The legislation proposed by Theresa May's new Minority Conservative Government in The Queens' speech includes a number of measures which will effect landlords and tenants.
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by Patrick Garratt - 25th June 2017 Give your view on the proposed policy to ban letting agents from charging admin fees to tenants.
The Government consultation closes on 2nd June 2017.
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 14th May 2017 
The Government's white paper 'Fixing our Broken Housing Market' was published in February. Purple Frog' Managing Director, Patrick Garratt, gives an overview of the proposals and the time-frames that have been published for these changes to take effect.
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 13th March 2017 
April 2017 sees the landlord tax changes beginning to take effect. Managing Director Patrick Garratt looks at some of the history to these new tax laws and their implications for the student property market.
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 28th February 2017 
Purple Frog's Managing Director Patrick Garratt looks at two pieces of regulation currently in consultation that could see one thousand student rooms being taken off the market, at a cost of £30 million.
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 6th December 2016 
Changes to Right to Rent and Section 8 are now in force, thanks to changes in the 2016 Immigration Act. Purple Frog's Managing Director gives a quick overview of the changes and what they mean for manged and let-only clients.
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 2nd December 2016 
On 18th October, the Government launched a consultation on extending the types of rented property that require licensing as houses of multiple occupation. This is an overview of the document for Purple Frog investors
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 24th October 2016 As of the 1st April 2016 stamp duty rates will be increasing for Buy-to-Let properties and second homes.
Read more …Any tenancies which started on or after the 1st October 2015 have been subject to new regulations regarding smoke / carbon monoxide detectors.
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 22nd February 2016 
The government have recently announced the roll out of the Right to Rent requirements across the UK; as of 1 February 2016, anyone who lets a private property in England will need to see and make a copy of evidence that any new adult tenant has the right to rent in the UK (for example a passport or a biometric residence permit).
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 22nd February 2016 