12 Changes You Can Expect in 2022: New Landlord Rules & Regulations for Buy-to-Lets
Reading Time: 8 minutes New landlord rules and announcements are on the cards for 2022. Tax changes, licensing for short-term Scottish lets and amended rules for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are confirmed – […]
11 Changes Landlords Can Expect from 2021
Reading Time: 5 minutes We’re a month into 2021 and it’s already looking to be a jam-packed year for landlords and letting agents. As we all know by now, the lettings industry can be […]
Coronavirus and Right to Rent Checks: Temporary Changes for Landlords
Reading Time: 3 minutes On 30th March 2020, the government announced some temporary changes to the rules of Right to Rent checks. These changes aim to make it easier for landlords to carry them […]
Right to Rent Checks – Getting it Right
Reading Time: 5 minutes Right to Rent checks are in breach of human rights – according to a High Court ruling made on Friday 1 March 2019. The court further said that the requirement to carry […]
Renting Jargon – 50 Lettings Definitions for Landlords and Tenants
Reading Time: 9 minutes Residential lettings can be confusing. With over 160 laws and regulations governing the rental sector, there’s an overwhelming amount of industry-specific terminology. While landlords and tenants shouldn’t be expected to […]
Hotel Records Order 1972 For Landlords
Reading Time: 5 minutes You have completed your Right to Rent checks, all the adults in the property have passed the checks and moved into the property, however, you receive a fine from The […]
Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards 2018 – What you need to know
Reading Time: 2 minutes As of 1st April 2018 any properties rented out in the private rented sector to meet a minimum energy performance rating on an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC). In a bid to cut energy […]
Right to Rent Document Checklist For Landlords
Reading Time: 3 minutes Although Right to Rent checks have been around for a couple of years now as part of The Immigration Act 2014, surprisingly, they are still falling on deaf ears of […]
Do Your Tenants Have the Right to Rent?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Landlords will have a little more paperwork in the near future as regulations come into force that put the onus on you to check a tenant’s immigration status. Fines of […]
Right to Rent Immigration Checks Reminder
Reading Time: 2 minutes A new scheme being trialled in the West Midlands requires landlords to check the immigration status of prospective tenants before allowing them to sign a tenancy agreement. The scheme is […]
Right-to-Rent Checks – Are You Ready For Imminent Changes?
Reading Time: 5 minutes New legislation which will see landlords face fines if they rent homes to illegal immigrants without carrying out ‘right to rent’ checks is to be rolled out from the 1st […]