HMOs
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Rental market
HMO licence applications jump 40% as landlords switch strategies
An increasing number of landlords are moving away from traditional lets in favour of HMOs, according to Just Landlords boss Clark Ross.
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Rental market
HMO yield gap grows as standard rentals struggle
Shared housing delivers stronger returns while standard portfolios have less flexibility as they face increasing “cost and complexity challenges.”
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Regulation & Law
Southern council ’losing control’ of HMOs
Council officers say the system is “under strain” as applications jump from 33 to 115 in two years and complaints quadruple.
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Regulation & Law
Council reveals HMO crackdown as city reaches ‘saturation point’
Gloucester is the latest council to target unregulated smaller HMOs, while also revealing new planning restrictions for new HMOs in many areas.
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Regulation & Law
Most councils struggling to regulate HMOs because many ‘under radar’
North East Lincolnshire Council says data gap prevents action on shared housing as local authorities struggle to control spread of HMOs.
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Regulation & Law
Landlords deserting private rentals for asylum HMO contracts
HMO owners are increasingly opting for Home Office-backed deals that offer guaranteed income and reduced management responsibilities.
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Rental market
CLAIM: HMOs are backbone of Britain’s rental market
Boss of property investment firm Mish Liyanage defends HMOs and says they offer a number of key benefits and should play a major part in the Government’s housing plans.
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Rental market
HMO operators make ‘twice as much’ as other landlords
The figures from a major BTL lender in part explain why so many towns and cities are seeing a rush of investment into HMO sector.
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Regulation & Law
City says it’s ‘best in UK’ at HMO management but landlords disagree
Row breaks out with council as landlords challenge positive findings of HMO review, claiming it has 'wiped out’ supply of smaller properties.'
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Letting agent leaps to defence of ‘essential’ HMO homes
Jason Kay, who owns H2MO in Hull, says council restrictions prevent new HMO properties being developed.
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