buy-to-let landlords
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Rental market
Landlords shun higher yields to keep portfolios closer to home
Professional landlords are favouring local knowledge rather than seeking the best returns, says Redwood Bank's Tom Worbey.
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Rental market
Landlords shifting from bridging to buy-to-let could be left short
Brokers are warning that higher buy-to-let rates may make it harder to pay off bridging loans.
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Rental market
Buy-to-let company formations may have peaked since tax changes
Hamptons’ Aneisha Beveridge suggests most landlords may have already transferred their buy-to-let portfolios into a company structure.
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Rental market
Landlords want guarantors with new tenants
Allison Thompson of LRG says more than half of property owners request a guarantor if tenants don't meet affordability checks.
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Rental market
Letting agent use hits two-year high amid complex rental rules
"As the rental market becomes more complex, reliance on letting agents is likely to grow further," says the NRLA's Ben Beadle.
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BLOG: How to spot a ‘good’ and ‘bad’ landlord client
Former letting agent, solicitor and now industry consultant shines a light on how agents should measure the true value of a landlord.
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Guest Blogs
BLOG: What is a landlord client worth to a letting agent?
Leading PRS expert calls for lettings agencies to reconsider the value they attach to landlords and the costs of acquiring them.
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Rental market
HMRC targets landlords and claws back more than £100m
Andrew Park of Price Bailey says HMRC is casting net wider and catching more landlords with unpaid tax bills.
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Rental market
Landlords could sell in face of Burnham land tax, Savills warns
Savills' Lucian Cook warns that landlords will ask if they should remain in the rental sector if the Prime Minister introduces a Land tax.
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Regulation & Law
Landlords targeted by criminal gangs highlighted in Panorama investigation
OpenRent is featured heavily during BBC programme looking at how some private rentals have been hijacked by criminals.
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