Late last year, the UK Government, along with the Labour Party, announced a range of new legal measures aimed at tackling the issue of rogue landlords in England. The government has revealed that it plans to force landlords in England who want to rent out an individual property to five …
We were recently approached by a Hampshire-based landlord whose HMO on Cathays Terrace had been empty since the last group of students left in June 2017. His current letting agent had been trying to find a new group since then with no luck. We visited the property with the landlord …
A report from the Resolution Foundation has revealed that the total value of inheritances in the UK is set to double within the next 20 years. Inheritances will peak in 2035, which will come as good news for the Millennial generation as they are the ones who will benefit as …
Recently, there have been growing calls in the UK for rent payments to be added to a tenant’s credit score. PayProp, an automated rental payment provider, believes that adding rental payments to the credit score of tenants as a mandatory requirement would go a long way towards encouraging the next …
The UK government introduced some tough changes to the buy-to-let market last year, meaning 2017 proved to be a challenging year for many buy-to-let landlords. There was the introduction of the 3% stamp duty surcharge for anyone purchasing additional properties, the clampdown on mortgage interest relief and tougher mortgage lending …
