UK buy to let landlords increasingly looking for semi-detached properties
In the first quarter of 2015 there was a marked increase in the number of landlords on the look-out for a semi-detached property amongst those expecting to purchase buy-to-let property soon, up from 23% in Q4 2014 to 35% in Q1 2015. Paragon Mortgages’ Private Rented Sector Trends survey, which has been tracking landlord confidence […]
Petition to stop rent controls
The petition calls for the Scottish Government and MSPs to recognise the importance of the Private Rented Sector (PRS) in Scotland. Echoing the voice of the wider sector the petition argues that proposals such as the introduction of rent controls and the removal of a the landlord’s right to terminate a tenancy at the end […]
Election manifestos – a landlord guide
Stuart Ford from Glide Utilities gives his opinion on the main party housing policies and how they are likely to affect the property market. Rent controls – Labour/Green Rent control is never a good idea. The profound economic and social consequences of government intervention in a nation’s housing markets have been documented in study after […]
Web portal established to help tackle bad tenant debt
A website has been launched to help landlords record details of who is responsible for paying a property’s water bill, in an attempt to reduce bad debt. The Landlord TAP website provides a form for landlords to fill in basic details of their tenants, and this is then automatically passed on to the relevant water […]
Exodus of Scottish landlords predicted
New research suggests there will be an exodus of landlords from the Scottish private rental sector following the removal of no fault grounds for repossession and the possibility of rent controls in City hotspots. The lettings portal Citylets found that over 31% of Scottish urban landlords are set to leave the PRS or reduce their […]
New TenantVet Website
We are delighted to announce the launch of the brand new TenantVet website. TenantVet is the best reference you can get on a tenant. Landlords, agents, local authorities and housing associations can and have all joined TenantVet and submit information about how their tenants conducted their tenancy. This information is then available to every other […]