From tomorrow a new law will make the consequences of failing to protect personal data for companies and others far more serious. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force on Friday, will be [...]
As a property professional working in the lettings market, I feel that the moves to stamp out poor landlord practice and ensure that tenants are protected can only benefit the reputation of the rental industry. [...]
The National Association of Professional Inspectors and Testers (NAPIT) stepped up its efforts to help improve electrical safety in the private rented sector by visiting landlord associations in Truro, Cornwall, this month to offer advice [...]
Rents in the South West, which includes the likes of Bristol, Devon and Cornwall, has seen rental price increases outstrip all other regions of late, rising by 0.31% in the past month alone, according to [...]
But-to-let landlords will now be able to use non rental income towards the affordability assessment when applying for second charge buy-to-let mortgage products with West One, after the specialist property finance lending provider announced a [...]
Landlords continue to feel the pinch after the latest phase of the government crackdown on buy-to-let came into effect last month, which means that landlords will only be able to offset 50% of their mortgage [...]
With the number of people living in private rented accommodation continuing to grow, more tenants are seeking permission to keep pets in their property. But the majority of landlords are unhappy about renting to a tenant who [...]
By anyone's standards, it’s a tough time to be a landlord. With Brexit just around the corner, a sluggish housing market, especially in the capital, and the possibility of another Bank of England base rate [...]
Criminal landlords across London will soon be named and shamed on an online database after all London boroughs signed up to a rogue landlord checker, which also exposes unscrupulous letting agents. The database, designed to protect [...]
LendInvest has moved to help streamline the loan application process for brokers applying for buy-to-let loans by expanding upon its existing partnership with Stripe, which is a global technology platform that builds tools for accepting [...]
