The top 20 best and worst places to sell a property in the UK
What Mortgage (17/03/2017)

Letting agents and landlords warned on empty homes an…
Letting Agent Today (20/03/2017)

Can you afford buy-to-let property in the UK’s most lucrative areas? Which? (20/03/2017)

Agents beware – failure to show letting fees is resulting in penalties being issued all over country
Property Industry Eye (20/03/2017)

ARLA and RLA want meeting over agent fees in Wales
Landlord News (20/03/2017)

Vendors ‘becoming more realistic’ as asking price inflation continues slowdown Your Money (20/03/2017)

More landlords diversifying their portfolios to avoid…
Landlord Today (21/03/2017)

Student rental market hampered by political uncertain…
Landlord Today (21/03/2017)
Where are currently the best and worst places to sell a property in the UK? Property Reporter (21/03/2017)

What Can We Expect to See From The Property Market In 2017
Every Investor (21/03/2017)

Government should create ‘Help To Rent’ says homeless…
Letting Agent Today (22/03/2017)

MP introduces Bill introducing greater policing of Airbnb-style lets
Letting Agent Today (22/03/2017)

Minister confirms fee ban on its way but rental secto…
Letting Agent Today (23/03/2017)

Agents and landlords set to be given new responsibilities for policing immigration post-Brexit Property Industry Eye (23/03/2017)

What’s actually happening with house prices?
Mortgage introducer (23/03/2017)

Brexitland: People can’t find homes. No wonder they were angry
The Guardian (23/03/2017)

Alarm bells ring as agents across the country report rent hikes
Property Industry Eye (23/03/2017)

Landlords who let tenants carry out work could benefit in the long term
Property Wire (24/03/2017)

Civil penalties for landlords
Landlords can be issued with civil penalty notices for housing beaches as of April 6^th, the government has now confirmed.Local authorities can implement fines of up to £30,000 for a range of offences under the Housing Act 2004, including failing to comply with an improvement notice served by the council, and breaches of HMO licensing, HMO management, selective licensing and overcrowding rules.
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MP told tax changes will devastate communities
New tax changes will force landlords to quit the market and send rents rocketing, an MP has been warned.MP Dame Rosie Winterton visited Doncaster estate and letting agent Galley Properties, where director Teresa Galley and RLA vice chair Chris Town outlined the problems facing the private rented sector and what the government should do to help.
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Rent a room review hidden in small print
The government will review the way rent a room relief operates – in what appears to be a bid to tackle the rise of short term lettings.People renting out rooms in their homes to lodgers can currently earn £7,500 tax free under the scheme. However people offering short term lets through sites such as Airbnb can also take advantage of the relief.
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Government limiting access to PRS

Vulnerable tenants are finding it harder to access rented housing because of tax changes being introduced by the Government.

New figures from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors indicate private sector rents will increase by more than 20 per cent over the next five years.

The predictions come just weeks before changes are introduced that will mean landlords are taxed on their turnover rather than profit.
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Rochdale to renew failed licensing scheme

A failed licensing scheme in Rochdale is set to be renewed, despite warnings from the Residential Landlords Association that it isn’t cracking down on the crooks.

Rochdale Council operated the additional licensing scheme for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) for 10 years. It has now lapsed, but although the local authority admits the scheme wasn’t working and it wants to bring it back.
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