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Landlords & agents combine to challenge ‘last straw’ Bill
Landlords have teamed up with estate agents and other property professionals to take the first step towards challenging a freeze on rent increases and evictions…
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Welsh Land Transaction Tax and Scottish tenant protection
As from last week the starting threshold for paying of main residential rates of Land Transaction Tax, the Welsh equivalent of stamp duty, has increased…
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Energy efficiency burden weighs heavily on landlords
More than half of landlords have made energy efficiency improvements to their properties in the last six months, specialist financial services company Shawbrook has reported….
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Abolishing s21 evictions ‘will harm most vulnerable tenants’
Despite speculation to the contrary, Prime Minister Liz Truss has confirmed that the Government intends to go ahead with its commitment to abolish section 21…
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HMRC clamping down on unregistered estate agents
Estate agents Stacey Mann Estates Limited, Roman James Estates Limited, and Janice Chissick Estates Limited are among a long list of property and other businesses…
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Slower house price growth predicted
House prices fell slightly in September with the market showing further signs of slowing, the Halifax has reported. Its latest index put the monthly fall…
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Holiday let planning changes go ahead in Wales
Confirmation of planning changes affecting second homes and holiday lets in Wales has been published. The package of measures announced in July included creation of…
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Call for Chancellor to extend pro-growth policies to PRS
Pro-growth tax measures for the private rented sector, including reversal of the decision to restrict landlord access to mortgage interest relief and an end to…
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Councils home in on support
Updates on housing health and safety requirements, housing benefit, Universal Credit, rent pricing and information on the White Paper A Fairer Private Rented Sector, will…
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Rent freeze to be rushed through Scottish Parliament
‘Emergency legislation’ is set to freeze rents and place restrictions on evictions in Scotland. To be fast-tracked through the Scottish Parliament, Cost of Living (Tenant…
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Calls for housing benefit increase
Expenditure on rent payments has increased by 17 per cent in the year to August, the Nationwide’s latest Spending Report reveals. And it increased by…
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Fixed-term tenancies should stay, say industry group
Fixed term tenancies should not be abolished, a lettings industry has told the Government. Responding to A fairer private rented sector white paper published by…
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Landlords face double whammy fiscal fallout
Landlords face a double whammy as Government plans to beat inflation by stimulating economic growth have backfired spectacularly, causing something of a run on the…
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Kwarteng Budget Puts Stamp Duty Centre Stage
Stamp duty cuts have been put at the centre of the Truss Government’s ‘new growth plan’ mini Budget. Presented to Parliament on Friday, this, said…
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Tenant’s tribunal win brings clarity to tenant fee restrictions
Letting agents’ membership body Propertymark is urging agents and landlords to check that the tenant fees they charge do not contravene the law and that…
