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RLA Policy and News System
The prime objective of the RLA is to lobby Government and Parliament on behalf of our members
RLA Policy and News System

RLA Policy and News System

RLA News is sourced from some of the industry’s best resources for news that matters to the Private Rental Sector including our own editorial team from the Residential Property Investor Magazine, The RLA PR team, the RLA board and other researchers and contributors.

Confidence rises among landlords

21:02 on 10/03/2010

Residential landlords are becoming more confident in the prospects of the buy-to-let sector, according to statistics compiled by rental website Upad earlier this month. During the first days of the month, 61 percent of residential landlords felt that ...more

Planning Use Classes Order is Bad for Landlords and the Private Rented Sector - Urgent Action is Required

12:10 on 10/03/2010

After April 6th 2010 if you want to rent a house to three unrelated people such as nurses sharing, a family with a lodger, students, young professionals, immigrant workers and even the elderly, you will need planning permission.

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Buy-to-let finance shows signs of improvement

21:45 on 09/03/2010

After having experienced 18 months during which time buy-to-let loans all but dried up in Britain, residential landlords have reason to hope that lenders may finally start reducing both the required deposits, as well as the interest rates charged to ...more

Mixed opinions on regulation of buy-to-let lending

21:15 on 08/03/2010

The dramatic decline in the number of buy-to-let products over the past 18 months and the much higher deposits required to obtain a loan in the first place have opened a debate among landlords and investors as to whether the Financial Services Author ...more

LANDLORDS MASS LOBBY TO SAVE THE PRIVATE RENTED SECTOR

16:06 on 08/03/2010

Private sector landlords are urging support from MPs in a last stand to save the future of renting to students and young professionals.

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Prominent landlords discuss how they survived recession

22:26 on 07/03/2010

Fergus and Judith Wilson are among Britain’s most prominent landlords, controlling some 700 residential properties throughout much of the country. The former math teachers and unlikely buy-to-let giants spoke at length with The Guardian’s Patrick Col ...more

Government should foster buy-to-let investment

4:55 on 05/03/2010

Britain’s government can play an important role in fostering more investment in the buy-to-let sector, but first it must cut stifling bureaucratic red tape, whilst also addressing the continued lack of loans for residential landlords. The number o ...more

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