Buy-to-let landlords are being urged to prepare for the introduction of the letting fees ban, which will make it illegal to charge tenants for things like references or inventories. The Tenant Fees Bill, which will [...]
The UK buy-to-let property market has witnessed some extensive changes over the last couple of years, making the market much more difficult to navigate than ever before, and even forcing some landlords to question their [...]
There was a sharp rise in remortgaging activity during the first three months of 2018 as buy-to-let landlords lock in lower interest rates. Paragon’s latest Financial Adviser Confidence Tracking index shows that the number of [...]
A new range of 50% loan-to-value (LTV) two-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage deals are being launched by The Mortgage Works (TMW). Rates for the new 50% LTV two-year fixed rate products start at 1.49% with [...]
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is receiving an unprecedented number of calls daily from private landlords seeking last-minute advice on how to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), it has emerged, many of [...]
A buy-to-let landlord in Immingham, near Gimsby, has been ordered to pay £1,380 after being found guilty of renting an unlicensed house to multiple occupants. North East Lincolnshire Council took Yordan Kaloyanov, 37, of Millhouse [...]
The government has responded to a petition calling on the reintroduction of full mortgage interest relief and the scrapping of the 3% stamp duty surcharge which is having an adverse impact on the private rented [...]
A consortium of businesses has joined forces to form a new regional landlords association in the North East of England. The North East Landlords Group, which is affiliated with the Residential Landlords Association (RLA), will [...]
A landlord who built an outbuilding and converted it into eight small flats without planning consent has been ordered to pay more than £370,000. Harrow Council served five enforcement notices in relation to the bungalow in [...]
There are a number of key changes facing private landlords at the moment, which is why this year’s Landlord Expo, to be held at the University of the West of England in Bristol on 13 [...]