Week Ending 10/02/2017

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 at centre of White Paper’s rental plans
Letting Agent Today (07/02/2017)

Electrical Safety Checks in PRS Homes Must be Risk Based, Insists RLA Landlord News (07/02/2017)

Councils to be told to build thousands more new homes
The Guardian (07/02/2017)

St Modwen explores move into private rented sector
The Construction Index (07/02/2017)

Tax changes in 2017:mortgage relief for rental properties is changing this April, leaving landlords with three options…
Homesandproperty.co.uk (07/02/2017)

Universal credit flaws pushing claimants towards debt and eviction – warning
The Guardian (07/02/2017)

BBC Two – Victoria Derbyshire, 07/02/2017, ‘Renting for the rest of my life’
BBC2 (07/02/2017)

Self-employed landlords struggling to get mortgage approval
Landlord News (07/02/2017)

Government accused of ‘throwing in the towel on home ownership’ as agents slam White Paper
Property industry Eye (08/02/2017)

Only One in Four Tenants will be Homeowners by 2025
Landlord News (08/02/2017)

The Property Industry Reacts to the Controversial Housing White Paper
Landlord News (08/02/2017)

The housing white paper is a damp squib – because the government is afraid of Middle England
NewStatesman (08/02/2017)

Are you a landlord, first-time buyer, renter or would-be downsizer? How the Government’s Housing White Paper plans will affect you
Daily Mail (09/02/2017)

Property repossessions ‘lowest since 1982’
BBC News (09/02/2017)

Rents will rise by 25% over the next five years while house prices will go up ‘only 20%’, says property experts
Mail on Sunday (09/02/2017)

Rents up across the UK apart from London, with rise of over 3% in some areas
Property Wire (09/02/2017)

Lobby MPs against buy to let tax changes … urges a Tory MP
Letting Agent Today (10/02/2017)

Landlords urged not to ‘sleep-walk’ into mortgage tax changes
Property Industry Eye (10/02/2017)

Stopping the demonization of professional landlords
Commercial Reporter (10/02/2017)