Tag: renters rights bill

Landlords reveal their costliest mistakes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th April 2025, 1 year 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, 1 year ago | 6

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

A third of landlords consider quitting the PRS to avoid rising costs and new laws

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th April 2025, 1 year ago | 4

Nearly one in three landlords are considering quitting the private rented sector, driven by escalating maintenance costs and tougher regulations,...

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, 1 year ago | 0

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

Why the abolition of Section 21 will backfire on tenants

Author: Landlord Crusader

4th April 2025, 1 year ago | 9

The Renters’ Rights Bill and its mission to abolish Section 21 so called ‘no-fault’ evictions isn’t just a slap in...

Survey reveals few tenants believe Renters’ Rights Bill will improve their rights

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th April 2025, 1 year ago | 3

Only a small number of tenants believe the Renters’ Rights Bill will improve their rights and some haven’t even heard...

Renters’ Rights Bill delay sparks worry for landlords and tenants – NRLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd April 2025, 1 year ago | 10

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has issued a stark warning to ministers, demanding clear communication on when the Renters’...

Harrying of landlords = scourge on tenants?

Author: Readers Question

2nd April 2025, 1 year ago | 6

So here it is, government projections show landlords are selling in their droves. It is now obvious a relatively small...

Stamp duty hike will challenge PRS landlord investment plans

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd April 2025, 1 year ago | 1

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

Nearly half of landlords won’t sell properties – survey

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st April 2025, 1 year ago | 8

Almost half of landlords have no plans to offload their rental assets within the next year, a study reveals. The...

One in five tenants borrow cash to pay for their deposit

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th March 2025, 1 year ago | 4

One in five renters are taking out loans to help pay for their five-week cash deposit when moving into a...

Tenant awareness of Renters’ Rights Bill remains low

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th March 2025, 1 year ago | 11

Despite the media coverage and calls from tenant activist groups, research reveals that 43% of tenants admit to being ‘slightly...

Is the PRS pendulum swinging too far against landlords?

Author: Readers Question

24th March 2025, 1 year ago | 24

The biggest problem facing landlords is that the PRS is like a pendulum, swinging slowly from one policy extreme to...

Landlords see profits soar from downsizing “loophole”

Author: David Coughlin - Landlord Sales Agency

21st March 2025, 1 year ago | 0

A landlord’s buy-to-let flats sold for £1.15 million in 4 weeks, another in just 2 weeks for 18% higher than...

Providers or parasites? The vilification of landlords continues

Author: Landlord Crusader

21st March 2025, 1 year ago | 5

Two stories on Property118 on the same day manage to spell out the real issue facing PRS landlords in the...

Landlords must allow tenant fibre broadband upgrades

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st March 2025, 1 year ago | 12

A new amendment to the Renters’ Rights Bill will see landlords having to accept fibre broadband installation requests from tenants....

More than 5,000 retrofits needed a day to meet EPC C targets costing landlords thousands

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th March 2025, 1 year ago | 17

A video by the NRLA reveals that 5,000 retrofits would need to be completed every working day to meet EPC...

The Renters’ Rights Bill is not anti-landlord says KC

Author: Tessa Shepperson

19th March 2025, 1 year ago | 30

Many landlords are upset and concerned at the legal changes being brought in by the Renters’ Rights Bill. Some landlords...

Charities urge Labour to tackle ‘discriminatory’ PRS guarantor rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th March 2025, 1 year ago | 16

The Labour government is being urged to overhaul renter legislation which 28 charities say will hit poorer tenants from being...

Nearly 19,000 people demand pets in council and social homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th March 2025, 1 year ago | 2

Nearly 19,000 people have rallied behind a charity’s call to extend the Renters’ Rights Bill provision to allow pets in...