David Smith
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Welsh 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.
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Shocking 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.
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Will 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.
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Landlords 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.
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Rent 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.
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Council 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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‘Labour’s Right to Buy would kill off private rented market overnight’
Policy proposal from Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell receives a resounding thumbs down from the property industry.
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Guest Blogs
Parliamentary Review 2019
Property consultancy Senior Partner, David Smith at Myddelton & Major features strongly in the latest edition of The Parliamentary Review – which looks back on the past year in industry and politics.
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Universal Credit crisis: half of tenants in arrears, say landlords
Landlords tell RLA of many other difficulties they face renting properties to tenants in receipt of the benefit as it's rolled out by government.
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‘Court system will fall apart if repossession reform is introduced as proposed’
Landlords warn new Justice Secretary that current plans to scrap Section 21 eviction notice process will lead to disaster.
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