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Scotland’s tenant protections could be extended until 2021

Scotland’s tenant protections could be extended until 2021

Scotland’s emergency measures introduced at the start of the Coronavirus crisis, including those preventing tenant evictions, could be extended until March 2021. ‘Some measures’, will...

14/08/2020
Tenant loan scheme promised for Wales

Tenant loan scheme promised for Wales

A Tenant saver loan scheme is to be introduced in Wales to help stop private rented sector tenants falling behind with their rent because of...

13/08/2020
Funding announced for home-building

Funding announced for home-building

Government funding amounting to £1.3bn to be used for building and infrastructure projects, has been announced. One of the aims is to build 45,000 new...

12/08/2020
RICS professions are ‘cautiously optimistic’

RICS professions are ‘cautiously optimistic’

Most RICS professions are ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the prospects for a UK economic recovery in the next 12 to 24 months. So said RICS, reporting...

11/08/2020
NRLA criticises Welsh decision on evictions

NRLA criticises Welsh decision on evictions

A Welsh Government decision to extend the notice period required before possession proceedings can commence, has been roundly criticised as made in haste, without consultation,...

10/08/2020
Streamlined and balanced eviction process needed

Streamlined and balanced eviction process needed

Current court arrangements are no longer suitable for either tenants or landlords, said the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors in a position statement Plan for...

07/08/2020
Landlords should Prepare for Fall in Rental Income

Landlords should Prepare for Fall in Rental Income

Promoting a rental portal with a suggestion that the Coronavirus crisis will see rents fall and landlord income slashed might not seem like the best...

03/08/2020
Scottish Landlords Call for more Help

Scottish Landlords Call for more Help

Organisations representing Scotland’s private sector landlords have used a liaison group set up by the Government to press their case for increased coronavirus subsidies for...

31/07/2020
Housing Market Catching up but Uncertainty Remains

Housing Market Catching up but Uncertainty Remains

Latest figures show the housing market is catching up lost ground but is still likely to end the year with fewer sales than in 2019....

30/07/2020
Comments sought for property agents code

Comments sought for property agents code

A draft code of practice for property agents has been published for consultation. Comments are required by 4 September. The proposed code is intended as...

29/07/2020
New law to fast-track property development

New law to fast-track property development

New laws laid before Parliament will mean full planning applications will not be required to demolish and rebuild unused buildings as homes and commercial and...

28/07/2020
Land Registry was busy during June

Land Registry was busy during June

Land Registry figures suggest the property market was far from dormant in June. The Government property register processes 1.4m applications in the month, up 500,000...

27/07/2020
Landlords will have to re-activate their stalled possession claims

Landlords will have to re-activate their stalled possession claims

New court rules will require landlords who have issued possession proceedings that have been suspended during the coronavirus crisis, to reactivate their notices if they...

24/07/2020
Wales raises its LTT threshold

Wales raises its LTT threshold

The threshold for Welsh Land Transaction Tax has been raised from £180,000 to £250,000. Land transaction tax replaced stamp duty land tax in Wales from April 2018 and is...

23/07/2020
Landlords provide housing for fifth of all households

Landlords provide housing for fifth of all households

One in five households currently live in privately rented accommodation, the latest English Housing Survey has reported. This is the sixth year in a row...

22/07/2020
Re-opening courts ‘an important step’

Re-opening courts ‘an important step’

Priority will be given to long-standing possession claims and actions involving anti-social behaviour when the current moratorium on evictions is ended on 23 August. So...

21/07/2020
Nail in the coffin for  ‘No DSS’ – Shelter

Nail in the coffin for  ‘No DSS’ – Shelter

Shelter has declared a York County Court ruling ‘historic’ and a ‘nail in the coffin for ‘No DSS’ discrimination. District Judge Victoria Elizabeth Mark held that rejecting...

20/07/2020
Scottish rent law is timed out

Scottish rent law is timed out

A proposed bill to control rent levels in Scotland has been dropped due to lack of time. Introduced in June this year, the Fair Rents...

14/07/2020
Welsh Government ‘encouraged’ by landlord response to virus

Welsh Government ‘encouraged’ by landlord response to virus

Landlords have been praised by the Welsh Government for the support being given to tenants. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, landlords remain responsible for keeping their...

13/07/2020
Estate Agent Disqualified over Price-fixing Cartel

Estate Agent Disqualified over Price-fixing Cartel

Estate agent Michael Martin has been branded unfit to continue as a director of a company after failing in his bid to contest disqualification action...

10/07/2020
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