A body representing private landlords has urged its members to take advantage of government schemes to improve energy efficiency to counteract hikes in fuel prices. The National Landlords Association said landlords should seek...
Buy-to-let and ‘reluctant’ landlords are ignorant of the rules and responsibilities of letting Last year Shelter published the results of research into problems with theprivate rented sector (PRS), focusing on the condition of properties and...
Christmas is fast approaching and if you’re like me you’ll be wondering where the year has gone, and what new exciting gifts you can buy your loved ones. If lenders are feeling festive and...
The private rental market in London is set for enormous change and growth. A new report from Cluttons says that with a growing proportion of London households living in private rental accommodation, tenants will...
New figures suggest that “the owner-occupier market is sinking deeper into the mire”. Gross yields on buy to let property in the last three months has risen on all property types apart from semi-commercial,...
The membership bodies and their Client Money Protection insurers have been told that they must come clean about their policies and what they cover. Nicholas Cooper, managing director of Northwood and chair of the...
The private rental sector has gone through a period of rapid growth with agrowing proportion of the UK population now solely reliant on rental housing. Since 1925, successive law reforms and government policies have...
The evolution of the Private Rented Sector is upon us as buy to let renters of the last decade are starting families and the average UK first time buyer is now 37 years old...
The Deposit Protection Service has today announced that it has been granted approval by the UK government to run an insurance-based deposit protection scheme in England and Wales. The new scheme will run alongside...
Landlords have been advised to use a lettings agent to manage their properties – but is it always necessary? Julie Twist, managing director at Julie Twist Properties, acknowledged that she is “bound to say”...
