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Updated landlord guidance published

Updated advice on taking and renewing possession action against tenants is included in the Ministry of Housing’s Understanding the possession action process: guidance for landlords...

09/09/2021

Landlord ‘right to rent’ guidance updated

Landlords who use letting agents to undertake ‘right to rent’ tenant checks must have a written agreement to this effect if they wish to avoid...

06/09/2021

Deal for more London council houses agreed

In the first round of bidding for his new 2021-26 affordable homes programme. Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has agreed a new deal with Government to...

03/09/2021

House prices continue to surge upwards

House prices surged upwards by a further 2.1 per cent in August, putting the countrywide average cost of a house at £249,000, the Nationwide has...

02/09/2021

NRLA calls for new dispute resolution body

There should be a new landlord and tenant dispute resolution body, similar to the employment body ACAS, the National Residential Landlords Association has said told...

31/08/2021

Last minute reprieve for ‘temporary right to rent checks

A last-minute change means the end date for the ‘temporary’ right to rent checking regime, which had been set as 31 August, has now been...

27/08/2021

Harrogate landlord jailed for allowing cannabis farm

A Harrogate landlord who admitted renting a property to be used as a cannabis farm, has been jailed for three and a half years. Yoko...

19/08/2021

NRLA joins call for reversal of benefit cuts

A full government assessment of the impact on renters of its decisions to freeze Local Housing Allowance and cut Universal Credit must be published. So...

18/08/2021

NRLA chides councils for enforcement failures

Over half of local authorities in England have not issued any civil penalties against rogue or criminal landlords in the last three years, the National Residential...

13/08/2021

House market ‘cooling’ but is still ‘solid’

House prices rose by 0.4 per cent in July, adding £1,122 to the cost of the average property, Halifax has reported. But July’s month-on-month increase...

12/08/2021

‘Superior’ landlords not liable for sub-letter’s mistakes

Where a landlord has sub-let property to another landlord, he or she is not liable for rent repayment orders made as the consequence of the...

09/08/2021

Landlord fined after fire at unlicenced HMO

When Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Services were called out to quench a blaze in Uxbridge Road, Wexham, they discovered the property, which on paper...

06/08/2021

Rented homes lag behind in energy efficiency drive

Official figures published this week show that 85 per cent of new homes in England and Wales now qualify for one of the two highest...

02/08/2021

Landlords ‘highly vulnerable’ to rent arrears

Most landlords are ‘highly vulnerable’ when their tenants build up rent arrears, the Government has conceded. ‘We know that 45 per cent of landlords have...

30/07/2021

London landlord fined for ‘atrocious’ mistreatment of tenants

A garage owner who rented out unused railway-arch property as residential accommodation has been fined just short of £9,000. Mehmet Gurcuoglu, a director of the...

28/07/2021

Scotland aims for 70,000 more social rents by 2032

Scotland is to put £3.2bn over the next five years into providing affordable homes. The money will be provided as grant funding and represents an...

27/07/2021

How to cause confusion

Most fees charged in connection with a tenancy are now banned, would-be tenants are reminded in How to rent, a newly published guide ‘for people...

26/07/2021

New guidance pushes benefit of ADR

Alternative dispute resolution such as mediation should be used where possible and appropriate, said the Government in the latest update of its guidance for landlords...

23/07/2021