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House Prices Fall but Signs of New Interest
Amid mixed messages about the current state of the housing market, Nationwide has reported a sharp fall in house prices. Its latest house price index…
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Updated Guidance Published on Dealing with Covid-19
Tenants should continue to pay rent and abide by all other terms of their tenancy agreement to the best of their ability, the Government has…
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Illegal Fees can Lead to Landlord Fines
From 1 June landlords and letting agents in England have been able to charge tenants with very few fees on top of rent. It is…
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Lockdown Easing Releases Burst in Housing Demand
Re-opening of the housing market in England following the coronavirus lockdown, led to a burst of enthusiasm from would–be buyers and a small increase in…
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Agent Says ‘Toxic Dynamic’ Solved by Rent Holidays
A Bristol lettings agent is calling on landlords to apply for mortgage repayment holidays and to pass on the saving in outgoings as rent holidays…
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Edinburgh Pushes Leasing Scheme
Edinburgh City Council is urging local private landlords left with empty homes due to the coronavirus crisis to sign up to its Private Sector Leasing…
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House Prices Set for Short-term Hit
Coronavirus-hit buyer confidence will translate into short term house price falls of between 5 and 10 per cent, said researchers at international property agents Savills….
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Letting Agent Ordered to Repay Incentive
A letting agent who received and kept an undisclosed local authority incentive of £2,500, has been ordered by the Property Ombudsman to pay this to…
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Nine in Ten Landlords Help Tenants in Need
Over 90 per cent of landlords who had received a request from tenants for support during the coronavirus crisis responded positively, a survey by the…
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Landlords free to conduct viewings
From today (13 May 2020) private landlords and letting agents may conduct viewings of empty rental properties, and of properties from which tenants are moving…
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Citizen’s Advice claims are ‘wide of the mark’
Claims that 2.6m private renters have missed a rent payment or expect to do so because of the coronavirus lockdown, have been called into question…
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Holiday letting terms taken to task
Some of the country’s largest holiday lettings companies could be using unfair contracts to deny customers refunds for coronavirus cancellations, the consumer protection organisation Which?…
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NRLA berates Coventry for new licensing rules
Coventry Council’s decision to press ahead with its landlord licensing scheme are irresponsible and in disregard of Government guidelines, the National Landlord Knowledges Association has…
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Which? claims landlords are ‘blocking tenant moves’
Some landlords are refusing to allow tenants move out during the coronavirus crisis for fear of being unable to find new tenants. This is the…
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TPO in flurry of agent expulsions
Failure to pass on rent to a landlord client, failure to undertake promised work prior to letting, failure to evict a tenant as instructed and…
