The head of the National Landlords Association has hit out furiously at the Bank of Ireland’s decision to hike increase rates for some 13,500 mortgage borrowers.
The London Assembly has called on Mayor Boris Johnson to solve the housing crisis by using profits from the capital’s buses and underground system.
A series of Green Deal events is being held for private landlords.
Landlords who entered the buy-to-let market five years ago are unlikely to have made any money at all – and could be counting their losses.
The average rent in England last year was £714 – but in London it was £1,369.
Housing policies were blasted by a succession of speakers at a buy-to-let event in Westminster on Wednesday.
It will not be the cheapest promotion, but it could go down well with landlords – and their tenants.
Thousands of borrowers with the Bank of Ireland will see their mortgage costs all but double.
The Tenancy Deposit Scheme for Landlords is to change its system in April so that landlords will no longer have to update tenancy deposit information when a tenant stays on.
Property Ombudsman Christopher Hamer has reiterated his call for some form of regulation of letting agents.
Last year, the number of complaints against letting agents soared, making them by far the biggest part of the Property Ombudsman’s workload. Landlords were slightly more likely to complain than tenants.
The subject has had an interesting airing in The Guardian, where respected writer Patrick Collinson said he was surprised that the issue has not been raised at any building society annual meeting.
