Tag: landlords

05 Jul

Upcoming EPC changes and renovations for older housing stock

With the proposed deadline to meet the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) requirements for rental properties only a couple of years away, many landlords throughout the UK are currently in the process of assessing their property portfolios and weighing up the cost of renovations to ensure they can satisfy the forthcoming changes.    The regulations, which […]

29 Apr

Time to prepare for EPC changes

Regulations requiring all rental properties to have an EPC rating of C or above for new tenancies come into force in 2025, before extending to include all tenancies by 2028. This has significant financial ramifications for buy-to-let landlords, who are now required to carry out renovations to ensure their properties meet the legal requirements by […]

13 Apr

Buy to let ‘Tax Guide: UK tax relief on finance costs’

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries has worked with EY on the tax aspects of this guide which has been created to aid broker knowledge. The full implications of the restriction to the deductibility of finance costs for individual landlords (introduced and phased in as of 6 April 2017) are now being felt by landlords. The full […]