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Citizen’s Advice claims  are ‘wide of the mark’

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...

Holiday letting terms taken to task

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?...

NRLA berates Coventry for new licensing rules

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...

Which? claims landlords are ‘blocking tenant moves’

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...

TPO in flurry of agent expulsions

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...

Zoopla finds sign of life in housing market

Zoopla finds sign of life in housing market

Lockdown conditions have left 373,000 property purchases stuck in the system, says property website Zoopla in its latest UK Cities House Price Index.  Mostly comprised...

Minister rejects ban on rent increases

Minister rejects ban on rent increases

There are no plans to ban rent increases during the coronavirus crisis, Housing Minister Christopher Pincher has told the House of Commons. ‘All tenants remain...

Fewer landlords but bigger portfolios

Fewer landlords but bigger portfolios

There are now 220,000 fewer private landlords and close to 160,000 fewer rental homes than in 2017. The finding comes from estate agent Hamptons International...

Rental market rides shutdown storm

Rental market rides shutdown storm

Demand for rental property has already bounced back from the initial shock caused by the coronavirus crisis, the property website Zoopla has reported. Its first...

Right to Rent scheme is legal says court

Right to Rent scheme is legal says court

Home Office ‘Right to Rent’ rules, obliging landlords to check on the residency status of tenants, is legal, the Court of Appeal ruled this week....

Liverpool challenges Government over landlord licensing scheme

Liverpool challenges Government over landlord licensing scheme

Liverpool City Council is to challenge the Government over its decision not to allow renewal of its landlord licensing scheme. The scheme had been running...

Coventry Council ‘irresponsible’ not to postpone new licensing

Coventry Council ‘irresponsible’ not to postpone new licensing

Landlords have asked Coventry City Council to defer introduction to an extension of its HMO licensing scheme due to come into effect on 4 May....

Savills expects only ‘modest’ rent falls

Savills expects only ‘modest’ rent falls

National estate agent Savills has said it expects the residential rental sector to be less volatile that the house sale market during the coronavirus crisis....

RICS makes call for stamp duty holiday

RICS makes call for stamp duty holiday

A ‘stamp duty holiday’ may be needed to help the housing market bounce back in a post coronavirus world, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors...

Stage set for housing  market bounce back

Stage set for housing market bounce back

Government measures have set  the stage for ‘a strong rebound’ in the housing market once the shock of the current crisis has passed, says Nationwide....

Clarity called for on rent payments

Clarity called for on rent payments

A clear statement is needed from Government in response to campaigners’ calls for rent payments to be stopped during the coronavirus crisis, said the National...

NLA and RLA finalise merger

NLA and RLA finalise merger

Landlords have a new national association. A merger approved last year by members of the London-based National Landlords Association and the Manchester-based Landlord Knowledges Association...

Property to be half landlord's pension

Property to be half landlord's pension

Landlords anticipate that their property investments will contribute up to half of their retirement incomes, equating to around £19,785 according to Platinum Property Partners. After...
















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