The Latest Private Rented Sector News
More landlords use social media to screen tenants
Savvy landlords are turning to social media to screen tenants before letting them rent their property. New data from Foundation
Would you send a Christmas card to your tenant?
The results of a snap survey by Simple Landlords Insurance has revealed that large numbers of landlords are more likely
Three or more bedrooms produce biggest yields for landlords, research suggests
Houses with three bedrooms or more result in higher yields of landlords in the private rented sector in the UK,
Xmas Is Coming – The Landlord’s Getting Flak
We are coming up to Xmas and despite the Xmas songs and Xmas markets, some landlords may think ‘so what’.
Landlords are standing by their right to ban pets from properties
The National Landlords Association (NLA) has rejected a “blanket approach” after experts advised against banning pets from properties. The suggestion
LBTT Scottish stamp duty surcharge to increase to 4%
There was bad news for buy-to-let landlords in Scotland yesterday when the Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay proposed a 1%
Rise of the landlord-in-law: 2.5 million young people return home – with a partner in tow
Almost 2.5 million children have returned to live in their parents’ home with their partner in tow, new research reveals.
Draconian tax changes will force landlords to ‘evict tenants’ or ‘increase their rents’
Draconian tax changes applying to buy-to-let investors will leave many private landlords with little alternative but to evict tenants and
Landlord provides accommodation for homeless this Christmas
Five homeless people will have a roof over their heads this Christmas, thanks to a kind-hearted Liverpool landlord, Mike Georgeson.
Rent controls would hurt both tenants and landlords, warns RLA
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has warned that growing speculation the mayor of London Sadiq Khan is considering introducing rent