Category:

November 27th 2014

Ban on Agency Fees – has this lead to rent rises?

Scotland is seeing stronger annual rent growth than England and Wales according to Your Move – but

Read More

November 27th 2014

ARLA makes final warning before MPs debate

ARLA, which has been one of many bodies campaigning against Sarah Teather’s private members’ bill on revenge

Read More

November 26th 2014

House purchase mortgage approvals slump for fourth month

Approvals for house purchase mortgages tumbled for the fourth month in a row in October, according to

Read More

November 26th 2014

Labour defeated in House of Lords

Peers failed to back Labour’s amendments to the Consumer Rights Bill in the House of Lords on

Read More

November 25th 2014

Surprise Amendment on CMP rules

In a surprise move the Government has amended the Consumer Rights Bill to require letting agents to

Read More

November 24th 2014

Letting agents will have to display whether they have CMP

This is the start of what could prove a landmark week for letting agents. Today in Parliament

Read More

November 24th 2014

Unlawful Eviction – An Oxfordshire Landlord is ordered to pay £2,340

A West Oxfordshire landlord has been prosecuted by West Oxfordshire District Council for the unlawful eviction of

Read More

November 21st 2014

Mortgage lending highest since credit crunch

The Council of Mortgage Lenders estimates that mortgage lending reached £19bn in October. This is 5% higher

Read More

November 21st 2014

Inconsistency in Landlord Fines

A Leeds landlord has been fined a paltry £750 for letting flats with no heating, no hot

Read More

November 19th 2014

Landlords are urged to lobby MPs over nightmare tenants

The Residential Landlords Association has set up a special web page to debunk what it calls the

Read More