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Tenants now better protected than ever
- By Northwood UK
- General
- October 7, 2015
Last week marked the start of a new era in tenant protections in England, as stronger regulations were introduced into the private rented sector (PRS) from the 1st of October 2015 tenants are better protected than ever. The new rules will increase the workload of landlords and agents but will mean that landlords are now required by law
Read MoreAn Analysis of Scotland's private rental sector
- By Northwood UK
- General
- October 6, 2015
The Scotsman newspaper Dan Cookson Head of Research at Lettingweb has produced a detailed analysis of Scotlands private rental sector (PRS) which he claims is often perceived as being dominated by rogues, rocketing rent prices and
Read MoreTrading Standards warning over CO2 alarms
- By Northwood UK
- General
- October 4, 2015
Leicestershire County Councils Trading Standards Service has issued a warning over CO alarms fitted to rental properties as it found several carbon monoxide alarms purchased from small online suppliers are not working.
Read MorePension Freedom will not dramatically increase BTL
- By Northwood UK
- General
- October 1, 2015
New research indicates that only around 5 per cent of landlords plan to use money released from a pensions to fund further buy-to-let (BTL) expansion. The Chancellors plan to give those with pension pots the freedom
Read MoreConcern that profitable buy-to-lets may turn negative
- By Northwood UK
- General
- September 30, 2015
Research carried out by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) shows that planned tax changes for buy-to-lets by the Chancellor in his Summer Budget, far from being restricted to tax hikes for the wealthier landlords, could push small-scale operators with just one property into making losses.
Read MoreThe future of the rental market according to Corbyn
- By Northwood UK
- General
- September 29, 2015
Jeremy Corbyn sees housing as a priority and it's an issue that he is quite vocal on. IN his recently released document Tackling the Housing Crisis" he sets out his plans for the future of housing in Britain."
Read MoreWhat about tenants working from home?
- By Northwood UK
- General
- September 29, 2015
Tenants working from home the number of people working from home has increased to almost one-in-seven over the past decade, with the self-employed running home businesses and employees spending more time being home based, its inevitable that many of these people are tenants.
Read MoreIndustry response to Immigration Bill 2015
- By Northwood UK
- General
- September 28, 2015
With the ink hardly dry on the 2014 Immigration Act, which is meant to limit access to services, facilities, citizenship, housing and employment by reference to immigration status, the Immigration Bill 2015 amendment, tabled following the Conservative Governments successful election result
Read MoreRight to Rent checks could reduce Tenant trust
- By Northwood UK
- General
- September 24, 2015
Despite reports of the success of the right-to-rent pilot running in the West Midlands, one landlord organisation thinks lawful tenants could be refused housing due to the Governments plans to turn landlords into border police and others think it could damage landlord-tenant relations.
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