Writings for Landlords

Shelter is calling for the introduction of a new renting contract which would last five years.

Shelter’s call for five-year contracts would not go down well with the large majority of people who share rental flats and houses.

The Green Deal, due to launch officially on Monday, could take years to get off the ground, the minister responsible has admitted.

Estate agent John D Wood is to hold a property investors evening, for those primarily interested in buying in London and the South East.

A landlord has been hit with £15,000 costs and warned he could face jail after failing to license 20 flats.

The taxman has announced new rules following a major legal victory in a Stamp Duty Land Tax case involving property.

Rents have risen for a fifth consecutive month to reach a new record high of £734 a month.

Think tank the Resolution Foundation has called for letting agents to be put on the same legal footing as estate agents.

Landlords across the UK could be among the biggest beneficiaries of the Green Deal when it fully launches in early 2013

The largest local authority in the UK has announced that it plans to charge full council tax on empty properties from next April.