Week Ending 08/05/2017

Renters of housing benefit barred from buy-to-let homes The Times (01/05/2017)

The country’s 11 million private renters need a consumer rights revolution – Labour will give it to them Blog – Huffington Post (01/05/2017)

Labour unveils plan to make EVERY landlord licensed by the council but it’s branded a ‘tenant tax’ by the Tories Daily Mail (01/05/2017)

Changes in the buy-to-let market and the implications
Mortgage Finance Gazette (01/05/2017)

RLA calls for new housing court Loan Talk (01/05/2017)

BTL lenders fuelling discrimination against tenants o…
Landlord Today (02/05/2017)

Number of UK landlords looking to buy more properties falls sharply PropertyWire (02/05/2017)

Buy a home, get a car free – offers galore as London estate agents struggle to sell The Guardian (03/05/2017)

The Independent View: tackling bad landlords
Liberal Democrat Voice (04/05/2017)

More landlords opting for ‘longer term fixed rates…
Landlord Today (04/05/2017)

New ‘revolutionary’ rental platform launches in the UK.
Landlord Today (04/05/2017)

Call for rental sector reform to ‘protect landlords… Landlord Today (04/05/2017)

Boost for renters as poll shows little public support for tenant fees.
Landlord Today (04/05/2017)

Fair Fees Forum calls for compulsory registration of all letting agents
Property Industry Eye (04/05/2017)
No surprise as poll reveals majority of public want n…
Letting Agent Today (05/05/2017)

Another council demands every HMO in its patch be lic…
Letting Agent Today (05/05/2017)

Could a wealth tax solve the housing crisis? CapX (05/05/2017)