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The Tenant Fee Bill
Figures are beginning to emerge on the financial cost to landlords and letting agents of the governmentâs intention to ban letting agentsâ fees to tenants (so-called tenant fees), according to a report published by the Residential Landlordâs Association (RLA) on …
Renting a home is a choice
âGeneration rentâ is a term coined by the media to describe that large segment of the â mainly younger â population who are renting rather than buying their own home. The Independent newspaper, for example, has a whole section devoted …
Landlords and GDPR
Facebookâs CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave 10 hours of testimony before the US Senate on the 10th and 11th of April 2018 â most of it connected with recent scandals surrounding the websiteâs disclosure of personal data about its members. For …
What does UK holiday home insurance cover?
There may be many reasons why you are considering purchasing a holiday home. Whatever those reasons might be, it will be imperative to consider carefully the subject of UK holiday home insurance. Some basics Your holiday home has almost certainly …
Be aware of changes to HMO legislation
Itâs almost here. The âitâ above is the change to HMO (House in Multiple Occupation) legislation that will take effect from the 4th May 2018. Just in case youâve missed it, here is a quick summary of whatâs happening and …
Less than four months to go until MEES time
Have you put the date in your diary yet? The 1st of April 2018 is now less than four months away â which leaves little time for landlords to be fully prepared for the implementation of Minimum Energy Efficient Standards …
Universal Credit and landlords
From the high cost of calls to the Department of Work and Pensions helpline, to the six-week delay until back-dated benefit payments are received, media coverage of the governmentâs rollout of the new system of Universal Credit has â quite …
Are you increasing your rents?
Landlords of buy to let property have been under increasing financial pressure in recent years. Probably the biggest challenge to running a profitable business has been the effective increase in taxation, following the decision to abandon tax relief on mortgage …
Protecting yourself from property fraud
Property fraud is one of the fastest growing crimes in the UK, according to press reports. The principle is alarmingly straight forward and simply described by the property website Just Do Property. It involves the effective theft of your property …
Landlord Insurance for Students
If you have teenagers yourself, you probably know that students tend to be in a class of their own â and, as tenants, this typically puts them in a special category as far as the landlord, in terms of his …
