A buy to let landlord was fined £17,000 ignored safety rules and left a family at risk by asking an unregistered fitter to reconnect a dangerous gas supply.
Skint renters take 23 years to save a deposit for a home
Just how much renters need financial help from the government’s Help to Buy mortgage guarantee plans is revealed by new figures that show most would take 23 years to save enough money for a deposit.
Overcrowded HMO landlord claimed he ran a hostel
Ten people were crammed in to an overcrowded house that did not even have a finished kitchen.
HMRC wins buy to let CGT relief case
The tax man is taking a tough line on property investors claiming capital gains tax relief on second homes and buy to lets.
Landlords protest at HMO licensing plans
Landlord pressure group Say No to Article 4 is campaigning against plans to tighten up controls on shared housing in Worcester.
Stealth Budget scraps another property tax relief
Landlords have lost a back-door stamp duty relief worth around £1,500 on buy to let property in disadvantaged areas in Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget 2013.
EU agrees to keep buy to let loans out of new directive
Buy to let mortgage restrictions proposed under the European mortgage directive look like being struck off the agenda.
Budget 2013 and buy to let landlords
Buy to let landlords have found little to gain from Chancellor George Osborne’s tax neutral Budget 2013.
Buy to let licensing plan faces legal challenge
Landlords in Northampton are threatening to take legal action against a council licensing scheme for buy-to-lets and shared houses.
Landlords see yo-yo rents edge up again
Rents are starting to recover in many parts of the UK, but not enough to stop another monthly average drop across the country.
