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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...

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...

‘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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Scrapping stamp duty penalty would make economic sense

Scrapping stamp duty penalty would make economic sense

Scrapping the stamp duty penalty on buying rental properties would actually make the Government more money, the National Residential Landlords Association has concluded. According to...

Reminder of help available for hard-pushed tenants

Reminder of help available for hard-pushed tenants

Sheffield Council has reminded landlords that it may be able to offer financial support for tenants struggling to pay their rent. The council has been...

‘Homes for Ukraine’ scheme launched

‘Homes for Ukraine’ scheme launched

Records numbers have come forward to record their support for a scheme to house Ukrainian nationals displaced by the war now raging in their country....

Landlords targeting smaller towns

Landlords targeting smaller towns

Private landlords are increasingly targeting smaller, secondary towns and cities, analysis from Paragon Bank has suggested. Its own lending activity has revealed a strong increase...

Right to rent landlords’ code updated

Right to rent landlords’ code updated

Landlords have been reminded that when renting to European Economic Area nationals, they are now required to make immigration status checks under the Right to...

Continued house price buoyancy ‘surprising’

Continued house price buoyancy ‘surprising’

Despite war, rocketing fuel prices, and rising interest rates, house prices rose in February at an annual rate of 10.8 per cent, the fastest since...

Scottish landlords hit out against hostile environment

Scottish landlords hit out against hostile environment

There could soon be 36,000 fewer homes available to rent in Scotland, the Scottish Association of Landlords has warned. Damaging rhetoric from the Scottish Government...

Possession advice updated

Possession advice updated

Updated Government guidance has reminded landlords that court rules currently in force require them to provide additional information when making possession claims. Guidance for landlords...

Accommodation needed for fleeing Ukrainians

Accommodation needed for fleeing Ukrainians

With thousands of Ukrainians expected to seek refuge from war in the UK, the National Residential Landlords Association has called for Government guidance for landlords...

Backlash against Gove’s cladding cost exclusion for landlords

Backlash against Gove’s cladding cost exclusion for landlords

Government plans to end the unsafe cladding scandal are based on lazy and false assumptions that individual landlords are property tycoons. So says the National...
















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