The Immigration Act 2015 introduced the concept of “right to rent” to the private rented sector. It places the onus on landlords and agents to check if prospective tenants have the right to rent in the UK. A pilot scheme was introduced in the West Midlands earlier this year and right to rent will roll out across England and Wales from 1^st February next year. As ...

In his summer budget, the Chancellor announced that from 2020 mortgage interest relief for residential landlords will be restricted to the basic rate of income tax and this will be applied to turnover, not profit. As a result, six in ten landlords face being pushed from paying the basic rate to the higher rate according to a recent RLA survey. The RLA has met with officials at ...

From April 2018 properties with an EPC rating of F and G will be required to make the necessary changes to their rental properties to bring them to a minimum of an E rating. Currently there are around 465,000 rental properties in the UK with F and G ratings. However, a new report by the Building Research Establishment suggests about 100,000 properties may have been under rated ...