Call to save the PRS by scrapping landlord levies

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The private rented sector (PRS) is in dire straits, with rocketing tenant demand and a fall in the number of homes to rent, Ben Beadle says.

In an article for The Times, the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)

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Foundation offers consumer buy to let mortgages

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Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has announced that consumer buy to let (CBTL) mortgages are now accepted as standard criteria across its ‘Buy to Let by Foundation’ and ‘Solutions by Foundation’ product ranges. 

The following scenarios are typical of a consumer buy to let:

• Property inherited from a relative
• Applicant/customer moved in with a partner and wants to let out the property
• Applicant/customer moving for work but wishes to keep and let out the property
• Applicant/customer remortgaging their current main residence to a buy-to-let mortgage

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Council offers help to tenants and landlords struggling with damp and mould

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Tenants and landlords are being encouraged to seek help from their local council to address persistent damp and mould problems in their rental properties.

The Forest of Dean District Council’s environmental health team is offering advice and assistance as part of a new initiative called ‘Healthy Homes’.

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