Landlord Articles
Stamp duty reminder
New rates of stamp duty apply from 1 July. They are higher than now, but still below pre-pandemic levels. A new stamp duty regime is…
Articles by Editorial Team
The Landlord Knowledge editorial team covers UK buy-to-let and property investment news, policy, regulation, and finance. Our reporting focuses on the issues that matter most to private landlords and property investors across the UK.
Headed by Leon Hopkins, author of The Landlord's Handbook.
Buy-to-let Property News
Post June 30 ‘right to rent’ rules confirmed
So long as landlords have carried out ‘right to rent’ checks on tenants who are EEA nationals prior to 30 June, there is no requirement…
Buy-to-let Property News
NRLA renews plea for tenant support
Almost a quarter of a million renters will emerge from the Covid Crisis with damaged credit scores that will cause them difficulties finding new tenancies….
Buy-to-let Property News
No place for ‘No DSS’
Blanket bans against tenants in receipt of social benefits have no place in a fair and modern housing market, said housing spokesman Eddie Hughes last week….
Buy-to-let Property News
Updated forms bring reminder on s21 limits
Latest assured tenancy forms published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government remind landlords that they cannot rely on Section 21 in all…
Buy-to-let Property News
June brings end to bailiff ban
June has brought with it an easing of the rules that apply to rental property possession proceedings. From 1 June 2021, notice periods must be…
Landlord Articles
Beware holiday hitches
There may be a Stamp Duty holiday, but this is a tax that cannot be ignored, says Ella Pumford, content manager at St Modwen Homes….
Buy-to-let Property News
Generation Rents sets out wish list
An end to automatic evictions for rent arrears, four month notice periods with a winter ‘truce’ on evictions, a national register of landlords, and compensation…
Buy-to-let Property News
BTL mortgage rates moving down
Buy-to-Let mortgage rates have been moving down. Average two and five year fixed BTL mortgage rates have fallen since the start of May and are…
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House sales boom set to continue
2012 is set to have the busiest year for house sales since 2007, property portal Zoopla has predicted. ‘Easing of lockdowns will continue to cause…
Buy-to-let Property News
What the Government said about its timetable for easing restriction on landlord possession claims
2021 is set to have the busiest year for house sales since 2007, property portal Zoopla has predicted. ‘Easing of lockdowns will continue to cause…
Buy-to-let Property News
Government lays out plans for rental reform
Tenancy notice periods will return to pre-COVID lengths from 1 October 2021 ‘unless the public health situation warrants a further extension’. So said the Government…
Buy-to-let Property News
Official figures confirm house buying surge
Figures from HM Land Registry have confirmed the surge in house prices recorded in commercial surveys. On average, UK house prices rose by 1.8 per…
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Beginners Property Secrets: The UK’s #1 Property Education Event
So, you don’t know anything about property? Well, it’s time to start from the beginning! At Beginners Property Secrets you will learn the basics of…
Buy-to-let Property News
Rents increasing across UK
Excluding London, the annual rate of rental increase across the UK was higher at the end of March than it has been for over four…
