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UK Landlord magazine

May 2008

Special Feature: Finance
• NLA Mortgages
• my|deposits: the dispute resolution process
• Budget 2008 Special: Capital Gains Tax

Editorial

• Expert help for tax returns at fixed prices
• Landlord Development: tax updates and local housing allowance
• NLA to offer EPCs to landlords
• Your tenancy deposit with my|deposits
• At your service
• Packed landlord event in York

Message from the Chairman

• Births, Anniversaries and Opportunities

Property Woman of the Year Awards

• Leading Women Landlords

Buying & Selling

• Code of Practice for sale and rent back
• Stamp duty bills for many more buyers
• Shared ownership ends in Northern Ireland
• HIPS: first results

Finance & Tax

• HMRC targets B2L landlords

Planning Issues

• Planning process under review
• Code for sustainable homes
• Northern Ireland rural planning
• Public consultation on eco-towns
• Planning regime addresses HMOs and "Studentification"

Finding Tenants & Reducing Costs

• Finding tenants in the East Midlands
• Derbyshire accreditation scheme
• Wolverhampton removes discounts on empty homes
• London councils consider charging for agency fees

Social Landlords

• Local Housing Allowance in Northern Ireland
• Fife LHA rates published
• Guidance for tackling ASB
• New funding to build affordable homes
• Job cuts in NI Housing Executive

Landlord & Tenant Relations

• Resolving tenancy deposit disputes
• Small proportion of disputes for tenancy deposits

Maintenance & Repairs

• NLA joins campaign to cut VAT

Complying with Property Laws

• Concerns over additional licensing in Oxford
• Selective licensing in Sedgefield
• NLA stands firm against overcrowded properties
• £7000 fine for Oxford landlord

Making your property safe

• Fire safety guidance
• Fire safey guide translated into Polish

Public Affairs

• Latest on Government review of PRS
• NLA concerns over Local Housing Allowance
• NLA Wales invited ont to Strategic Housing Forum

Book Reviews

• How to avoid tax on foreign property
• Property Tax and Finance

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