Home Office guidance relating to Right to Rent checks does not appear to explicitly state when such checks must be made. Some industry insiders are currently interpreting the requirements as the check must be...
According to a new study by PropertyLetByUs.com, over 90% of tenants say they have tried to hide the damage from their landlord with one in ten admitting to causing more than £500 worth of damage to...
Scottish rents have grown by just 1.7% in the past year – less than a third of the rate experienced in the rest of Britain. These figures are included in the latest Scotland Buy-to-Let...
The Home Office has announced that the Right to Rent scheme will be extended to all of England from 1st February 2016. From this date, all private landlords and letting agents will have to...
New data from HomeLet shows that rent price rises in the UK have slowed after a period of sustained, faster growth. For the three months to September 2015 rent prices are now 8.5% higher...
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has called on councils to drop licensing schemes in light of the government’s new Housing and Planning Bill which makes clear that local authorities can use council tax registration...
The Shadow Home Secretary, Andy Burnham, will today use the official House of Commons Home Office question time to quiz Home Secretary, Theresa May, on the results of the pilot Right to Rent project....
A new Bill which will introduce rent controls and abolish the ‘no fault’ ground for repossession has been published by the Scottish Government. The Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Bill will mean, if passed, that...
A report commissioned by Paragon Mortgages shows that 80% of UK tenants within the private rented sector are satisfied with their current landlord and 87% view their rented property as a home rather than...
Figures from Your Move and Reeds Rains show that 74,000 private sector tenants now owe more than two months’ rent. This represents an increase of 4.4% compared to three months ago and is 7.2%...
