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    How to Choose Your Letting Agent

    Are you in the market for a letting agent? How do you even begin to choose? Are you a landlord looking to grow your portfolio? Then you’re going to need professional expert help, so let us know! Get in touch Today, we’re looking at how you can go about choosing the RIGHT letting agent for …

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      Top 10 Legal Must Knows for Landlords and Tenants

      Are you ticking all of the legal boxes you need to, to ensure a fully compliant tenancy that will keep your tenant safe and avoid huge fines or even jail time? Are you a landlord looking to expand your portfolio or remortgage one of your properties? Get in touch and let us know, we can …

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        Renting with Pets in the UK: What Landlords Need to Know

        The UK is apparently a nation of animal lovers – so why do landlords force tenants to leave their fur babies behind in order to secure a home?! A lot of landlords are wary of allowing their tenants to keep pets, due to the potential damage they can do to the property. Pets in lets …

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          Will Rental Reforms Fail?

          The Rental Reform Bill is a hot topic at the moment (it seems it always is, and rarely is it positive news)! But this week, the headlines have been, well, pretty damning.  The Telegraph has described the bill as being the ‘final nail in the buy-to-let coffin’, which frankly, doesn’t leave much room for positive …

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            Avoiding Court: Is it possible?

            No landlord wants to go to court, but can it really be avoided when looking to get your property back? Going to court is a scary thought, and frankly, not something that anyone would really fancy doing on a regular basis.  However, with upcoming changes in place to reform the repossession process, landlords are likely …

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              Are MPs to Review Buy-to-Let Tax and Make Court Reforms?

              The PRS continues to face numerous changes Anyone with experience in the private rental sector largely acknowledges its role in the UK’s housing market. Yet, that doesn’t mean it hasn’t faced numerous challenges, both for landlords and tenants, some of which has seen landlords exiting the sector. The UK government has recognised this and proposed …

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                Preparing for Rental Reform: What You Need to Know

                Nobody likes change. No matter what it’s all about, any sort of kink to the routine can send even the coolest of us into a bit of a flap.  No matter how much we protest though, change is on the horizon in 2023, with rental reforms promised as part of the government’s Levelling Up scheme.  …

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                  How to Prepare for Upcoming Rental Reform

                  Landlords, change is coming! Well, you know the old saying that a change is as good as a rest… keep that one in mind, because there’s plenty of change coming for landlords as we move through 2023.  In this episode: We’ve got the legal know-how of CEO and founder of Woodstock Legal Services, Carly Jermyn, …

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                    Will the government listen to landlords in 2023?

                    Latest News: All you need is gov? If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s this: 2022 was full of news, and a lot of that news was about the government – or rather governments.  It was musical chairs for prime ministers, housing ministers and chancellors alike, and all of them were distracted …

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                      Housing Crisis: Will Sunak’s government get to grips?

                      Sunak’s government gets to work – but do they know it’s crunch time for landlords? The second half of 2022 has given us a warp-speed ministerial shuffle, and three Prime Ministers in the space of just a few months. As events unfolded we’ve been watching avidly, in the hopes of getting some answers to questions …


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