Nightmare Tenants, Compliance Issues, and Coal Mines: We Still Sold This Portfolio for £700K

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We’ve said it before, and no doubt you’re experiencing it now: it’s a tough market for landlords. With increasing compliance costs, unreliable tenants, and a rapidly changing property landscape, you’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s time to throw in the towel and cash out before prices drop further.

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Tenants praise landlords but call for better communication – survey

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A tenant survey is overturning gloomy clichés about landlords to reveal a largely upbeat relationship with 55% of renters commending their landlords for delivering decent homes.

The survey by Leaders Romans Group (LRG) shows that just 12% of tenants have an unfavourable opinion about their landlord.

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Tenant’s Disrepair Claims After 11 Years – A Landlord’s Nightmare?

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I have been renting a flat to a tenant who has occupied my property for 11 years. Over this period, I have only increased the rent twice, and each time I have done so, the tenant has responded with a series of disrepair complaints.

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NRLA welcomes MP’s admission that housing supply affects rents

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In answer to a written question, Labour’s Treasury Minister Emma Reynolds has highlighted the pressures driving up rents – a lack of housing.

Addressing a query from Bell Ribeiro-Addy who asked if the Chancellor of the Exchequer had assessed the potential impact on economic growth of rising rents.

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Letting agents sell ahead of the Renters’ Rights Bill

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There has been an increase in smaller letting agencies looking to offload their businesses ahead of the upcoming Renters’ Rights Bill, one firm says.

According to Spicerhaart, a leading national estate agency group, it says it has seen a flood of enquiries from smaller firms eager to sell amidst growing uncertainty.

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TML and Fleet reduce their buy to let rates

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The Mortgage Lender (TML) and Fleet Mortgages have unveiled fresh buy to let offerings for landlords, including first-time landlord investor deals.

TML has rolled out improved buy to let products with an 80% loan-to-value (LTV) option

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Labour government reject rent controls but claim Renters’ Rights Bill won’t drive landlords out

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The Labour government claim they do not support rent controls, but say the Renters’ Rights Bill will not cause landlords to leave.

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, Lords Minister for Housing and Local Government, made these comments during a debate in the House of Lords on the private rented sector and affordable rents.

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NI councils take charge of landlord registration scheme

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Northern Ireland’s councils have taken control of the Landlord Registration Scheme which should boost housing oversight, the communities minister says.

Launched in February 2014, the initiative established a central database capturing details of private landlords

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Landlord sells 23 properties in 16 days: get the highest price now before the market drops

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It’s a tough decision to make: should you hold on to your properties, hoping to recover your portfolio back to the golden era of profits? Or is the market well and truly dead? If you’re a landlord who’s been thinking about this over the last year

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Leaseholders gain more power with RTM changes

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Leaseholders in mixed-use developments will gain greater authority over their properties under the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 which takes effect from today (Monday 3 March).

One key change, outlined in Section 49, adjusts the non-residential threshold for Right to Manage (RTM) claims

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