the...

Social housing tenants get cash so their voices ‘are heard’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th December 2022, 3 years ago | 5

A Government cash pot of £500,000 will help to train and support social housing tenants to have their ‘voices heard’,...

Lib Dems call for a Christmas evictions ban

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th December 2022, 3 years ago | 12

The Government is being urged to implement a ban on evictions over Christmas in the private rented sector by the...

Charity begins with a home?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th December 2022, 3 years ago | 6

Hello, How about rather than LL’s setting up a charity [see ‘Landlords for homelessness charity to compete with Shelter and...

Home repossessions defy predictions after mortgage rate rises

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th December 2022, 3 years ago | 2

The number of home repossessions by finance lenders after mortgage rates went up has decreased significantly – defying the expected...

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...

Daily Telegraph wants to speak to landlords who are remortgaging

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th December 2022, 3 years ago | 1

The Daily Telegraph’s property correspondent, Melissa Lawford, is writing an article about the buy-to-let remortgage crunch and would like to...

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...

Landlords for homelessness charity to compete with Shelter and Crisis?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th December 2022, 3 years ago | 105

Well, that got your attention didn’t it! But is it such a crazy idea? What if landlords got together and...

Rising rents tempt landlords back to investing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th December 2022, 3 years ago | 4

Landlords are increasingly looking at investing in a rental property because of rising rents, one real estate firm says. According...

Agency says prime rental demand is ‘unprecedented’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th December 2022, 3 years ago | 2

A leading lettings agency says that prime rental demand in the UK is running at an unprecedented level and is...

Landlords worry as rents hit a new record across the UK

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th December 2022, 3 years ago | 4

Rents across the UK continue to hit new highs with the HomeLet Rental Index revealing that tenants are now paying,...

A fifth of rental homes are let within 2 weeks

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th December 2022, 3 years ago | 2

In Britain’s fastest-moving rental markets, up to 30% of homes are being snapped up by eager tenants within two weeks...