Number of smaller portfolio landlords in the UK is falling
Click here to view the original article ‘Number of smaller portfolio landlords in the UK is falling’ Landlords in the UK are taking major decisions about the number of properties in their portfolios as a result of tax changes which are beginning to bite into their profits. New research shows that the number of […]
Is there too much red tape to be a DIY landlord?
Click here to view the original article ‘Is there too much red tape to be a DIY landlord?’ The Buy to Let property boom over the past decade has seen a flood of new landlords enter the market. But with over 145 individual laws and more than 400 regulations to follow, it’s surprisingly easy […]
Landlords and tenants continuing to be let down by poor enforcement
Click here to view the original article ‘Landlords and tenants continuing to be let down by poor enforcement’ Last year the RLA conducted a Freedom of Information exercise across all local authorities in England and Wales to measure enforcement activity over a five year period between 2012/13 and 2016/17. Some 296 councils responded. It […]
Landlords struggling with regulation changes
Click here to view the original article ‘Landlords struggling with regulation changes’ Survey sheds light on the scale of the challenge that landlords say they face in coping with compliance. Nearly one in five landlords (18.2%) say they find it ‘impossible’ to keep up with constant regulation changes a new survey reveals. Research by […]
Calls for councils to have power to confiscate properties from criminal landlords
Click here to view the original article ‘Calls for councils to have power to confiscate properties from criminal landlords’ Local authorities should be given the power to confiscate properties from landlords who exploit vulnerable tenants, MPs have said today. In a new report, the Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee said vulnerable tenants […]
Ministers urged to protect tenants from “revenge eviction”
Click here to view the original article ‘Ministers urged to protect tenants from “revenge eviction”’ Nearly a third of private tenants who have experienced problems while renting do not complain for fear of being evicted, according to new research from Citizens Advice. The research found that almost a quarter of a million households, who […]
Have regulation changes in the PRS gone too far?
Click here to view the original article ‘Have regulation changes in the PRS gone too far?’ Well, perhaps for some as new research from Property Partner reveals that as many as 54% of BTL landlords are considering either reducing the size of their portfolio or selling all their buy-to-let properties due to the raft […]
54% of buy-to-let investors considering selling due to regulatory changes
Click here to view the original article ‘54% of buy-to-let investors considering selling due to regulatory changes’ 54% of buy-to-let landlords are considering selling all or some of their buy-to-let properties due to regulatory changes over the past year, according to Property Partner research. The survey found that over two thirds have had their […]
Fear of eviction forces tenants to put up with shoddy or unsafe homes
Click here to view the original article ‘Fear of eviction forces tenants to put up with shoddy or unsafe homes’ Too many tenants are worried about the consequences of complaining to their landlord. A quarter of a million private tenants in England who faced issues with their rental accommodation last year chose not to […]
How to deal with devious tenants
Click here to view the original article ‘How to deal with devious tenants’ I often get landlords say to me ‘my tenants are really devious, they are up to all the tricks’ as if this means that their tenant is always going to win every argument and (in the context in which much of […]