Current situationThis month (January 2012) has seen the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published a consutlation setting out proposals for how landlords, as owners of...
Squatting is an issue that regularly makes headlines. Although a problem mainly associated with empty homes, landlords can also become victims of squatters – the last thing a landlord wants while...
The Green Deal is the flagship government scheme intended to help landlords improve the energy efficiency of their properties for free. How will it Work?
The PRS has made great improvements in relation to improving the quality and condition of its housing stock, but still has some way to go in order to provide parity with other tenures. Unfortunately...
Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is a tax charged on the profits made when an asset is ‘disposed of’. For landlords this normally means that they face a significant bill whenever they sell part of their...
Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) was introduced by the Finance Act 2003 to replace ‘Stamp Duty’. With effect from 1 December 2003 all land transfer transactions, including the granting of a lease, are...
Licensing of HMOs with more than five tenants over three floors on a mandatory basis was introduced under the Housing Act 2004 and came into force on 6 April 2006. Local licensing regimes should...
The original legislation on additional and selective licensing required local authorities to justify to the Secretary of State the need for any new scheme. However, the recent Statutory Instrument...
The NLA believes that tenant safety is of paramount concern for all private sector landlords. We work to ensure that private-rented sector properties meet the statutory safety standards through...
The private-rented sector is made up of an estimated 2.4 million households, comprising houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), student houses, apartments, family homes and luxury lets. In market terms...
