Each year The Sunday Times publishes a list of the best places to live in Great Britain. In 2019, Salisbury in Wiltshire topped the list. In 2018, York took the top slot. It’s not that Salisbury has suddenly upped its game or that York has taken its eye off the ball. The list is decided […]
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The 16th annual ESTAS Awards. What an event and what a privilege it was to attend. It was our first time at the awards and we were beyond excited to join over one thousand other agents, suppliers and property professionals to celebrate the industry’s top performers. Although LegalforLandlords may have missed out (this time), we wanted […]
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The 16th annual ESTAS Awards. What an event and what a privilege it was to attend. It was our first time at the awards and we were beyond excited to join over one thousand other agents, suppliers and property professionals to celebrate the industry’s top performers. Although LegalforLandlords may have missed out (this time), we […]
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If you’re older than your mid-twenties, it’s likely you’ve grown up believing that the property ladder is your passport to happiness. If you haven’t got your foot on the bottom rung, you should, according to the perceived wisdom, be miserable. You’re trapped in a cycle of paying rent which stops you saving for a deposit, […]
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The property rental sector is weathering some challenging conditions. Survival in the face of the fees ban and increased legislation has seen agents taking a serious look at their business models. Naturally, they’re looking for sources of income to plug the shortfall, and crucially, ones that won’t alienate their landlords or upset tenants. They’re looking […]
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In business, success requires a close eye to be kept on income and expenditure. It’s no different in property rental, and in a climate of tax changes, increasing regulation and the knock-on effects of the agency fees ban, cutting unnecessary expenditure makes sense. It is easy, therefore, to see why some landlords are choosing a […]
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The private rented sector has consistently accelerated over the past few years; back in 2014 the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association predicted that if the market trends continued over 50% of UK homes would be rented by 2032. While this is good news for you letting agents, that growth also comes with additional rules and regulations […]
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2015 Private Rental Sector Tenancies Are More Than Double 1985 Figures A UK think tank claims that the number of tenants renting private rental sector properties has more than doubled since 1985. According to research conducted by ResPublica, 22% of all UK properties are in the UK private rental sector (PRS), more than double the […]
Read MoreIllegal immigrants to be banned from renting property in the UK Private rental sector (PRS) landlords will be risking a fine of £3000 for breaking the law by letting rental property to illegal immigrants without doing proper background checks and comprehensive tenant referencing. The proposal is currently undergoing a seven week consultation process and set to […]
Read MoreRent Guarantee Insurance Reduces Landlord Rent Arrears Worry Private rental sector rent rises slowed down in May and even tenant rent arrears are falling as more landlords use Rent Guarantee insurance to protect the rental income. According to LSL property services, the UK private rental sector (PRS) is still growing, with the number of new tenants […]
Read MoreRental Property Seen As Safe Investment There has been a rise in the number of landlords expanding their rental property portfolios over the last three months, according to fresh research by the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA). ARLA questioned its members to find out if landlords are currently increasing their investment in rental properties […]
Read MoreLegalforLandlords tenant referencing services are fast, reliable, accurate and 100% secure LegalforLandlords pioneering tenant referencing system is more advanced and more efficient than any other tenant referencing system available. LegalforLandlords fully online system is faster and more accurate than ever before with the ability to track and manage all your reports remotely. We can process […]
Read MoreDisgruntled savers who refuse to continue to suffer dreadful interest rates offered by banks are turning to buy-to-let property to provide very lucrative returns. Property investment in the UK is increasing and more and more people are becoming aware of the potential profitability of letting out decent standard rental property to tenants who want somewhere to live. […]
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The Governments plan to make private rented sector (PRS) and social housing landlords legally responsible for checking the immigration status of all tenant applicants has raised questions on the policy from MP’s. The proposal to make landlords perform immigration checks on tenants and prosecute those who fail to comply has caused outrage among UK PRS landlords, who would […]
Read MoreLandlords Set To Become UK Border Agency Informants Private sector landlords are set to become unpaid members of the UK Border Agency as amendments to the UK immigration laws announced in the Queen’s Speech last week are pushed through Parliament UK landlords will become legally responsible for ensuring that they only let rental properties to […]
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