Are we in the middle of a landlord licensing feeding frenzy? UK schemes pass 500 mark

Salford near Manchester is the latest council to go live with a Selective Licensing Scheme after launching its fourth scheme covering 23 roads in the Charlestown and Lower Kersal areas of the city. This means there are now 533 schemes like it in operation across the UK, The Negotiator can reveal, following research by GetRentr, schemes that will soon be reviewed following the government’s announced review of selective licensing last month. It has aggregated all of the landlord licensing schemes in the UK into one database and enables agents and property managers to automatically stay on top of licensing compliance. The Salford scheme covers all types of residential lettings whether they are HMOs or not and will run for five years. Landlords will pay a fee of £625 per property with a discount of £20 on the price for each subsequent property, and a further discount if the landlord is accredited with Salford City Council. It is also offering landlords a £150 discount if they register their properties before 15th February 2018. Consultation The decision to go ahead with its selective licensing scheme was taken after a two-and-a-half month local consultation during which 68 responses were received including representations from…