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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…