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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
3d ago
Landlords will have to include many more specific points about their properties when they list them in future - whether directly or via letting agents. An initiative from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team is attempting to give consumers the maximum information about properties before viewings and making ..read more
Landlord Today
3d ago
The proportion of private landlords who report increased demand for rental properties has more than tripled compared with demand for properties seen before the pandemic. According to independent research for the National Residential Landlords Association some 71 per cent of landlords reported increased tenant demand in Q3 2023, a record high. This ..read more
Landlord Today
3d ago
New research shows that a significant number of buyers will pay more for a home with a good EPC rating. The study, by Uswitch Mortgages, says 43 per cent of purchasers would consider paying a premium for a home o be more energy efficient. Some 22 per cent of respondents would attach ..read more
Landlord Today
3d ago
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the leader of activist group Generation Rent have teamed up for an anti-damp and mouldy homes campaign in the capital. Khan’s Better Renting programme has announced that over 70 environmental health officers have been trained so far this year, taking the total of 300 operating ..read more
Landlord Today
3d ago
A council statement announcing a complex new licensing regime for the local private rental sector claims “landlords and agents who are compliant with council requirements, manage their properties well and can meet a set of criteria will be eligible for a cheaper, longer licence.” Portsmouth council has set up a website ..read more
Landlord Today
4d ago
A BBC News report claims that increasing numbers of renters aged over 30 are moving to cheaper areas as rents have risen and and available properties have fallen. Using figures from the Dataoft property data consultancy, the BBC says almost half of new tenancies taken on by families earning £30,000 to ..read more
Landlord Today
4d ago
A controversial licensing scheme is due to come into force tomorrow - just as the council administering it has declared itself effectively bankrupt. Nottingham council yesterday evening declared itself effectively bankrupt after issuing a section 114 notice - a technical process which means it is not able to deliver a balanced ..read more
Landlord Today
4d ago
The government has insisted that its commitment to reform the courts process to help deal with evictions more effectively is not a delaying tactic to avoid the commitment to scrap Section 21. Jacob Young, a junior minister at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, has told the committee of ..read more
Landlord Today
4d ago
Melton council in Leicestershire has prosecuted a resident who pleaded guilty of failing to comply with a planning contravention notice which was issued regarding a suspected breach of planning. Donna Albery–Arrowsmith was issued with a planning contravention notice by Melton borough council, following a complaint from a third party that a ..read more
Landlord Today
5d ago
Housr, a student living start-up, says it’s started its second year by adding 45,000 properties to its platform ahead of the September 2024 start of the new academic year. The Manchester-based PropTech business, which claims to streamline the process of finding a student property, has filled its platform with 45,000 properties ..read more