Letting Focus - Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
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Letting Focus - Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
4d ago
Probate, Inheritance Tax and Capital Gains Tax – Some Issues to Consider If you already own a property as your main residence and the value of the estate (with its property) you are inheriting is over £1m, in most cases you will want the value of the inherited property for probate purposes to be low as this will mean the ..read more
Letting Focus - Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
1M ago
The Changing Face of Britain’s Tenants and the Rising Housing Benefit Bill This article looks at the changing face of Britain’s tenants and the rising housing benefit bill as the economy slides. Sometimes us landlords see the strength (or weakness) in the economy firsthand, often before other people do. I recall back in the early noughties, the tenants who were ..read more
Letting Focus - Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
1M ago
Why Landlords Can Expect More Selective Licensing Schemes As part of their new Renters Rights bill, the Labour government is paving the way for a national landlord licensing scheme in the form of a database that is expected to bring together information collected from landlords, tenants and councils. That is bad enough, but from December 23rd, 2024, local authorities have ..read more
Letting Focus - Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
1M ago
Rent Control Madness in Scotland Think things are challenging for private landlords in England? Well, there’s always Scotland, which is always worse. The proportion of landlords investing in residential property in Scotland is at a 15-year low with only 5.7% of all homes purchased in 2024 for investment purposes. This is half of what it was in 2021, the year ..read more
Letting Focus - Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
2M ago
It might be that purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) providers could be exempt from the new “Decent Homes Standard”, whilst landlords will still have to follow the rules. The Decent Homes Standard and Awaabs Law This seemed to be the case when the Housing Minister, Matthew Pennycook, confirmed that as part of the Renters’ Rights Bill, private landlords will have to ..read more
Letting Focus - Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
3M ago
Is it worth investing in the private rented sector now? Surely all the profit has been taken out of it by the government and their various tax raids and by over-regulation. And aren’t landlords leaving in droves? This is the message you would get if you only ever read the mainstream news – and occasionally this blog too. Well, I ..read more
Letting Focus - Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
3M ago
How the Labour Renters Rights Bill Differs from the Conservative’s Renters Reform Bill In this article, I look at the key differences from the rental reform bill that the Tories had on the table. Sad to say, but in all cases, the Labour bill is worse than its predecessor. Bear in mind, that this is the situation at the time ..read more
Letting Focus - Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
3M ago
When it comes to rent review time, we are now spelling out to our tenants exactly why their rents have had to go up so much – and who is responsible for this. Spell Out Why Rents Have Soared and Whose Fault It Is We never used to do this before, but we feel our hand is now forced ..read more
Letting Focus - Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
4M ago
End censorship. Why does this matter? Why is it important? Here is a story that explains why. One hundred and seven years ago, two proud young Englishmen, a few months apart, in different parts of France and Belgium, lay in the mud with their lifeblood pouring out of their young bodies after being shot or blown up by other young ..read more
Letting Focus - Private Rented Sector Buy to Let Consultants
4M ago
Budget 2024 and Private Landlords The budget will result in a further reduction in properties available to rent, less decrepit housing stock being put back into use and higher rents. The main thing that will have an impact on landlords is the increase in additional stamp duty land tax (SDLT) on residential property purchases for second homes, (including buy to ..read more