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Renting Homes Start and Transitional Laws (Wales)

24 Aug 2022 | New Legislation, News, Primary, Renting Homes Act (Wales)

A raft of legislation has been published relating to Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016. The legislation includes a commencement order and transitional provisions to deal with existing scenarios (such as notices served) before the Act starts. Commencement date confirmed...

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Best Buy-to-Let Hotspots for Landlords. (August 2022)

19 Aug 2022 | Investing in a Property (England), Investing in a Property (Wales), News, Statistics

Britain’s biggest university towns and cities dominate the list of hotspot places to rent out buy-to-let homes (August 2022). The rising star is the West Country city of Bristol, which takes the crown as Britain’s hottest buy-to-let area by jumping six places from the...

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House Prices Drop for First Time in a Year

15 Aug 2022 | Investing in a Property (England), Investing in a Property (Wales), News, Statistics

House prices have dropped for the first time in a year, according to one leading mortgage lender. Property values nudged down 0.1 per cent in June, says the Halifax, heralding a pause in the high double-digit rises of recent months. However, a rival house price...

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CGT Tax Take Almost Doubles in a Year

13 Aug 2022 | Guidance, News, Tax (England), Tax (Wales)

The amount of capital gains tax collected by HM Revenue and Customs has nearly doubled in a year. HMRC gathered £14.3 billion in CGT in the 2020-21 tax year - a massive 42 per cent rise over the previous year. And six times as many taxpayers contributed to the...

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Runaway Rents Hit 15-Year High

9 Aug 2022 | Investing in a Property (England), Investing in a Property (Wales), News, Statistics

Runaway rents are defying the cost of living crisis as they surge to the highest level in 15 years. Although most major rent trackers disagree about how much renters are paying, they all agree rents have soared to record levels. The Deposit Protection Service (DPS)...

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Final Countdown for New Carbon Monoxide Rules

3 Aug 2022 | New Legislation, News, Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms (England)

New carbon monoxide alarm rules for private rented homes in England are due to come into force on October 1. The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022 build on existing rules for buy-to-lets in England. Licensed shared houses in multiple...

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Buy to Let Rents Rising at Fastest Ever Rate

26 Jul 2022 | Investing in a Property (England), Investing in a Property (Wales), News, Statistics

New official data says tenants are paying the highest ever private rent as payments demanded by landlords rise at a record rate. Buy-to-let rents were up three per cent in June, according to the Office for National Statistics - the most rapid monthly growth since...

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House Prices Hit Record, but a Slowdown Is on the Way

25 Jul 2022 | Investing in a Property (England), Investing in a Property (Wales), News, Statistics

House prices have leapt 13 per cent in a year, but these golden times for homeowners and property investors are drawing to a close. Experts across the board agree that the market is applying brakes to runaway house price growth, and although values will keep rising,...

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Climate Change Heat Is on for Landlords

18 Jul 2022 | Insurance (England), Insurance (Wales), News, Statistics

Property investors should be ready for a doomsday scenario of heatwaves, flooding, wildfires and storms devastating the country as the impact of climate change worsens. Extreme weather can severely damage homes, and the chances of destruction are heightened by not...

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Landlords Rush to Set Up Buy to Let Companies

15 Jul 2022 | Guidance, News, Statistics, Tax (England), Tax (Wales)

Landlords are flocking to buy their next rental home through a limited company to avoid higher tax bills. The number of landlords purchasing property through a buy-to-let company has increased, a study by specialist buy-to-let lender Paragon Bank has revealed. At the...

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HMRC Keeps Landlords Hanging on the Phone

14 Jul 2022 | News, Statistics, Tax (England), Tax (Wales)

The tax man seems to throw a tantrum if landlords don’t pay their taxes on time - but service standards data reveals they can’t bother to answer the phone to answer inquiries. Despite HM Revenue & Customs claims that tax is simple, many taxpayers find filing...

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Second Home Bombshell Dropped by Welsh Leaders

7 Jul 2022 | Investing in a Property (Wales), News

The Welsh Government has stepped up the crackdown on second home and holiday let owners with a package of planning and tax laws aimed at cooling house prices in popular tourist hotspots. In an ongoing campaign, First Minister Mark Drakeford and Plaid Cymru leader Adam...

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Rents Rising at Fastest Rate for Six Years

29 Jun 2022 | Investing in a Property (England), Investing in a Property (Wales), News, Rent Setting (England), Rent Setting (Wales), Statistics

The cost of renting is still rising despite the cost-of-living crisis squeezing tenant budgets. Rents were up 2.8 per cent in the year ending May 31 (2022) - the most significant increase in the six years since the Office for National Statistics started keeping...

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Airbnb Ban on the Way for Second Homes?

27 Jun 2022 | Investing in a Property (England), News, Statistics

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove wants to heap more woe on second homeowners and landlords with a plan to ban letting out properties on hotel websites like Airbnb. Gove is reportedly considering ways to stop the exodus from long to short-term, letting drive home...

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Is Your Home Earning More Than You?

24 Jun 2022 | Investing in a Property (England), Investing in a Property (Wales), News, Statistics

Homes are earning more than their owners as double-digit price rises grip the market amid fears of a slowdown as the cost of living crisis bites. The average salary at the start of the year was £24,600, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) - a 6.3 per cent...

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Renting Homes Amending Regulations (Wales)

23 Jun 2022 | New Legislation, News, Primary, Renting Homes Act (Wales)

The Welsh government has announced that four other amending regulations relating to the Renting Homes Act ("the Act") have been laid, scheduled for a plenary debate on 12 July 2022. Of particular note are some new announcements concerning the new rules from the...

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No Gas Safety Record Before Occupation and Section 21

22 Jun 2022 | Gas Safety (England), Guidance, Landlord Wants Tenant to Leave (England), News

To serve a section 21 notice, specific "prescribed requirements" must have been complied with first. One of those is under gas safety rules: the landlord must give a copy of the last record made to any new tenant of premises before that tenant occupies those premises....

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Renters’ Reform Bill – White Paper

Renters’ Reform Bill – White Paper

21 Jun 2022 | Landlord Wants Tenant to Leave (England), New Legislation, News, Types of Tenancies (England)

This article looks at the recently announced white paper for the Renters' Reform Bill, which includes the proposal to abolish section 21 notices. Its broad scope is apparent, and several other proposals are included. You can read the white paper here. Safe and Decent...

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How Much Has Your Home Earned in 50 Years?

How Much Has Your Home Earned in 50 Years?

17 Jun 2022 | Investing in a Property (England), Investing in a Property (Wales), News, Statistics

Landlords follow investment advice advocated by author Mark Twain - that’s ‘buy land, they’re not making it anymore'. And a shortage of land for new homes countered by growing demand pushes up property prices. By how much was worked out by number crunchers at...

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Gove’s New Deal for Renters Lands

Gove’s New Deal for Renters Lands

16 Jun 2022 | Consultation, Landlord Wants Tenant to Leave (England), New Legislation, News

The new Renters Reform Bill is a crackdown on private lettings and contains little to appease landlords. Details of the bill were released in a White Paper to be quickly followed by a draft bill expected to become law by March 2023. After years of speculation within...

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