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Landlords face delays from tenants on benefits
More than half of tenants say they have received late payment from their local council, often causing late payment to
NLA says new S21 rules “akin to a Laurel and Hardy sketch”
Landlords have hit out at a raft of new rules being introduced in just three weeks’ time. The Department of
RLA takes “emotionally charged” Shelter to task
The Residential Landlords’ Association has taken Shelter to task for what it describes as “emotionally charged” media statements about alleged
Buy-to-let will become loss-making when rates rise
Landlords with standard buy-to-let properties will lose money when interest rates start rising, new research shows. This would be a
Majority of landlords have not installed carbon monoxide alarm, say tenants
Some 71% of landlords have not yet organised a carbon monoxide alarm in their rental property, according to a survey
Council prosecutes 492 landlords in two and a half years
Newham Council has reported that in the two and a half years since its licensing scheme came into force it
Buy-to-let landlords face “severe” profits shock
Buy-to-let landlords face a “severe dent” in post-tax profits following Chancellor George Osborne’s tax crackdown. Individual landlords will face extra
Petition against rental tax change nears 14,000 signatures
A petition to oppose the proposed change in buy to let landlords’ tax breaks is nearing the 14,000-signature mark –
Tenant kept huge 50-stone pig in living room
A landlord got a shock when he visited his property in Lea to find his tenants had been keeping a
Rents have gone up by nearly 12 per cent in the past year
Landlords have increased rents by nearly 12 per cent over the last year, according to an index of housing costs.