Landlord optimism is at a four-year high, with 65% of landlords rating prospects for their lettings businesses as “very good” or “good”, over the next three months. According to recent research by the National Landlords’ Association (NLA) respondents are also increasingly optimistic about the overall state of the UK’s private rented sector, with 54% rating [...]
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Rogue landlords surface in rental boom
Rogue landlords are taking advantage of the rental sector boom, Shelter warns. The housing charity is calling on the Government to give tenants more protection as the number of households privately renting hits 3.4 million. Shelter says it has seen a 23% increase in the number of tenants seeking help for problems with their landlord [...]
Consumer Focus proposes landlord feedback website
The private rented sector is generating too many complaints, according to a new report from Consumer Focus.
The government-backed watchdog names one of the biggest issues as tenants’ lack of knowledge about their landlords, prior to signing a tenancy agreement.
Research suggests that just 15% of tenants are able to find all the information they want about [...]
