David Smith of The Sunday Times tells conference that stamp duty cliff-face runs risk of causing an adverse reaction in housing market before economy has recovered.
Read MoreNRLA names new Legal Counsel
Leading housing lawyer and former RLA policy director David Smith has been announced as legal counsel for the National Residential Landlords Association.
Read MoreWelsh eviction changes ‘silly’ and benefits for tenants ‘illusory’ says legal expert
David Smith has made the controversial remarks in a blog written for JMW Solicitors, who he works for after leaving Anthony Gold earlier this year.
Read MoreShocking report reveals rapid growth of Airbnb-dominated short-lets sector
Published today by ARLA Propertymark, the report predicts that up to half a million rental homes could be taken out of the traditional sector as landlords tire of increasing regulations and taxes.
Read MoreWill landlords take revenge on the Tory party for its buy-to-let bashing?
Figures released by HMRC suggest that over 120 constituencies could lose their incumbent MPs should local landlords vote against the Conservatives.
Read MoreLandlords square up for a scrap with Boris during the General Election campaign
The RLA says the regulations that letting agents and landlords must comply with have increased by a third since 2010 and has called for licensing schemes to be scrapped.
Read MoreRent controls have ‘failed across the world, and would do in London’
Claim is made by Residential Landlords Association after it looked at schemes in US, Italy, Sweden and Germany all of which made renting more difficult.
Read MoreCouncil backs down over licensing scheme after property industry campaign
Councils will have to be more careful how they introduce borough-wide additional licensing schemes following a legal challenge by Safeagent and the RLA over a scheme in Hounslow.
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