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UK Landlord magazine

July 2007

Special Feature
Maintenance & Repairs
• The Landlord's Liability to Repair
• Landlord's Guide to Maintenance & Repairs
• Landlord's Maintenance & Repairs Calendar
• Loft Conversions & House Extensions
• Step-by-step planning for Loft Conversions & Extensions

Editorial

• New NLA Landlord Development manual
• Tax Investigation Insurance
• Tenancy Agreements for England, Wales & Scotland
• Fife & York Landlords join forces with NLA
• NLA and Greater Tyne merge
• Barnsley Landlords fundraise for cancer charity
• Six more councils join the NLA
• NLA Shrewsbury Branch turns 1!

Message from the Chairman

• Why links with Local Government are key for the NLA

Buying & Selling

• HIPs postponed until 1 August
• Property or Pension Funds?
• Warning on Property Investment Clubs
• Demand soars for high-value rental properties in Scotland
• Market for Sustainable Homes predicted to grow
• North East Private Property seller's website

Planning Issues

• Newcastle's plans to discourage loft conversions for rental properties
• New Planning Rules up for discussion
• Council gets tough on flouters of planning regulations

Finding Tenants & Reducing Costs

• Free advertising for Worcester Student Lets
• Incestives for Bristol Landlords
• The importance of Tenant Referencing
• Accreditation Scheme launched in the Midlands
• Oversupply of rental properties in East Midlands

Landlord & Tenant Relations

• Increased take-up of Tenancy Deposit Protection
• Homestamp Consortium sets out future objectives

Social Housing Landlord & Tenant

• Property Portfolio health check

Complying with Property Laws

• Selective Licensing for the North West
• New building law in Scotland to cut carbon emissions
• HMO landlord fined £5,000 for fire safety breach
• Free communal TV systems

Public Affairs

• The Private-Rented Sector in Scotland

Book Reviews

• Yes, you can! Home Repairs made easy
• Roof Construction and Loft Conversion

House Prices & Lettings Survey

Rugg Review:
The Independent Review of the Private Rented Sector has been published. See how it affects you.

What's new?
• Government Minister: "No sense over-burdening good landlords with further regulation"
• NLA statement: Barry Markham and Tony Richard
• NLA 2008 Annual Report published
• Scottish government not delivering for landlords
• 'Reluctant landlords' are major risk to rental market
• Latest 'UK Landlord' magazine now online
• NLA responds to OFT survey on sale and rent back