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Property fraud highlighted
A BBC You and Yours investigation has highlighted a case of property fraud of the type to which landlords can be particularly vulnerable. Mike Hall,…
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Fines warning in safety rules update
Local authorities may now impose fines of up to £30,000 on landlords who are in breach of their electrical safety duties, the Government has warned…
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Updated landlord guidance published
Updated advice on taking and renewing possession action against tenants is included in the Ministry of Housing’s Understanding the possession action process: guidance for landlords…
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Harrogate landlord jailed for allowing cannabis farm
A Harrogate landlord who admitted renting a property to be used as a cannabis farm, has been jailed for three and a half years. Yoko…
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‘Superior’ landlords not liable for sub-letter’s mistakes
Where a landlord has sub-let property to another landlord, he or she is not liable for rent repayment orders made as the consequence of the…
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London landlord fined for ‘atrocious’ mistreatment of tenants
A garage owner who rented out unused railway-arch property as residential accommodation has been fined just short of £9,000. Mehmet Gurcuoglu, a director of the…
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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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Landlords ‘wait and see’ on London market
London landlords are the only ones in the country to have reported a fall in demand, a National Residential Landlords Association members survey had concluded….
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Updated ‘prescribed forms’ published
A new set of ‘prescribed forms’ that landlords must use when proposing various actions have been published by the Government. They include ‘Form 3’ giving…
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Minister stonewalls on landlord support
A Government minister has batted back a question about landlord support during the Coronavirus pandemic with what appear to be out of date statistics. When…
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Tenant moves permitted during latest lockdown
Landlords can advertise rentals, arrange tenant viewings, allow tenants to move in and out of their properties during the latest Coronavirus restriction coming into force…
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NRLA publishes its ‘golden rules’
Communication between landlord and tenant is key to sustaining tenancies where tenants are facing financial difficulties’, said the National Landlord Knowledge’s Association in newly published…
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Coventry Landlord Ordered to Pay Back £11k in Rent
A Coventry landlord had been ordered to pay back just under £11,000 in rent that she received while letting an HMO without a licence. The…
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Legal responsibilities during the Coronavirus
Nothing in the Government’s emergency measures for dealing with the Coronavirus excuses landlords from their legal responsibilities. They are still required to provide and maintain…
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Landlords in lockdown
For the latest information and guidance from the Government, please visit. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-and-renting-guidance-for-landlords-tenants-and-local-authorities Published 9 April 2020 Much of the country has been shut down in…