The Latest Private Rented Sector News
Landlords hit with fines for fire safety failings
Two landlords have been fined after being found guilty of fire safety failings in their rental properties. Both prosecutions were
Landlord making tenants homeless blasts Osborne’s ‘immoral’ property tax
LANDLORDS are being forced to sell buy-to-let properties and make vulnerable tenants homeless as a result of tax changes being
UK house prices fall as new landlord tax starts to bite
UK house prices fell more sharply than expected last month after the introduction of a new tax on the purchase
Landlords offered online tax training
‘Tax doesn’t have to be taxing’, or at least that is what those helpful adverts from HM Revenue and Customs
Thousands of amateur landlords putting tenants’ lives at risk
Many part-time landlords across the UK are putting their tenants’ lives at risk and could face hefty fines for breaking
Tenants Don’t Check On Landlords
Just 20 per cent of UK tenants do any form of check in their landlords before agreeing to a tenancy,
Average tenancy is now 18 months
Tenants are now adopting a more short-term view on renting property, reflected in the average assured shorthold tenancy length which
Does the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards Regime (MEES) affect you?
The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 came into force on 1 April 2016, and apply
Agents and landlords told to take gas safety more seriously
A leading trade body says it’s time for the private rental sector to take gas safety more seriously following a
Rogue landlords fined £60,000 after property licensing crackdown
A dozen Waltham Forest landlords have been prosecuted and fined a total of £60,000 after failing to sign up to