Survey – Impact of recent PRS Legislation

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This is a Landlord Survey on the impact of recent legislative changes on the Buy to Let investor: We encourage you to take part in this survey which, as the title suggests, is attempting to discover the true impact of the recent legislative changes introduced into the private rented sector (PRS) in England and Wales. […]

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Record profits for Telford Homes through ”built to rent”

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PLC Housebuilder Telford Homes has sold 150 homes in east London to M&G Real Estate for £63m, reflecting demand for rental properties The London housebuilder has sold almost a quarter of its homes to institutional investors for rent, as demand for “built for rent” developments rises. The company sold The Pavilions development in north London, […]

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Capital Gains Tax debate in Parliament

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The committee stage of the Finance Bill – which will include a debate on the reduction to Capital Gains Tax will take place in the Commons later this month.
All MPs will have the chance to consider and debate Clause 72 of the Bill – which reduced the Capital Gains Tax rate to 20% – on June 27 and 28 – a move which excluded residential property.
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Study shows landlords going the Extra Mile

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A study of 500 landlords and over 1,000 tenants on behalf of insurance provider Endsleigh the insurers has found that 90% of landlords go “above and beyond” what is expected of them to make their tenants welcome and keep them happy. Most tenants said they are satisfied with their rental homes, while two-fifths (41%) of […]

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Call of the week – missing tenancy agreement

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One of the most common complaints to the Landlord Advice Team is that the government is drowning landlords and tenants in paperwork – making life ever more difficult.
It’s not surprising then, that with so many stacks of paper to keep track of, some landlords simply forget or just misplace something vital. Like a tenancy agreement.
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Property Inspections – What Landlords Need to Know

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Regular property inspections are critical. As any landlord lulled into a false sense of security by a polite tenant willing to hand over a year’s rent in advance at the start of the tenancy knows, things can go horribly wrong if you don’t check your asset regularly. Tenants are not always well-meaning and not all […]

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Court Bailiffs taking months to evict

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County Court bailiffs, along with the courts themselves, can take up to 45 weeks to evict a tenant, that’s according to Ministry of Justice figures, statistics for possession claims for the first quarter on 2016. According to The Sheriff’s Office, overall there is a slight decrease in the number of possession claims, but the really […]

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Brexit aftermath

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I hesitated whether to contribute my tuppence-worth to this momentous occasion. Of the three taboo subjects – religion, sex, politics – that one is not supposed to talk about in polite society, nowadays politics is possibly higher up on the list. For some, money is also a taboo subject and perhaps why it is easier […]

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Insulating some Buy-to-Lets will be hard…

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Insulating some of the UK’s hard-to-treat or ‘problem’ domestic dwellings could face landlords with a difficult problem as we approach the looming deadline for minimum energy efficiency standards. According to The British Urethane Foam Contractors Association (BUFCA) over 23%, or 4.7 million out of the 19.6 million domestic properties in Great Britain do not have […]

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Supreme Court gives Landlords confidence

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The Supreme Court has ruled today that the right to a private and family life does not prevent, in legitimate cases, landlords and mortgage lenders from reclaiming possession of a rented home.
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