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Temporary ‘right to rent’ regime extended to September

Temporary ‘right to rent’ regime extended to September

Current ‘temporary’ right to rent check requirements are to remain in place until 30 September 2022, the Home Office has announced. Temporary adjustments to the...

23/02/2022
PRS unlikely to fill homes shortfall

PRS unlikely to fill homes shortfall

Almost 230,000 new private rented homes are needed each year if the UK is to meet government housing targets across the UK, claims a new...

22/02/2022
Landlords urged to help meet displaced Afghans’ housing needs

Landlords urged to help meet displaced Afghans’ housing needs

With more properties ‘urgently needed’ to house families evacuated from Afghanistan, the Government has turned to private landlords for help. It is inviting those with...

18/02/2022
Ground rents banned under new ‘peppercorn’ leasehold law

Ground rents banned under new ‘peppercorn’ leasehold law

Freeholders face fines of up to £30,000 if they try to charge leaseholders illegal ground rents. The deterrent will apply to ground rents banned under...

17/02/2022
Home Office consults on landlord code

Home Office consults on landlord code

Landlords should ensure that no prospective tenants are discouraged or excluded from renting, either directly or indirectly, because of their race including skin colour, nationality...

15/02/2022
Slough and Camden take action against landlords

Slough and Camden take action against landlords

A Wembley landlord has been fined more than £57,000 after having been found to have run an unlicensed and unfit HMO in Arborfield Close, Slough....

12/02/2022
Landlords suffering fewer void periods

Landlords suffering fewer void periods

Void periods in which rental properties are left untenanted are now approaching their lowest level of incidence in five years. After peaking in the third quarter...

09/02/2022
Government to boldly go on ten-year PRS mission

Government to boldly go on ten-year PRS mission

‘Levelling up’, as envisaged by the Government, requires abolition of Section 21 grounds for possession and cracking down on ‘rogue landlords’. This became clear in...

07/02/2022
Law requires only ‘properly authorised’ signatory

Law requires only ‘properly authorised’ signatory

A corporate landlord has won an appeal that had things gone otherwise, might had led to an avalanche of claims. Northwood Solihull v Fearn &...

03/02/2022
Race for space shows no sign of flagging

Race for space shows no sign of flagging

UK appetite for home moving has continued into the New Year with January demand up by close to 50 per cent on recent new year...

01/02/2022
Tax changes have made landlords reduce their holdings

Tax changes have made landlords reduce their holdings

More than a third of landlords have considered selling rental properties due to the loss of buy-to-let mortgage interest tax relief, Nationwide’s new The Landlord...

28/01/2022
Scotland gets short-term let licensing law

Scotland gets short-term let licensing law

All short-term lets in Scotland will require a licence to operate under a new law approved by the Scottish Parliament this week. Local authorities will...

28/01/2022
London primed for property price recovery

London primed for property price recovery

A recovery in prime central London property values is underway, estate agents Savills have reported. ‘Though renewed Covid-19 uncertainty will likely push the expected bounce...

26/01/2022
More landlords opt for incorporation

More landlords opt for incorporation

More and more landlords have been incorporating their buy-to-let businesses, international estate agency business has reported. Although the peak may now be passed, over the...

24/01/2022
New guidance follows lifting of COVID restrictions

New guidance follows lifting of COVID restrictions

Lifting of the so-called ‘plan B’ COVID has prompted the Government to this week issue updated guidance to landlords. COVID-19 and renting: guidance for landlords,...

21/01/2022
Move to help blighted affordable home owners let their properties

Move to help blighted affordable home owners let their properties

It is to be made easier for shared owners of government grant funded affordable homes that are affected by building safety issues to sublet. To...

18/01/2022
Government consults on leaseholder rights in mixed use properties

Government consults on leaseholder rights in mixed use properties

Reform of leasing law following the Grenfell Tower cladding scandal could make it easier for residential leaseholders in ‘mixed-use’ properties to buy their freeholds. This...

14/01/2022
Wales set for major change in landlord and tenant law

Wales set for major change in landlord and tenant law

The ‘biggest change to housing law in Wales for decades’ will be made in July this year with implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act...

13/01/2022
Revenue holds fire on late filing penalties

Revenue holds fire on late filing penalties

Landlords having problems meeting self-assessment filing deadlines have been allowed an extra month to complete their online returns. HMRC has announced that it will not...

11/01/2022
House market ends 2021 on a high

House market ends 2021 on a high

House prices ended 2021 more than 10 per cent higher than at the start of the year, and on an upward trajectory. This is according...

07/01/2022
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