Category: Latest News

February 16th 2015

HMOs exempt from private lets EPC upgrade

It now appears that HMOs will be exempt from meeting the new energy standards which the majority

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February 13th 2015

4 Important Traits of Fantastic Inventory Clerks

4 Important Traits of Fantastic Inventory Clerks  In today’s rental market it’s a no brainer to compile

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February 12th 2015

Rats! The tenants let them in, claims landlord in court case

A landlord prosecuted over a run-down house said that rats were in the property because his tenants

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February 12th 2015

Rents for one-bedders see dramatic 8.5% rise

Countrywide claims that the average rent levels across all newly-let properties have risen by 2.8 per cent

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February 12th 2015

Parliamentary support for ban on revenge evictions

A long and technical debate in the House of Lords last evening ended with amendments to the

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February 11th 2015

Lords debate today on bid to outlaw revenge evictions

Today sees the long-awaited debate in the House of Lords on an amendment to the Deregulation Bill

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February 10th 2015

Tenant tip-off ends in £3,000 fine for landlord

A tenant tip-off to a council has ended with a landlord fined almost £3,000 after her property

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February 10th 2015

5 Property Management errors and how to avoid them

5 Property Management errors and how to avoid them:    1) Failing to carry out regular property inspections

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February 9th 2015

Industry bodies upset over eviction law proposal

Two landlord bodies have separately set out their objections at the latest attempt to outlaw so-called ‘revenge

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February 9th 2015

Landlord must pay £300,000 after illegal lettings

A landlord with 16 properties who told a court he had made a “huge mistake” has had

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