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6th March 2020
February Biggest Drop in Void Periods plus Rent Yield Rise a Boost to Landlords!
Buy to let landlords increasingly claim they are under pressure from government legislation and tax reforms targeting rental properties and tenancy conditions in the private residential sector. They will no doubt be heartened to hear that void per [...] read more29th February 2020
Remote Decisions and Lack of Communication? Replace Your Block Management Whatever Size of Building!
There can be many reasons why residential leaseholders put up with a poor block management service rather than exercise their right to manage (RTM). For many, to own and hold on to their flat, albeit leasehold, may be seen as a way of at least being [...] read more
24th February 2020
Renewed Optimism in Buy To Let: Two in Three Landlords Plan To Invest in Property in 2020
Landlords say they feel more optimistic about the buy to let market in 2020. “Must be fake news”, will likely be the reply from those landlords feeling pressure from recent tax changes and ongoing tenancy reforms affecting terms and conditions of [...] read more
31st January 2020
Law Commission Reforms 2020 to Simplify Leaseholder Rules and Remove Ground Rent Burden
Current rules to determine a residential leaseholder’s right to manage could be simplified in 2020. Leaseholders dissatisfied with their existing block management are hopeful that ongoing Government reforms will provide an easier passage to take co [...] read more26th January 2020
Which Landlords Plan to Buy More Houses or Selling Up?
Depending on which survey you read, in 2020 landlords will be focused on either acquiring more buy to let properties or simply selling up and leaving the private rental sector altogether. What is definitely expected to happen in the next 12 months is [...] read more
17th January 2020
Selective Licensing Scheme – Renewal Rejected for Liverpool, So Will It Happen In Redbridge?
Landlords across the land are sure to have cheered recent news of the Government rejecting plans by Liverpool City Council to renew a city-wide, selective licensing scheme due to end on 31st March 2020. Will the Government also start rejecting select [...] read more
26th December 2019
Outlook for Landlords in 2020: Government Reform Set To Continue in the Private Rented Sector
Buy to let landlords have increasingly faced a barrage of government legislation aimed at reform of rental properties and conditions for tenants in the private rented sector. Owning and maintaining flats or houses to rent now demands tenancy conditio [...] read more
20th December 2019
Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA): Will RTM Leaseholders See Reforms Enacted in 2020?
RTM - or “Right To Manage” - provides leaseholder’s the legal entitlement to replace managing agents as result of a history of a poor service, bad maintenance, rising annual charges and ad hoc repair costs. But will a new set of managing han [...] read more16th December 2019
Ban on Landlords Charging Extra Pet Rent? Property Management Will Optimise Monthly Incomes!
Landlords may soon be banned from charging a fee to tenants who keep a pet in their privately rented property. Following the Tenant Fees Act introduced in June 2019, which banned landlords and their agents from charging tenant fees, The National Trad [...] read more
29th November 2019
25 Per Cent Leaseholder Surge in New Right To Manage Arrangements!
Putting up with unsatisfactory conditions can often seen to be the preferred option for long suffering leaseholders. An almost accepted way of leaseholder life is to wearily complain about poor quality maintenance while facing swingeing service charg [...] read more
18th November 2019
General Election Promises: Why Landlords Are Keeping An Eye On All Party’s Housing Policy!
What can landlords, agents and property managers expect from the outcome of the forthcoming general election? Is it possible to find clues in past announcements or recent statements? The last few years have been challenging for buy to let landlord [...] read more
8th November 2019
Winter Warmer For Landlords – Cost Of Improving EPC Rating Capped!
Welcome news for landlords who feel under increasing, undue pressure from government legislation to improve conditions for their tenants or face stiff financial penalties. It was recently announced that landlords will now not be expected to pay up to [...] read more1st July 2019
New ‘How To Rent Guide’ Comes In Same Day As Tenant Fees Act 2019
The Tenant Fees Act 2019 came into force on 1st June. Across the UK, there shouldn’t be a landlord with rental properties or a lettings agent with houses or flats to rent who doesn’t know that the fee previously charged to tenants is now banned. [...] read more
20th June 2019
Growing Landlord Confidence Sees Buy To Let Uplift in First Quarter 2019
Current landlords with a number of houses or flats to rent, as well as other potential investors, have been raising their concerns over the future viability of the buy to let market. New data, however, suggests that confidence appears to be returning [...] read more
10th June 2019
Landlord Swimming Against The Tide? Switching Property Management For a Sea-Change in Renting
There can’t be too many landlords who haven’t recognised a sea-change in the private rental sector. Swimming against the tide is increasingly ill-advised. In particular, serious buy to let landlords and other property investors who wish to contin [...] read more
29th May 2019
Repeal of Section 21 Evictions – Landlords Promised “Quicker and Smoother” Repossessions
Should landlords offering properties to rent in Redbridge be concerned over the proposal to repeal Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 and end so-called, “no fault” evictions? In 2018, independent charitable foundation, Trust For London, reported [...] read more9th May 2019
Client Money Protection (CMP) Scheme Starts – and A Raft of New Laws and Pressure On Landlords!
The mandatory Client Money Protection (CMP) scheme membership came into force on 1st April. But it’s no April Fool’s Day prank. The government-backed scheme is aimed at protecting any money held by the CMP scheme on behalf of landlords and tenant [...] read more
15th March 2019
Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act Comes Into Force – 29 Hazards That A Landlord Needs To Know!
March 20th 2019 – it’s a date that all landlords with properties to let need to know! It’s the day when The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 comes into force. From now on, the law will allow a tenant to take their landlord directl [...] read more
4th March 2019
Landlords Should Look Forward to Adding Value to their Property Investments
Nearly one in five (19 per cent) of households in the UK - 4.5 million dwellings - are within the private rented sector. It seems clear that despite concerns raised on some landlord forums, the role of rental properties as a long term investment cont [...] read more