Coronavirus: Time to Take a Breath and Reflection
Wow, what a couple of weeks! From just before the lockdown and then up until about yesterday, we’ve never been busier in anytime that we can remember. Guidance was being issued left, right and centre, multiple times a day. As it mounted up, we needed to consolidate...
Coronavirus: Comprehensive Guidance for Renters and Landlords Published
Today (28 March 2020), MHCLG has published some comprehensive and consolidating guidance for landlords, tenants and local authorities. The guidance covers various topics including: rent mortgage payments possession proceedings court action property access health and...
Legal Update Wales 2020 Training Courses Announced
Training for Professionals has announced a number of courses titled ‘Legal Update Wales 2020’ which are to run during March 2020. Attendees will learn about the upcoming replacement to assured shorthold tenancies, proposals to change section 21 notices and minimum...
Landlords Urged to Sell Now to Beat Higher CGT Bills
Buy to let landlords who have rented out a home where they once lived are urged to sell up quickly to avoid higher tax bills. Capital gains tax rules are due to change from April 6, 2020 that will take a larger bite from their sell-on profits. CGT will impact...
Landlord Campaigners to Join Forces
Buy to let’s longest running landlord rivalry is coming to an end with the merger of two property campaigning groups. The National Landlords Association (NLA) and Residential Landlords Association (RLA) want members to vote to join forces to form the new National...
Updated Landlord Handbook and Accreditation Course
A quick note to let you know that we have published an updated version of the Landlord Handbook for England. We are holding off the Wales version until all sub-regulations for the tenant fees ban are published. This handbook is not just available for subscribers to...
Buy to Let Warning for Armchair Landlords
Profitable buy to let is over and amateur landlords ought to get out while they can, according to the boss of a leading build-to-rent firm. Helen Gordon, chief executive of Grainger, the UK’s biggest private rented home business, claims amateur landlords would do...
Landlords Get to See How Councils Enforce Housing Law
Housing Minister Heather Wheeler has lifted the lid on how councils should tackle poor standards in rented homes with the launch of a rogue landlord toolkit. The toolkit includes a manual crammed with guidance for council enforcement officers and online learning about...
12 Considerations for Rent to Rent
Introduction In this article we take a detailed look at the things to look out for when considering a rent to rent. Some of the outline topics covered included: what is rent to rent? conflict of interest of agents and their fiduciary duty to landlord clients...
Banning Orders – Housing and Planning Act 2016
As previously reported, from 6 April 2018, parts of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 commence introducing banning orders and a database of rogue landlords and property agents in England. Banning orders If a landlord is convicted of a “banning order offence” a local...Redress Schemes for Lettings Agency and Property Management Work
As previously reported, from 1 October 2014 all agents who carry out letting agency or property management works will be required to join a redress scheme. The legislation appears at first glance to be remarkably straightforward for brand new legislation. This is...
Death of a Landlord
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Cowboy Clients Ruin Business for Builders
Many buy to let landlords will be shocked to see that builders consider them cowboy clients. The builders claim cowboy clients fail to pay their bills and make unfair demands on them. Research by the Federation of Master Builders defines cowboy clients as customers...
Landlords in Wales Tied Up in More Red Tape
Buy to let and shared home landlords renting out homes in Wales face another raft of new legislation. The Welsh Government has already started a principality-wide licensing scheme and now wants landlords to complete a rental checklist covering almost 30 points for...Coronavirus Guidance
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