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LandlordZONE reveals one-day NRLA takeover

LandlordZONE reveals one-day NRLA takeover

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We’re pleased to announce that on August 7th, for one day only, the NRLA will be hosting a sponsored takeover here on LandlordZONE!

OFFICAL: Number of properties bought by landlords drops by 14%

OFFICAL: Number of properties bought by landlords drops by 14%

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The number of buy-to-let properties bought by landlords during the past 12 months has dropped by 14%, official HMRC figures reveal

Record number of selective licencing schemes and landlord fines revealed

Record number of selective licencing schemes and landlord fines revealed

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New research has revealed that the number of selective licencing schemes in the UK has increased by nearly 10% over the past two years, with landlords paying on average £700 for a five-year licence.

OpenRent landlord listings to be removed from Rightmove

OpenRent landlord listings to be removed from Rightmove

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Landlords who use OpenRent to find tenants will no longer have access to Rightmove when advertising their properties, it has been announced.

Tenant who threatened gas engineer sent to fix boiler faces jail

Tenant who threatened gas engineer sent to fix boiler faces jail

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A tenant in Scotland has been found guilty of threatening behaviour towards a gas engineer who his landlord had booked to fix the property's gas boiler.

'Corner-cutting' landlord to repay former tenants £15,700

'Corner-cutting' landlord to repay former tenants £15,700

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A ‘confused’ landlord who ‘cut corners’ when maintaining his unlicenced HMO has been told to pay four former tenants £15,703 after they took him to a First Tier Property Tribunal.

'Selective licencing scheme will lead to higher rents'

'Selective licencing scheme will lead to higher rents'

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A row has broken out over plans to re-introduce selective licencing for landlords within parts of the Salford area of Manchester.

Labour confirms minimum EPC 'band C' for rented homes

Labour confirms minimum EPC 'band C' for rented homes

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Labour has confirmed that it will require all private sector landlords to bring their properties up to a minimum Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) band C by 2030.

BLOG: The NRLA's 'Your Portfolio' is changing - here’s how

BLOG: The NRLA's 'Your Portfolio' is changing - here’s how

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James Kent, the NRLA’s Chief Innovation Officer and founder of the digital compliance platform Safe2, explains how the organisation's Portfolio platform is smarter, faster and more intuitive than ever.

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Activists urge Chancellor to make landlords pay NI contributions

Activists urge Chancellor to make landlords pay NI contributions

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Generation Rent has urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to tax landlords harder in her first Budget by making them pay NI contributions.

Short-lets licensing would be intensely impractical' warns expert

Short-lets licensing would be intensely impractical' warns expert

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A leading property lawyer has described a campaigning MP’s latest attempt to usher in harsher regulation of short-lets in holiday hotspots as ‘intensely impractical’.

Labour promises to kick dodgy letting agents out of industry

Labour promises to kick dodgy letting agents out of industry

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Labour has committed to regulating estate agents in a bid to oust the rogue operators within the sector who give the wider industry a bad name and often cost landlords money and time when their services fall short of minimum standards.

Manchester mayor to back role of 'good landlords' in rental sector

Manchester mayor to back role of 'good landlords' in rental sector

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Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is to make a keynote speech at the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham next week.

Third of all rental homes have an EPC under band C, new data shows

Third of all rental homes have an EPC under band C, new data shows

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Landlords face an ongoing buy-to-let investment challenge as a new report reveals that a third of all homes for sale in Britian have an EPC rating below a C.

Agent sentenced after giving drugs gang keys to landlord's flat

Agent sentenced after giving drugs gang keys to landlord's flat

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A letting agent who allowed a criminal gang to use landlords’ empty flats to hide cash and drugs has been given a community sentence.

Council spends £210k chasing down landlord for £40k fine

Council spends £210k chasing down landlord for £40k fine

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A rogue landlord who threatened to evict his tenant after she complained about dodgy utilities bills has been handed a huge court fine.

Is the rental market broken? Have your say

Is the rental market broken? Have your say

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Landlords, tenants and letting agents are being asked to reveal their experiences of the private rented sector within a new national survey.

Fears that PD conversions could be below par 

Fears that PD conversions could be below par 

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Insurance company Zurick UK warns that many Permitted Development (PD) conversions could become uninhabitable