Tag: Private Rented Sector

Enforcement not legislation – PRS Hit Squads

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd October 2013, 13 years ago | 64

There is already more than enough funding and legislation to police the Private Rented Sector. The last thing we need...

Tenants Charter – Mr Pickles, have you gone completely mad?

Author: Mark Alexander

1st October 2013, 13 years ago | 67

Open Letter to Mr Eric Pickles – Communities Secretary – re Tenants Charter Dear Mr Pickles Have you gone completely...

Ed Miliband housebuilder land grab would face legal challenges

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th September 2013, 13 years ago | 2

In Ed Miliband’s speech at the Labour Party conference he warned “We’ll say to private developers, you can’t just sit...

Reluctant landlords begin slow exit from private rented sector

Author: Mark Alexander

20th September 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Latest ARLA research also shows regional variation in tenant demand. The number of reluctant landlords in the private rented sector...

Buy to Let Mortgages to remain legal announces EU

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th September 2013, 13 years ago | 9

The Mortgage Directive, officially known as the ‘Credit Agreements Related to Residential Property Directive’ (CARRP) attempted to create a single...

Rant About Scottish Letting Regulation

Author: John Gell

13th September 2013, 13 years ago | 30

As the Scottish Government gets set to embark on the regulation of letting agents – regulation which is badly needed...

Letting agent regulation for Scotland – Scottish Government plans announced

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th September 2013, 13 years ago | 1

Scotland’s newly formed Council of Letting Agents (CLA) steering group met for the first time yesterday.  The members of the...

Letting Industry Pays Tribute to Northwood MD Nick Cooper

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd August 2013, 13 years ago | 4

Tributes from across the lettings industry have been flooding in following the death of Northwood Managing Director, Nick Cooper, who...

Tenant Referencing Using Common Sense

Author: Mark Alexander

22nd August 2013, 13 years ago | 23

Common sense tenant referencing was pretty much the only option available when I first became a landlord and started letting property...

Alternatives to Landlord Licencing Schemes

Author: Mark Alexander

12th August 2013, 13 years ago | 42

The alternatives to Landlord Licensing Schemes require joined up thinking, changes to data sharing protocols within local authorities and revised...

Landlord Licensing Schemes – Raising Standards or Raising Funds?

Author: Mark Alexander

9th August 2013, 13 years ago | 118

WARNING – this article might make you want to cry, it might make you want to laugh and it will...

Meet The Landlords TV programme – fair representation?

Author: Mark Alexander

30th July 2013, 13 years ago | 73

Last night I finally got around to watching a TV programme I recorded on BBC a few weeks ago called...

Private Rented Sector Review – Conclusions and recommendations

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2013, 13 years ago | 7

The Private Rented Sector Review conclusions and recommendations published by the Communities and Local Government Committee: Simplifying regulation 1.  We recommend...

Private Rented Sector Review – Summary

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2013, 13 years ago | 2

The Private Rented Sector Review summary published by the Communities and Local Government Committee: The private rented sector has seen...

NLA report on the Private Rented Sector Review

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2013, 13 years ago | 1

Looking at the House of Commons Communities and Local Government Select Committee’s Report on the Private Rented Sector Review, Richard...

NUS also report on The Private Rented Sector Review

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2013, 13 years ago | 2

The National Union of Students (NUS) has welcomed The Private Rented Sector review from the Communities and Local Government Select...

Latest PRS advice concerning ASTs, Voids, Referencing and Rent2Rent (e-news compilation)

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Rent2Rent contracts – if you’re going to to it do it right Rent2Rent companies are using the wrong letting contracts...

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New NLA Chairman is Carolyn Uphill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th July 2013, 13 years ago | 1

The National Landlords Association welcomes the new NLA Chairman, Carolyn Uphill, to the helm of the organisation. Carolyn, formerly the...

The evolution of the Private Rented Sector – Deed of Assurance

Author: Mark Alexander

27th June 2013, 13 years ago | 116

Why on earth would The Mortgage Works “TMW” agree to three year AST’s? More to the point, why would landlords...

Council of Letting Agents (Scotland) announcement

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th June 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) directors are pleased to announce the appointment of Kathleen Gell as convenor of the newly...

Superstrike Ltd vs Rodrigues Tenancy Deposit Protection Court of Appeal

Author: Mark Alexander

16th June 2013, 13 years ago | 123

My reading of a recent Court of Appeal ruling (Superstrike Ltd vs Rodrigues) is that thousands of possession orders may have...