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Spring Budget: Commentary from the property market
In today’s Spring Budget is was announced that there are plans to spend £1bn on twelve new investment zones to reduce regional disparities and to…
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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.
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Survey shows nearly half of UK landlords optimistic about future prospects
According to a recent survey conducted by Landbay, almost half of the landlords in the UK (46%) have a positive outlook on the future prospects…
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Hackney landlords must ‘tackle damp or pay the penalty’
‘Tackle damp and mould or pay the penalty’, Hackney council has warned local landlords. This follows approval by the council of a 25 per cent…
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Scottish PRS rent-cap approved
Scotland’s private landlords will be permitted to raise rents on existing tenancies by up to 3 per cent from 1 April but must use government-approved…
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Gove urges social renters to ‘Make Things Right’
Social housing tenants living in substandard housing are being encouraged to complain to their landlords and if necessary to the Housing Ombudsman. Housing Secretary Michael…
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UK Housing Market Continues to Decline, RICS Reports
The UK housing market has experienced a tenth consecutive month of decline, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The number of buyers…
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Financial support needed to speed energy saving in private property
Financial support should be given to Welsh homeowners to encourage retrofitting of energy-saving features such as heat pumps instead of boilers, upgraded insulation and improved…
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Scottish landlords have one year to meet revised Repairing Standard
From 1 March next year all private rented properties in Scotland will be required to have central heating, a kitchen with adequate space and facilities…
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Landlords Struggle to Remortgage Due to Failing Lender’s Affordability Tests
Buy-to-let investors are struggling to remortgage after failing their lender’s affordability test, which could force one in three landlords to sell their properties. According to…
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Right to contest reminder and forms
Would-be property buyers have been reminded that they have the right to challenge the government to sell land or property that they believe is not…
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UK house prices see first annual fall since pandemic boom, down 1.1% in a year
Annual house price growth has finally turned negative – prices are down 1.1% in a year. They fell 0.5% in a month – making February…
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UK landlords face deadline to revalue high-value properties
Landlord companies with residential properties in the UK worth more than £500,000 have been reminded that they have one month left to revalue their properties…
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Property sellers discount on average £14,100 to achieve a sale
The latest House Price Index from Zoopla – the leading property website – reveals sellers are having to discount their home by an average of…
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Private landlords should have duty to deal with mould
Citizens Advice is calling on the Government to require private landlords to deal with complaints of serious issues such as damp and mould in their…
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Council tax certainty proposed for HMOs
As a general rule, houses in multiple occupation should always be treated for council tax purposes as a single property, the Government has proposed. In…
