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Landlords-Long Term Lease Law
Oct 26th
Today, we have another guest blogger – Tessa Shepperson. Here Tessa explains the legal ramifications of using long terms for ASTs for tenants.
The Basics
The starting point is that there is no legal reason why a landlord should not give any term they wish.
Conventionally fixed terms tend to be either for six months or a
The Landlords Revenge
Oct 22nd
At long last some better news for landlords! It would seem now that mortgages are becoming increasingly difficult to obtain for first time buyers that landlords are spotting the opportunity to raise rents.
Latest figures show that that landlords pushed up rents for the fourth consecutive month in September, raising them 1.2 percent. This followed a
Tax Man In Hot Pursuit Of Landlords
Oct 19th
You may not be aware of this- I certainly was not-but HMRC are actively searching for landlords who are avoiding paying tax either by accident or by design.
HMRC is actively searching local newspapers for information on planning applications for flat conversions.
if the planning application was for a number of flats within one house they will
Planning Permit Required For Flat Share Landlords
Feb 4th
Posted by Roberta in UK Property Market Comment
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Yet another ridiculous piece of potential legislation the government want to impose on landlords is for them to acquire planning permission to rent out flats with more than 3 sharers.
Current rules state the level is five people before a HMO license is needed. But planning permission!? Seriously!? What a totally nonsensical idea.
Consider this, In London