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Scottish police could evict domestic abusers
Scottish police look set to be given powers to intervene in incidents of domestic violence, if necessary by removing suspected abusers from their homes. With…
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House price surge ‘unlikely’ to continue
House prices continued to beat expectations in August, Halifax has reported. Its latest house price index put the month-on-month rate of increase at 1.6 per…
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Billion £ housing project moves one step closer
Bids are being sought for the Government’s multi-billion pound affordable housing project, with the first new houses being promised for next year. An overall housing…
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UK House prices continue upwards
UK house prices rose by 2 per cent in August, pushing up the annual growth rate to 3.7 per cent, said Nationwide, reporting on its…
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New forms, formats and guidance
Revision of possession regulations has brought a flurry of new rental forms, formats and guidance notes from the Government. Included in the release COVID-19 and…
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Government backtracks (a little) on eviction notice periods
Backtracking a little on initial indications of how an extension of the ban on tenant evictions in England would work, the Government has cut the…
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Scotland extends eviction ban, but adds tenant support fund
Scotland has extended its ban on tenant evictions until March 2021. The move had been telegraphed by ministers and came as no great shock. More…
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Government has designs on ‘Home of the future’
Communal green spaces, gardens and allotments feature in the six design entry finalists for the Government’s Home of 2030 competition. The six finalists, who each…
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Estate agent defrauded
Two former employees of West Country estate agent Miller Countrywide have been branded ‘thoroughly dishonest people’ after pleading guilty to fraud charges at Truro County…
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Fury at evictions ban extension, calls for help from all sides
Furore has continued over the Government’s last minute and unheralded change of heart over tenant evictions. A ban on evictions had been due to end…
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House-buying surges, Gazumping is back
Recent house-buying interest has been so great that property portal Rightmove has thought fit to issue guidance on how to avoid gazumping. July, which is…
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Ban on eviction ignores anti-social problems
A blanket ban on evictions that allows ‘won’t pay’ tenants to build up arrears and anti-social behaviour to continue is ‘a kick in the stomach’…
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McDonnell calls for curb on landlords
Former shadow chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell has used an article in the Guardian newspaper to call for the ban on tenant evictions to…
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We want co-operation, not hostility – NRLA
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s warning of a ‘devastating tsunami of evictions’ when the current ban on possession claims ends next week, have been branded…
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Most tenants meeting rental commitments
A new survey has confirmed previous findings that relatively few private rental tenants have been unable to meet their rental commitments during the Coronavirus crisis….
