Inside Property with Richard Blanco

Are you ready for GDPR? Under this directive, tenants will have the right to sue landlords for misuse of data from 25 May 2018. The NLA's Chris Norris and Marlon Fox from Outlook Property talk to Richard Blanco about what landlords and agents need to do to comply. We discuss Ellie Flynn's BBC Three documentary Rent For Sex (watch here) which exposes so called landlords offering free rooms for sexual favours. A parliamentary select committee has proposed that landlords' properties could be confiscated should they commit certain housing offences. And Tory party conference promises to fully regulate letting agents have now precipitated proposals for a legally enforceable code of practice, compulsory membership of a trade body and a new regulator. Could this sound the death knell for ropey agents?

Inside Property is produced in collaboration with the National Landlords Association.

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Richard Blanco asks Douglas Haig, Vice Chair of the Residential Landlords Association and Richard Lambert, Chief Executive Officer of the National Landlords Association about the work of landlord associations, whether they can be legitimately seen as the voice of landlords, how their offer supports the landlord community and why campaigns to prevent and now roll back recent tax changes have been thwarted. Vanessa Warwick, landlord and founder of propertytribes.com joins the debate and outlines the role she sees for digital platforms. What role might these organisations play as the government tries to professionalise and regulate the sector? Should landlord associations merge to give them more clout and is it fair to criticise web portals as a forum for ranting?

Inside Property is produced in collaboration with the National Landlords Association. Special thanks to the Residential Landlords Association and propertytribes.com for their collaboration on this episode. 

Would you be interested in joining a listeners panel? This would involve a 2 hour meeting in person or by skpe in central London to let us know your views about the programme. If so, please get in touch here.  We'd also love to get some reviews from you on itunes and Audioboom.  Thank you!

NLA Director of Policy, Chris Norris and Nigel Lewis, Head of Content at The Negotiator join Richard Blanco to discuss the latest issues affecting the world of property. There's a new Ministry of Housing and we exchange views on the seventh housing minister to be appointed since 2010. There's an update on changing gas, electricity and carbon monoxide safety regulations, the new Fitness for Human Habitation Bill and some unexpected changes to arrangements for licensing and article 4 planning directions. Will you be contributing to the consultation on the proposed landlord redress scheme and what do you think about Labour Party proposals to give tenants the right to have pets?

Inside Property is produced in collaboration with the National Landlords Association.

How would you define an ethical landlord or investor? Richard Blanco speaks to Susan Aktemel, founder of Glasgow based Homes For Good, Landlord MaryAnn Richmond-Coggan who created Green Farm Kent and Ed Fowkes, Development Director of Prosperity Capital Partners to find out what motivates them and how their practice stands out. We hear about how their businesses are structured, who benefits and what could be done to encourage more landlords and investors to nurture their social conscience.

Inside Property is produced in collaboration with the National Landlords Association. With thanks to Aileen Scoular for additional research.

The launch of the Private Residential Tenancy in Scotland heralds the end of no fault evictions and Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, outlines his aspirations for more devolved powers in a Draft Housing Strategy. As letting agents in England look forward to “full regulation,” where is the market heading in 2018 and was the phrase “sky high rocketing rents” ever more than a headline grabbing cliché, particularly as rents are currently rising well below inflation? We look back at the Autumn budget and offer interest rate and election predictions for the year to come. Sarah Davidson, from This Is Money and Chris Norris, Head of Policy at the NLA join Richard Blanco for a round up of all the latest issues facing property professionals.

Inside Property is produced in collaboration with the National Landlords Association.

From the Government’s Help To Buy and Shared Ownership schemes to the recent reduction in stamp duty and Bank of Mum & Dad, just how easy is it for first time buyers to get a foot on the property ladder? Are first time investors competing with them for the same properties and with high prices and low yields in London and The South East should prospective landlords simply cross these areas off their wish list? What about property investment clubs and how much of an impact are the PRA changes to buy to let lending dampening their aspirations? In this specially extended edition, we hear from Laura about buying her first home and Jack’s aspirations to become a landlord or developer. Expert guests are on hand to offer help and advice: Kate Faulkner, MD of Property Checklists, Investment Coach Damien Fogg of theepinvestor.com and Financial Adviser Jay Rooney from One And All Financial.

Inside Property is produced in collaboration with the National Landlords Association.

It's budget month - what surprises might the chancellor have in store for the property sector this time? And after announcing the first interest rate rise for a decade, if the Bank of England introduces further rises in 2018, how might this affect the housing market? Theresa May wants the state to get back into the business of building subsidised rental homes, so could we see a return to growth for the social rented sector? And weighing up the pros and cons of Conservative and Labour party ideas and initiatives for the private rented sector, what could your property business look like in 2025? Richard Blanco is joined by Chris Norris, Head of Policy at The National Landlords Association and landlord and journalist Victoria Whitlock from The Evening Standard.

Inside Property is produced in collaboration with the National Landlords Association.

The Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority has introduced important changes to borrowing for landlords with four or more properties. Richard Blanco discusses the implications with Head of Policy at The National Landlords Association, Chris Norris and James Andrews, Editor of Mirror Money Online. As London Borough of Newham awaits a decision from the Secretary of State on the renewal of its borough wide selective licensing scheme, we debate the scheme's merits and the potential impact of the decision. We look more broadly at how local authorities are trying to procure properties from the private rented sector and ask whether Gas Safety Week is making enough headway in promoting safety.

Inside Property is produced in collaboration with the National Landlords Association.

Correction: local authorities must seek Secretary of State permission for selective licensing schemes of more than 20% of the borough's privately rented properties not 25%.

In a change to our regular format, Richard Blanco is joined by journalist Sarah Davidson from 'This Is Money' and Chris Norris, Head of Policy at the National Landlords Association, to discuss the issues in property and housing making the headlines. We cast our minds back to the 2017 election manifestos and ask whether they might set the tone for future policy, take a critical look at proposals in the Queens Speech and consider how the Grenfell catastrophe could influence housing regulation in the future. Have you seen the BBC series 'The Week The Landlords Moved In'? We consider how fairly it represents landlord and tenant and debate the issues raised.

Recorded July 2017. Inside Property is produced in collaboration with the National Landlords Association. 'The Week The Landlords Moved In' is available on BBC iplayer.