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Preparing for post-Covid economy
This year’s Budget does not draw a line under Covid, but it does begin the work of preparing for a new economy post-Covid, claimed Chancellor…
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Covid guidance updates published
Co-operation, flexibility and understanding are urged in the latest version of the Government’s guidance Moving home during coronavirus (COVID-19), just out. According to this, ‘although…
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Pandemic house price rises ‘unlikely to be reversed’
Latest Halifax house price numbers put the mortgage lender’s monthly survey at odds with that produced by Nationwide. Last week we reported that Nationwide had…
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Last minute reprieve for ‘temporary right to rent checks
A last-minute change means the end date for the ‘temporary’ right to rent checking regime, which had been set as 31 August, has now been…
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Scotland’s property prices hit record levels
House prices in Scotland are rising at the fastest for a decade, Savills has reported. The estate agent puts the rises down to a COVID-19-led…
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Scots landlords welcome extra tenant support
Announcement in Scotland of a £10m grant fund to support tenants struggling to pay their rent as a direct result of COVID-19 has brought with…
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Updated guidance for landlords
Legislation is in place to ensure bailiffs do not serve eviction notices or carry out evictions, said latest Government Guidance for Landlords and Tenants, just…
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‘Real estate’ among most resilient businesses
It might not seem like it to many landlords, but property-based businesses in general have been among the most resilient during the Coronavirus Crisis. A…
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More than half of landlords consider quitting
A fifth of landlords have told a survey they are looking to leave the market, and a further third that they were unsure about continuing….
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Guidance promotes pilot mediation scheme
Backing its pilot scheme aimed at helping to ease the backlog in possession cases, the Government has published new guidance promoting its Housing possession mediation…
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Councils told to use COVID common-sense
Local authorities have been advised by the Government to take a ‘common-sense’ approach to enforcing electrical safety and other landlord regulations. This is confirmed in…
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Chaos in the courts predicted
There will be chaos in the courts, which will be unable to deal with an avalanche of possession claims once the ban on bailiff evictions…
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Possession claims went down, not up
Re-opening the courts last year after their six month Covid closure, did not lead to a surge in possession actions, Cloud software specialist Decorus for…
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Walsall landlords lose out as letting agent folds
Walsall letting agent Homepoint Estate Agents Limited has gone into voluntary liquidation with debts of just under £1m. Of the £977,000 deficit, about £700,000 is…
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Dire eviction warnings proved to be wrong
Warnings of a surge of evictions following the partial lifting of the repossessions ban in September last year proved to be unfounded, The National Residential…
