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06/07/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Landlord Zone

Landlords offered ‘pay as you go’ access to major property portals without need for agent

A lettings platform is claiming to the latest and only the second ever to offer landlords the ability to advertise their properties on Zoopla and Rightmove directly without the need for a letting agency. The first was OpenRent, but now PlanetRent has joined the fr...

06/07/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Essex Magazine

New platform PlanetRent enables landlords to market their property directly on Zoopla and Rightmove

Private landlords are able to market their properties directly on Zoopla and Rightmove thanks to a new automated lettings platform that enables them to list homes on the portals on a pay-as-you-go basis. Previously landlords would face cost-prohibitive barriers to...

06/07/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Landlord Today

New platform allows BTL landlords to market property directly online

PlanetRent, an automated letting platform, has been launched enabling landlords to market their property directly on Zoopla and Rightmove on a pay-as-you-go basis. The platform, which is free to download and use, also allows landlords to create their own personal...

06/07/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Mortgage Strategy

Chancellor mulls stamp duty holiday

The Chancellor is considering a stamp duty holiday to help boost the housing market, according to government sources quoted in The Times. Rishi Sunak is expected to announce the plans on Wednesday in an economic update, although the measures may not come into forc...

06/07/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Property Reporter

Sunak set to announce Stamp Duty Holiday in bid to revive housing market

As part of a raft of measures aimed at getting the UK economy back on its feet, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, will reportedly reveal plans during his summer statement on Wednesday to increase the Stamp Duty threshold. At present, the threshold is set a...

06/07/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/UK Investor Magazine

Sunak to announce stamp duty holiday for properties under £500k

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce a ‘mini budget’ on Wednesday, in which he will propose a stamp duty holiday, similar to the proposal made by former Chancellor Phillip Hammond in 2017. The move is expected to see the raising of the initial stamp duty...

06/07/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Property Industry Eye

Newly-launched letting platform lets private landlords list on portals

PlanetRent, an automated letting platform, will allow private landlords to list their property directly on Zoopla and Rightmove on a pay-as-you-go basis. The platform, which has been developed by Ringley Group and is free to download and use, gives landlords the f...

02/07/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring

Thousands of tenants face losing home when eviction ban ends

Mary-Anne Bowring, group managing director at Ringley and creator of automated lettings platform, PlanetRent comments: “There’s no doubt that thousands of renters are struggling to pay their rent, through no fault of their own, as they may have seen a cut in thei...

01/07/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring/Property Reporter

Warnings raised over damaging rent cancellations

As activists demand more radical policies to help renters, one expert warns that any move to cancel rents for private tenants without reimbursing landlords would be “stealing from people’s pension pots” Over 4,000 Labour party members recently signed an open lette...

01/07/2020
Author : Mary-Anne Bowring

Housing expert: rent cancellation would cause a huge raid on people’s pension pots

Any move to cancel rents for private tenants without reimbursing landlords would be “stealing from people’s pension pots” a leading housing expert has warned as activists demand more radical policies to help renters. Over 4,000 Labour party members recently signed...