Tag: Landlords

More buy to let lenders roll out rate reductions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th May 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Three leading buy to let lenders – Landbay, Fleet Mortgages and ModaMortgages – have introduced changes to their BTL mortgage...

Starmer’s Migrant Housing Scheme pushes landlords to jump on a profit-making opportunity

Author: David Coughlin - Landlord Sales Agency

2nd May 2025, 1 year ago | 0

It’s hard not to laugh at the current governmental interference when it comes to landlords and our properties. First, they...

Labour doesn’t like landlords but really needs us for growing numbers of asylum seekers

Author: Landlord Crusader

2nd May 2025, 1 year ago | 42

It’s bizarre, isn’t it? Landlords, already battered by a barrage of legislative changes and economic pressures, are now being asked...

Lords warn court system could take five years to fully digitise under Renters’ Rights Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd May 2025, 1 year ago | 6

Members of the House of Lords warn that the court system could be left in limbo, with landlords facing long...

Landlords hit with hefty repair costs after huge cannabis operation busted

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th April 2025, 1 year ago | 4

Landlords paid the price after three men were sentenced for using rented properties for cannabis farming. The convictions come after...

Landlords: How To Build A ‘Bullet Proof’ Portfolio Before The Renters’ Right Bill Is Passed Into Law

Author: David Coughlin - Landlord Sales Agency

25th April 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Landlords, with the proposed Renters’ Rights Bill potentially coming into effect this year and minimum proposed EPC C targets just...

Why are landlords expected to parent their tenants?

Author: Landlord Crusader

25th April 2025, 1 year ago | 24

Sefton Council’s recent warning to private landlords has sparked outrage, and for good reason. The council insists that landlords –...

PRS faces shift as landlords sell up to avoid new regulations

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th April 2025, 1 year ago | 0

The private rented sector is seeing landlords sell up in the face of tighter government regulations and escalating financial pressures,...

Landlords boosted with new BTL mortgages and refurbishment loans

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th April 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Several buy to let lenders have introduced innovative mortgage products and refurbishment loans tailored for landlords and brokers. These offerings,...

Labour considers EPC C exemptions for listed buildings

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd April 2025, 1 year ago | 6

The Labour government could relax energy-efficiency rules and allow listed buildings to be exempt from EPC C targets, claim The...

Landlords to continue thriving despite the Renters’ Rights Bill?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd April 2025, 1 year ago | 3

The private rented sector continues to flourish, with landlords poised to maintain profits despite the introduction of the Renters’ Rights...

Why EPC costs and not the Renters’ Rights Bill could collapse the private rented sector

Author: Landlord Crusader

17th April 2025, 1 year ago | 6

The private rented sector (PRS) is teetering on the edge of a cliff, and the government seems determined to give...

Landlords fear proposed EPC standards more than Renters’ Rights Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th April 2025, 1 year ago | 4

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) claims more landlords are worried about changes to energy-efficiency rules than the Renters’ Rights...

Charity demands EPC C targets as soon as possible but landlords struggle in accessing grants and high costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th April 2025, 1 year ago | 15

A charity claims energy efficiency standards should be raised to EPC C as soon as possible in the private rented...

Landlords stuck in postcode lottery on anti-social behaviour support warns Propertymark

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th April 2025, 1 year ago | 2

An industry body warns some local authorities do not have the resources to tackle anti-social behaviour (ASB), leaving landlords and...

Landlords are being forced out of the market warns industry body

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th April 2025, 2 years ago | 2

Pressure on landlords continues to force them out of the private rented sector as tenant demand continues to jump, says...

Landlords reveal their costliest mistakes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th April 2025, 2 years ago | 7

Research has revealed a range of expensive mistakes that landlords make with 19% of them saying that costly renovations that...

Former Tory MP warns of Renters’ Rights Bill consequences and media bias

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th April 2025, 2 years ago | 6

Former Tory MP blasts one-sided media for misrepresenting landlords and says the Conservatives’ Renters (Reform) Bill was a compromise to...

Landlords encouraged to sell before July to avoid property price drop and double their portfolios by 2026

Author: David Coughlin - Landlord Sales Agency

4th April 2025, 2 years ago | 0

You’d think that landlords would have had enough of hearing about selling. With many of us recovering from incorporation and...

Stamp duty hike will challenge PRS landlord investment plans

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd April 2025, 2 years ago | 1

The higher stamp duty rates that came into effect this month will threaten landlord investment strategies, a survey reveals. The...

Senior Conservatives and landlords ‘plot’ to block the Renters’ Rights Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st April 2025, 2 years ago | 24

Senior figures within the Conservative Party have allegedly engaged in confidential discussions with landlords to derail the government’s Renters’ Rights...