Property professionals are lashing out against government legislation that is set to impose costly demands on larger private rented properties.
Landlords of properties that house five or more tenants and are at least three storeys high will from April 6 have to apply for a mandatory licence from their local authority and meet a raft of new criteria. [ read more ]
The impact of student demand on other tenant groups depends to a large degree on the nature of the market itself and the bargaining power of other groups. [ read more ]