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Landlord Today provides daily news updates for landlords, property investors and those interested in the growing Private Rented Sector.
Landlord Today
20h ago
Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers. It’s almost five years to the day since Theresa May first made the pledge to scrap Section 21 (S21) notices. Her announcement on 15 April 2019 was also in her successor ..read more
Landlord Today
20h ago
Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina says the government must set a date for Section 21 abolition to give all sides of the rental sector some certainty. This week the House of Commons finished its deliberations on the Renters Reform Bill and agreed an amendment to the original Bill which said S21 ..read more
Landlord Today
20h ago
The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12 months. That’s the claim by Reposit, a deposit alternative provider. A poll commissioned by the company across 1,000 current renters revealed 38% were turning to friends and family, using credit cards ..read more
Landlord Today
20h ago
The Renters Reform Bill has now passed all of its House of Commons stages, with amendments - as almost every Bill has as it is discussed with MPs. It now goes through a process similar to that which took place in the Commons, namely: - First reading: The bill arrives in the ..read more
Landlord Today
20h ago
A council is urging landlords of eligible properties to apply for energy efficient measures such as insulation, solar panels or heat pumps. Average funding of £18,000 is available for homeowners, and £12,000 for landlords and their tenants in the East Suffolk council area. Warm Homes Suffolk is administered by Suffolk county council ..read more
Landlord Today
2d ago
Only 2% of current properties listed for sale in London have a tenant in situ, according to lettings agency Benham and Reeves. This is the lowest proportion anywhere in England. The agency analysed the number of buy to let properties listed for sale across England with a tenant already in place and ..read more
Landlord Today
2d ago
The architect of the controversial rent control policies in Scotland has left the government. It is not known what long-term implication this has for the rent controls currently imposed north of the border. Patrick Harvie - tenants’ rights minister in the Scottish Government until today - was co-leader of the Scottish Greens ..read more
Landlord Today
2d ago
Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill - in heavily amended form - was passed in the Commons yesterday evening. It retains the scrapping of Section 21 powers but now includes an indefinite timetable: the abolition ..read more
Landlord Today
2d ago
A new version of research first released in May 2023 once again lashes some MPs for being landlords. 38 Degrees - an online which hosts petitions - claims that 72 Conservative MPs – 20% of the party – declared rental income over £10,000 from English residential properties in the 12 months ..read more
Landlord Today
2d ago
The coalition of 20-plus groups which have previously spoken enthusiastically about the Renters Reform Bill has now changed its mind. On April 15 - just 10 days ago - the Renters Reform Coalition spoke enthusiastically about the Bill, even though at the time it was known that the government was seeking ..read more