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14/05/2013 - MPs Speak Out Against Landlords' New Immigrant Checks
A number of MPs, mostly Labour, have spoken out in opposition to the responsibilities foisted up landlords as outlined in the Queen's Speech, saying that making private landlords responsible for checking the immigration status of tenants is a mistake.
10/05/2013 - Penalties For Landlords Who Let To Illegal Immigrants
Under immigration laws announced in Wednesday's Queen's Speech, private landlords will be legally responsible for making sure that migrant tenants are in Britain legally.
07/05/2013 - Worrying costs of renting and home ownership
A housing market analyst has forecast that delays in getting on the housing ladder will cost the average first-time buyer £270,000 over their lifetime, while a housing body has calculated the costs of home ownership have risen 70% in a decade.
07/05/2013 - Biased Shelter Report Condemned By Residential Landlords Association
A new report from Shelter claims that children who grow up in privately rented homes lack stability in their lives, and are therefore doomed to suffer. The RLA condemns the report as scaremongering.
03/05/2013 - Let-Leeds.com win GOLD at the ESTAS 2013
The award was announced by Phil Spencer, the TV property expert at a lavish luncheon & ceremony at the Hilton Park Lane London attended by 600 of the UK’s top estate and letting agents and suppliers to the industry.
30/04/2013 - Tenants Staying Put For Record Duration
According to the latest research from ARLA, tenants are staying in one property for a record duration of 20 months.
26/04/2013 - Leeds City Region Partnership Agrees £100m Green Deal
Eleven local authorities in and around Leeds have agreed to work together to deliver a £100m Green Deal programme to over 12,000 homes over the next three years.
26/04/2013 - Court Ruling Resolves Advance Rent Vs Deposit Quandary
The long-running Johnson v. Old case, in which debate centred around whether long-term advance rent payments count as a deposit, has been resolved in the Court of Appeal - in favour of the landlord.
16/04/2013 - New Twist in Letting Agent Regulation Saga
It had been expected that Baroness Hayter's proposal would be overturned in the House of Commons, but having come under increasing pressure, the Coalition Government has announced an amendment of their own.
15/04/2013 - New High in Buy-To-Let Remortgaging Activity
Research shows that more landlords are trying to raise enough capital to expand their portfolios.
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