Britain will increasingly become a nation of renters, as home ownership moves out-of-reach for a generation, warns economist David Miles Mail on Sunday (03/03/2017) Eight experts on how they would fix the UK’s housing market BT.com (03/03/2017) Tenants are paying less and staying longer, analysis … Letting Agent Today (06/03/2017) Agent believed to have ‘shut up shop’ […]
RLA urges landlords to lobby MPs over tax changes… Landlord Today (24/02/2017) Floored by the big buy-to-let profit sump: Experts advise on cost cuts as tax changes hit hard Mail on Sunday (25/02/2017) Landlords need greater support … Landlord Today (27/02/2017) Letting agent jailed for over three years after stealing tenants’ deposits Property Industry Eye (27/02/2017) Average rents falling in […]
Overpriced properties unlikely to sell in current market conditions, says Rightmove CityAM (20/02/2017) Private rented sector face rent hikes of up to 30% Specialist Finance Introducer (20/02/2017) Rent Smart Wales, What Would You Change? Business News Wales (20/02/2017) Cash basis strongly supported by buy-to-let landlords CHHDaily/Accounting Web (20/02/2017) The Evolution of the Build-to-Rent sector in the UK The […]
Campaigning association calls for buy to let change in March Budget Property Wire (10/02/2017) Airbnb time limits ‘ineffective in London’ councils say BBC (10/02/2017) ‘We didn’t even have room for a table’: meet the 30-somethings fleeing London The Guardian (11/02/2017) Exclusive Interview with Douglas Haig, Vice Chairman of Residential Landlords Association (RLA) Business News Wales (13/02/2017) New […]
Theresa May to Shift Focus from Homeownership to Renting in Housing White Paper Landlord News (06/02/2017) The Way We Rent In The UK Is About The Change Forever The Debrief (06/02/2017) The Housing White Paper – the overview 24Housing (06/02/2017) The influence of buy-to-let on UK housing Mortgage Finance Gazette (06/02/2017) Buy to let pleads to be kept […]
A short-term lettings storm at the seaside… Estate Agent Today (28/01/2017) Tenant Demand Falls to Two-Year Low, Reports ARLA Landlord News (30/01/2017) Why buy to let is still the best form of investment Property Reporter (30/01/2017) Opportunity for letting agents as landlords struggle… Estate Agent Today (30/01/2017) Housing policy proposals are ‘just tinkering with the problem’ Chartered Institute of […]
Private rents not rising above inflation – unlike social housing rents Letting Agent Today (19/01/2017) Trade group warns politicians over new tax powers Letting Agent Today (19/01/2017) Independence may be the undoing of the Independents… Estate Agent Today (19/01/2017) Almost all Government budget for housing goes on benefit claimants Property Industry Eye (19/01/2017) Landlords borrowing […]
What next for the rental market in 2017?… Estate Agent Today (14/01/2017) Demand for buy-to-let set to fall in Q1 2017 … Landlord Today (16/01/2017) Landlords ditching buy-to-let for HMOs Property Reporter (16/01/2017) Average cost of renting in Wales rises to £700 per month ITV (16/01/2017) Cost of renting grows at slowest pace in seven years – but is set to pick […]
Death knell for buy-to-let? Government ‘war on landlords’ has seen sales collapse by 64% in the last year, says top estate agent Mail on Sunday (09/12/2016) What to do if Your Property has been Sublet Online Landlord News (09/12/2016) Are landlords about to ditch letting agents and go it alone? Estate Agent Today (09/12/2016) Buy to let: ‘We […]
RLA opposes HMO licensing extension The RLA has objected to the Government’s plans to extend its mandatory HMO licensing scheme.The consultation, which closed this week, asked PRS landlords to respond to plans including proposals to set minimum room sizes of 6.52sqm, extend mandatory licensing to flats above shops and remove the storey rule – so […]