Entries by Team Discovery Support

Week Ending 26/08/2017

Airbnb boosts property values in the UK as they are ‘ideal’ for renting out The Express Paying rent ‘in full and on time’ should boost a tenant’s credit score, says RLA Home.co.uk Tenants will suffer as supply of rental homes dwindles Landlord Zone Landlords back rent payments being used to calculate credit scores Property Wire.com New requirements […]

Week Ending 19/08/2017

One in five buy-to-let investors plan to sell up The Telegraph A stamp duty cut is something that all Tories should support The Telegraph Have we gone too far in vilifying landlords? The Guardian Couple trying to evict their own tenant are forced to give him cheap rent for LIFE in the £310,000 home after his lawyer uses […]

Week Ending 11/08/2017

Local Authorities Already have Enough Power to Tackle Substandard Property, Housing Minister Insists Landlord News Warnings of Rising Rents Due to New Energy Rules Business News Wales Goodbye to buy-to-let: why I’m moving on after 13 years as a landlady The Guardian No political party in the UK can realistically solve the housing crisis The Independent Why […]

Week Ending 4/08/2017

Shelter demands ‘power shift’ in favour of private te… Letting Agent Today £127m in Stamp Duty returned to home owners caught by surcharge rule Property Industry Eye Landlords business confidence slumps amid nerves for rental sector prospects Mortgage Solutions Landlords beginning to adapt to new market Landlord News The Right to Buy scheme will be suspended in Cardiff Wales Online […]

Week Ending 14/07/2017

Rental costs keep rising despite more homes available on the market Daily Mail (07/07/2017) Government tells trade body – new EPC rules will come… Letting Agent Today (10/07/2017) Challenging the Myth: Two Thirds of Landlords Pay Basic Rate Tax Business News Wales (10/07/2017) Landlords rank reversing mortgage interest relief as key buy-to-let priority for Government Property Industry Eye (10/07/2017) […]

Week Ending 28/07/2017

Bill of £17,500 for failing to maintain gas applianc… Letting Agent Today Landlords in the UK more concerned with long-term growth than tax changes Rentman.co.uk London councils undertaking more ‘thorough’ fire risk assessments Fire Risk Management Dawn raids uncover 16 men crammed into ‘uninhabitable’ slum flat in north west London London Evening Standard No fault evictions: time to […]

Week Ending 21/07/2017

Scrap the bureaucracy and let’s have simple rental … Estate Agent Today (14/07/2017) Cardiff Council Selected to be the Licensing Authority For Wales Property and Development (14/07/2017) Overseas landlords shun the UK, as tax changes bite BBC (17/07/2017) Housing minister’s wife is a private landlord – declared as interest by Alok Sharma Property Industry Eye (17/07/2017) ‘I had to bring private […]

Week Ending 07/07/2017

Grenfell Tower: Private landlords offered cladding tests BBC News NI (01/07/2017) Dangerous Electrical Appliances following Grenfell Tower fire Landlordzone (01/07/2017) Trouble in the Dales as holiday homes become the new buy-to-let The Guardian (01/07/2017) Attacks on landlords end up hurting tenants, says ex-Bank of England policymaker The Telegraph (02/07/2017) Letting agents report rents are on the rise Property industry Eye (03/07/2017) […]

Week Ending 03/07/2017

Landlord confidence dips as tax burdens rise What Mortgage? (23/06/2017) Letting agents ‘use holding deposit system to take advantage of desperate renters’, Which? warns London Evening Standard (23/06/2017) Property management chief calls for national tenant r… Letting Agent Today (26/06/2017) Only 41% of landlords have positive outlook on portfolio  Bridging and Commerical (23/06/2017) Properties in festival towns are hitting the right […]

Week Ending 23/06/2017

Half of landlords unlikely to let to tenants without a British passport, claim Property Industry Eye (19/06/2017) Renters warned of fake property scam where fraudsters are posing as landlords to get people to hand over their credit card details Daily Mail (20/06/2017) Revealed: The best UK areas to buy holiday lets, as ‘Airbnb effect’ and weak pound pumps […]