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July 6th 2015

Osborne makes this a crunch week for lettings sector

This week will see whether Chancellor George Osborne will give in to calls to close some of

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July 6th 2015

No hot water? Tenants told to boil a kettle

A landlord failed to provide hot water for his tenants for four years, and told them to

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July 3rd 2015

‘You’re talking waffle’ housing minister is told by predecessor

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has been accused of talking “a load of waffle” by one of his

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July 3rd 2015

House prices fall back but supply still critically low

UK house prices fell a marginal 0.2% in June, Nationwide has reported. The slight fall reversed May’s

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July 3rd 2015

Labour MP in row with letting agent over deposit

A Labour MP was hauled up before the parliamentary expenses body after hitting a credit card problem

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July 2nd 2015

Letting agent fined after pleading guilty to HMO offences

A letting agent has been handed fines totalling £7,000 and costs of £1,140. The Letting Centre (Oxford),

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July 2nd 2015

Reminder to agents over new CO legislation

A long-time safety campaigner is reminding agents and landlords that from October 1 the new Smoke and

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July 2nd 2015

Buy To Let mortgage restrictions on the way?

The Bank of England says excessive lending to fund buy to let purchases could pose a risk

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June 30th 2015

Ombudsman Services rejects 80% of initial complaints against agents

Remarkably few complaints against estate and letting agents are being investigated, with very few upheld. Yesterday, Ombudsman

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June 30th 2015

TV show to feature buy to let tenants who owe thousands

The second episode of Channel 5’s Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords, due to air tomorrow evening at 9pm,

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