Claudia Brown FARLA · Lettings expert and commentator
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Claudia Brown FARLA has worked in lettings for more than 25 years. She is the director of LETiQ, one of only seven Propertymark Qualifications Recognised Centres, which trains letting and sales agents, including teams at some of the UK’s best-known agencies, through their Level 3 qualifications. She comments on lettings law, the Renters’ Rights Act and the rental market.
What Claudia comments on
Available for comment, interviews and bylined articles, usually at short notice.
- 01
The Renters’ Rights Act in practice.
What has actually changed for tenants and landlords since May.
- 02
Evictions and getting a property back.
Section 8 grounds, including selling up and moving back in.
- 03
Rent increases.
How Section 13 works and when tenants can challenge at tribunal.
- 04
Landlords selling up.
What it means for rental supply and rents.
- 05
Interest rates and buy-to-let.
How mortgage costs feed through to tenants.
- 06
Landlord tax.
The Budget’s rise in tax on rental income and who ends up paying it.
- 07
Deposits and fees.
What agents and landlords can and can’t charge.
- 08
Damp, mould and repairs.
Awaab’s Law and the standards renters can expect.
- 09
Letting agents themselves.
Training, qualifications and the case for regulation.
- 10
The PRS Database and the new landlord ombudsman.
What’s coming and what it will change.
About Claudia
Claudia Brown started in lettings at 22 and has spent more than 25 years in the industry, from the front desk of a letting agency to training the people who run them.
She is the director of LETiQ, one of only seven Propertymark Qualifications Recognised Centres. LETiQ trains letting and sales agents for the Level 3 Certificate in Property Agency and works with teams at some of the UK’s best-known agencies. 96% of learners who complete the cohort pass.
Because she spends every week with working agents, Claudia sees how changes in law and the market play out on the ground, often well before they show up in the data. She explains them in plain English for landlords, tenants and agents alike.