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Scrap tax on new homes to rent or pay the price, Government told

Scrap tax on new homes to rent or pay the price, Government told

Successive governments are to blame for a chronic shortage in available rental properties, the National Residential Landlords Association has claimed. ‘Since 2015 the government has...

10/05/2022
Thousands Of Affordable Houses Lost in Office-to-Residential Conversations

Thousands Of Affordable Houses Lost in Office-to-Residential Conversations

More than 18,000 affordable houses have been lost as a result of office-to-residential conversions under permitted development, the Local Government Association warns. A total of...

09/05/2022
Property prices hold firm, with a record high average

Property prices hold firm, with a record high average

In April, house prices were up 10.8% in a year, to a record high average of £286,079. They’re up £47,568 in two years. It took...

06/05/2022
Bank Of England Raise Rates to 1%

Bank Of England Raise Rates to 1%

Today the Bank of England has raised interest rates by 0.25% to 1%, the highest in 13 years. And what next as inflation set for...

05/05/2022
House Price Growth Slows in April

House Price Growth Slows in April

Buy to let landlords should note that monthly house price growth slowed slightly to 12.1% in April – but it’s still the 11th consecutive month...

30/04/2022
Mortgage Boost for New Build Landlords

Mortgage Boost for New Build Landlords

Good news for landlords who own or are looking to purchase a new build property, as earlier this week The Mortgage Works (TMW) increased its...

29/04/2022
Benefits information for hard pressed tenants

Benefits information for hard pressed tenants

Landlords who believe in providing tenants with as much potentially helpful information as possible have been given a helping hand by Revenue and Customs. It...

22/04/2022
NRLA highlights plight of NE renters

NRLA highlights plight of NE renters

North East landlords are calling on the Government to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance and restore the link between benefits and costs. The move follows...

21/04/2022
MPs call for more joined-up regulation of PRS

MPs call for more joined-up regulation of PRS

Private rented housing is failing far too often to provide safe and secure homes for tenants, the Commons Public Accounts Committee has concluded in its...

19/04/2022
Businesses ‘can’t keep doors open at expense of landlord solvency’

Businesses ‘can’t keep doors open at expense of landlord solvency’

New guidance has been published aimed at assisting commercial landlords and their business tenants settle unpaid rent arising from the Coronavirus emergency. Part of the...

14/04/2022
Call for limit of rent increases

Call for limit of rent increases

Without an overhaul of rent tribunals, renters will continue to face unaffordable rent increases and economic evictions after the abolition of Section 21 evictions. This...

13/04/2022
Sheffield landlords wins damages and apology

Sheffield landlords wins damages and apology

Sheffield landlord Zobia Rafique has been compensated to the tune of £100,000 by a tenant action group after it apologised for an unlawful campaign against...

12/04/2022
‘Affordability metrics’ should lead to house price rise slowdown

‘Affordability metrics’ should lead to house price rise slowdown

House price trends seem to have a life of their own, divorced from economic concerns. Such is picture painted by results of the latest Halifax...

08/04/2022
Landlords need to prepare for older generation of tenants

Landlords need to prepare for older generation of tenants

Homes headed by somebody aged of 45 will account for at least half of all privately renting households by 2035, analysis conducted on behalf of...

01/04/2022
NRLA welcomes VAT reduction

NRLA welcomes VAT reduction

A Government commitment to scrap VAT on energy-saving materials has been welcomed by the National Residential Landlords Association. Announcement of the change, which will take...

30/03/2022
Changing balance of property buyers and sellers

Changing balance of property buyers and sellers

The average number of estate agency listings is up 3.5% in the past month and up 5% on the 5 year average. Average house prices...

29/03/2022
Wales warned against variable land transaction tax rates

Wales warned against variable land transaction tax rates

There are better ways to deliver affordable housing than taxing purchase of second homes and holiday rentals, according to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in...

25/03/2022
Axing property investment hurdles would be ‘good start’ for Wales

Axing property investment hurdles would be ‘good start’ for Wales

Introduction of rent controls in Wales would have a destructive impact on the country’s private rented sector, the National Residential Landlords Association has told the...

24/03/2022
Yet more ‘right to rent’ guidance

Yet more ‘right to rent’ guidance

Landlords should not make assumptions about anybody’s right to rent or their immigration status, updated ‘Right to Rent’ guidance has re-iterated. In particular, landlords should...

22/03/2022
Welsh rental reforms move step closer

Welsh rental reforms move step closer

Wales has moved forward with its new renting regime by laying a second tranche of subordinate legislation before the Welsh Parliament. The measures are needed...

21/03/2022
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