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England gets rent arrears support package

England gets rent arrears support package

England has at last followed Scotland and Wales by belatedly announcing a support package for tenants struggling to pay their rent as a result of...

Preparing for post-Covid economy

Preparing for post-Covid economy

This year’s Budget does not draw a line under Covid, but it does begin the work of preparing for a new economy post-Covid, claimed Chancellor...

Greens want landlords to foot £9bn funding bill

Greens want landlords to foot £9bn funding bill

A one-off tax on residential landlords to fund extra winter fuel payments has been proposed by the Green Party. Co-leader Adrian Ramsay told the party’s...

One firm pays most Tower hamlet fines

One firm pays most Tower hamlet fines

Three quarters of the fines resulting from Tower Hamlet letting agent prosecutions in the last three years were levied against just one firm. Tower Hamlets...

House price boom confirmed

House price boom confirmed

Official figures have confirmed the summer house price boom. Latest House Price Index results from Land Registry, just out, show UK house prices increased 10.6...

Fines warning in safety rules update

Fines warning in safety rules update

Local authorities may now impose fines of up to £30,000 on landlords who are in breach of their electrical safety duties, the Government has warned...

Government figures confirm looming rent arears crisis

Government figures confirm looming rent arears crisis

Urgent action is needed to combat a growing rent arrears crisis, the National Residential Landlords Association has warned. The Governments own Household Resilience Study for...

Possession updates available

Possession updates available

Landlords who have made possession claims on or after 3 August 2020 must provide the court with information about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic...

‘Practical steps’ needed to combat Universal Credit cut

‘Practical steps’ needed to combat Universal Credit cut

This week’s £20 cut in Universal Credit will significantly worsen the levels of private sector rent debt, the National Residential Landlords Association has warned. According...

Nationwide launches online landlord tool

Nationwide launches online landlord tool

Nationwide has launched a free service to help landlords better manage their properties. The Landlord Works, is an online management facility that allows landlords to upload...

Landlords offered tech support to see through for licensing fog

Landlords offered tech support to see through for licensing fog

A partnership agreement with tech company Kamma giving members ‘access to instant and accurate licensing information’ has been announced by the National Residential Landlords Association....

Longer tenant notice ‘doomed to fail’

Longer tenant notice ‘doomed to fail’

Further extension of longer tenant notice periods required in Wales ‘is yet another blow to the Welsh private rented sector and will only worsen the...

Covid guidance updates published

Covid guidance updates published

Co-operation, flexibility and understanding are urged in the latest version of the Government’s guidance Moving home during coronavirus (COVID-19), just out. According to this, ‘although...

Gove welcomed as head of re-vamped Ministry of Housing

Gove welcomed as head of re-vamped Ministry of Housing

Changes in the recent Government re-shuffle, making Michael Gove responsible for housing, have been welcomed by the National Residential Landlords Association. Gove has replaced Ministry...

Scotland puts £10m into arrears repayment plan

Scotland puts £10m into arrears repayment plan

Following up on a June 2021 commitment, the Scottish Government has put £10m into a grant fund designed to support private and social rented tenants...

Wales’ Tenancy Hardship Scheme much needed, and now

Wales’ Tenancy Hardship Scheme much needed, and now

There has been a ‘rent arrears crisis’ in Wales throughout the first half of 2021, the National Residential Landlords Association has concluded. Research findings suggest...

Shelter calls for National Landlord Register

Shelter calls for National Landlord Register

Almost half of private rental tenants have been victims of illegal acts by their landlords or letting agents, the homeless charity Shelter has claimed. A...

Government has ‘no plans’ for pets for lets concessions

Government has ‘no plans’ for pets for lets concessions

There are ‘no plans’ to amend tenant deposit rules to allow landlords to ask for additional amounts if they are to allow tenants to bring...

Pandemic house price rises ‘unlikely to be reversed’

Pandemic house price rises ‘unlikely to be reversed’

Latest Halifax house price numbers put the mortgage lender’s monthly survey at odds with that produced by Nationwide. Last week we reported that Nationwide had...

Demand for rental property at five-year high

Demand for rental property at five-year high

Demand for private rented housing in England and Wales has reached a five-year high, a survey of landlords undertaken for the National Residential Landlords Association has...
















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