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Tenant Deposit Protection- Legislative Changes in the Private Rental Sector you need to be aware of :

From March 2015 there are three changes relating to the protection of tenant's deposits that land...

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Letting Agent Transparancy - Legislative Changes in the Private Rental Sector you need to be aware of :

From 27th May 2015 Letting Agents will be required to publicise a full breakdown of their fees, s...

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Serving a Section 21 notice at start of tenancy - Legislative Changes in the Private Rental Sector you need to be aware of :

From October 2015 it will no longer be possible to serve a section 21 eviction notice at the start of a tenancy

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Retaliatory Eviction - Legislative Changes in the Private Rental Sector you need to be aware of :

A landlord will also be prevented from evicting a tenant where they have not complied with certain legal obligations

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Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms - Legislative Changes in the Private Rental Sector you need to be aware of :

Update October 2015: This is now law from the 1st October A property must have a smoke alarm ...

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Tenants at risk! More properties provided by private landlords required but do politicians understand this ?

Labour's anti-business plans could lead to industry contraction for the PRS and make thousands of...

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Sub-Letting to be allowed in Rental Properties - Legislation will restrict clauses preventing Sub-letting

Hidden in the recent budget under a section 'Support for the sharing economy' was a statement to ...

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FREE invitation to the March Luton Property Investors Meeting ( PIN ). Along with other new investors learn from experienced landlord investors.

The purpose of this presentation is to show you how to get access to all the capital you will ever need to develop your own flourishing property business.

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Did you think a Landlord had to install a smoke alarm? In most cases not, but this is due to change this year.

It is and will be the responsibility of the tenant to test regularly and replace batteries when required although an agent should also check them during their regular visits/inspections.

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The English Housing Survey- Headline Report 2013-14 has just been released and it shows the continued rise of private renting.

The survey also shows that 48% of all households aged 25-34 rented privately in 2013-14 up from 45% in 2012-13. In the 10 years from 2003 to 2013-14 owner occupation of this age group dropped from 59% to 36%

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FREE invitation to the February Luton Property Investors Meeting ( PIN ). Along with other new investors learn from experienced landlord investors.

By negotiating directly with sellers you can obtain lucrative property investment opportunities for yourself, whilst creating the right solution for the seller.

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Launch of the Chiltern Economic Forum at the Old Palace Lodge, Dunstable

It is only when someone as straight talking as Digby Jones spells it out to you in black and white that you can understand why job creation is so important.

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