Mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) is being extended to include property occupied by five or more people forming two or more separate households regardless of the number of storeys.  Previously this rule applied to properties with three or more storeys. There will be also be the introduction of new minimum bedroom sizes within HMO’s. Breaches of ...

The RLA is going up against the government to get the new homes tax scrapped- citing evidence that it ‘punishes’ would-be renters.  It makes a case for not applying the 3% stamp duty levy landlords invest in property adding to the overall supply of housing. A new report being published by the RLA’s research exchange, PEARL, warns that the country faces a net loss of ...

Tenants in the private sector tenants face being squeezed as the number of homes to rent falls. According to data recently published, the number of homes for private rent in England fell by 46,000 between March 2016 and March 2017. This was the first year a three per cent levy on stamp duty for the purchase of buy to let homes came into effect and the final year before the ...