The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has come out strongly against a proposal to make it easier for some local councils to introduce licensing schemes governing the private rented sector. The proposal originated from a...
If you use lettings management software such as RentPro within your rentals business, then have you ever considered providing your landlords with their own user accounts? Before you gasp with horror at providing access to...
A new survey conducted by Shawbrook Bank shows that 56% of property investors (from a sample size of 170) intend to purchase a buy-to-let property within the next 12 months. With impending tax changes,...
A survey by the National Landlords Association (NLA) has revealed that more renters in Wales are satisfied with their landlord than in any other part of the UK. Overall, across the UK, 79% (eight...
According to a survey by landlord insurance provider Direct Line for Business, one in six tenants in the UK have rented out part or all of their property to someone who isn’t on the...
A report, from property management firm London Shared, found that a third of those surveyed found being a landlord increasingly stressful. 76% of the 500 landlords polled said that tenants do not understand their rental...
Like most other businesses, the primary purpose of a letting agency is to generate an income source for the business owners. The standard and most obvious ways to do this are by applying management...
A survey of investor clients by global property advisor CBRE reveals that sentiment has hardened against leaving the EU. The results of the survey show that the proportion of respondents who think the UK would...
Data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveals that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 2.6% in the 12 months to January 2016. This figure is up on...
The All Party Parliamentary Group for the private rented sector has called for clearer energy information to be given to tenants before signing a tenancy agreement. These details should include a clear estimation of...
