Tag: Private Rented Sector

Rocketing interest rates will scupper the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd May 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Landlords will increasingly look to sell up if interest rates continue rising, a round table discussion reveals. The host Phil...

Mould and damp a problem for majority of students

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd May 2023, 3 years ago | 11

More than half of students living in the private rented sector (PRS) are living with mould or damp, according to...

Research into BTL mortgage arrears – University of York

Author: Alison Wallace

7th November 2013, 13 years ago | 16

I head up an independent and experienced team of researchers at the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of...

SEAL – South East Alliance of Landlords

Author: Neil Patterson

23rd October 2013, 13 years ago | 5

Members of the South East Alliance of Landlords (SEAL) are putting together a bedsit task force to go Street to...

A well considered BuytoLet strategy is essential

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th October 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Provision for regular investment into rental properties needs a well considered BuytoLet strategy. A sensible Rainy Day fund is essential...

Rise in working families claiming benefits for housing

Author: Mark Alexander

17th October 2013, 13 years ago | 0

As early as Christmas working households claiming support for private sector rent could outnumber those in which nobody works, says...

Why Aren’t We More Worried About Withdrawal of Benefits?

Author: Readers Question

11th October 2013, 13 years ago | 14

I am interested that I can’t see any response to, or comment about, George Osborne’s announcement last week to withdraw...

Council of Letting Agents call for Scotland’s dangerous electrics to be outlawed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th October 2013, 13 years ago | 1

The Council of Letting Agents has today called for better electrical safety standards in Scotland’s privately rented properties. Speaking at...

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...