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Is now the perfect time to sell your properties before the Renters’ Rights Bill becomes law?

News this week of the Renters’ Rights Bill returning to Parliament and getting ever closer to becoming law by the summer of this year has sent alarm bells ringing.
Abolition of Section 21, banning advance rent payments and more powers given to council…

Periodic contracts – financial nightmare for landlords?

With the new Renters Reform Bill are you concerned about the move to periodic contracts?
We bought our flat in 2007, just before the crash. It is still in negative equity and will remain so for the foreseeable future.

Labour’s EPC targets for landlords could spark ‘frenzy’

Labour’s energy performance certificate (EPC) targets for landlords will drive Britain’s property market into a ‘frenzy’ and worsen the housing shortage, experts have warned the Daily Telegraph.
The Government has launched a con…

PRS supply crunch fuels rent hikes while house prices rise – RICS

While tenant demand for rental properties has stabilised, landlords selling up continues to push rents higher, RICS says.
Its latest survey for December 2024 reveals that 37% of respondents anticipate further rent rises.
They say this is mainly down to…

UK rents continue to rise – ONS

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector (PRS) continued to climb in the year to December, though the pace of growth did slow, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals.
Its data reveals that average rents have risen by 9% in the 12 months …

Council loses 156 landlord properties for homeless housing

A London council says it lost 156 private sector homes being used for temporary accommodation last year due to landlords reclaiming their properties.
It says this is down to landlords exiting the market or wanting their properties back to leave the co…

Eliminate Section 24 – The Landlord and Tenant Tax?

For too long now landlords owing to the government’s failure have had to take the beating and burning off the government.
Rents have had to significantly rise in the last few years due to two major factors the rise in interest rates and the obvio…

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Renters’ Rights Bill heads to the Lords with key amendments

The Renters’ Rights Bill has navigated the House of Commons and is now heading to the House of Lords for further scrutiny and could become law by the summer.
While the Bill incorporates several amendments

Landlords are selling up because of legislation and tax changes

Most landlords planning to exit the private rented sector (PRS) within the next two years are driven by concerns over changing regulations and taxation, a report reveals.
The findings from The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) show that 47% of landlords…

Landlords support new possession grounds in Renters’ Rights Bill – Landbay

While many landlords are concerned about the abolition of Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions, they believe the expanded Section 8 possession grounds proposed in the Renters’ Rights Bill could be useful.
The survey from buy to let lender…

Labour council evicts 200 private tenants amid housing crisis

More than 200 private tenants are being evicted by a Labour-run council to address its growing housing waiting list, the Daily Telegraph reports.
The council aims to rehouse families currently living in temporary accommodation, which costs the borough …

Council expands selective licensing scheme under new Labour rules

A new selective licensing scheme for ALL landlords with private rented sector properties in one London borough has been unveiled.
Barking and Dagenham Council will be one of the first authorities to utilise new Labour government rules that remove the n…

Research into rented housing’s impact on health and wellbeing launched

Research by district and borough councils into how housing conditions and experiences affect the health and well-being of tenants and landlords has been launched.
The councils in Suffolk are working with the University of Suffolk to help use the resear…

Section 21 and rent arrears eviction?

I have been advised by an eviction specialist to issue a Section 21 instead of a Section 8 as in theory, It’s a a quicker and cheaper process.
Unfortunately, I did not secure the deposit in TDS within one month

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