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  Business minister Jenny Willott held the threat of legislation in reserve this week when she announced plans to clean up pre-pack insolvency deals intended to ‘make sure that businesses and customers get a better deal from failing companies’. She said the government would implement in full the recommendations of regulation expert Teresa Graham’s review of such deals. This was ordered by her boss, business secr

The backlash from private landlords against selective licensing by local councils appears to be growing. The Daily Telegraph has reported that the National Landlords Association is gathering evidence for legal action against a number of local authorities. One objection is to the way the swelling numbers of buy-to-let landlords appear to be the target for ‘voluntary’ registers presented by councils as measures to tack

The good news if you are thinking of renting out your home instead of selling, or dipping a toe into the buy-to-let market, is that there’s plenty of advice available to the newbie. The bad news is that there are plenty of pitfalls to trap the unwary private landlord, including tenants who won’t pay their rent or deliberately cause damage to the property or the fixtures and fittings. Here are my top tips for avoiding

Rent arrears are at their lowest since spring 2010, according to a survey by the National Landlords Association, with void periods in private residential property also falling. Last year nearly half of landlords said they had tenants in arrears but that figure had fallen by nine points to 41% in the most recent survey, published in March. Strong demand from tenants meant only a third of landlords said they had empty

When 500 landlords were asked about their concerns for 2013, 96% told the National Landlords Association they feared problems with the introduction of Universal Credit. Iain Duncan Smith’s attempt to limit the social security bill began in parts of Greater Manchester and Cheshire from April. It will be rolled out across the rest of the country between October 2013 and October 2017. Under the new system, most benefits