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Brexit and the Private Rental Sector

04/07/2016

The UK has voted to leave the European Union. Where does that leave landlords and the private rented sector? In many ways, exactly where we were before the vote – surrounded by a huge cloud of uncertainty. For the Private Sector, Brexit and Conservative turmoil may offer positive opportunities. Changes at the Treasury could mean…

EU referendum – The Result is in

24/06/2016

Yesterday the UK went to the polls to vote on whether to stay or leave the European Union, by a small margin it was decided we should leave the EU. It is impossible to predict what will happen as a result of leaving the EU and so early on it is impossible to say categorically whether…

The Budget Positives For Landlords

17/03/2016

Many Landlords feel they have no positive way to turn with all the recent announcements looking to essentially penalise small Landlords. Yesterday confirmed another blow to the Buy-To-Let sector as Chancellor George Osborne confirmed proceeds from Investment in Residential Properties will attract Capital Gains Tax at 8 percentage points higher than almost every other asset…

LANDLORDS GET NEW PROTECTION

08/03/2016

Landlords will no longer be immediately criminalised for failing to pick up illegal tenants following an RLA campaign demanding changes to the Government’s Right to Rent legislation. Changes to the Immigration Bill will provide protection for landlords who take reasonable steps in an appropriate time frame to terminate tenancies of those living in the country…