Latest News & Updates

November 13th 2014

Landlord fined over illegal conversion

A landlord has been fined £3,120 after a seven year council and legal wrangle over an illegal

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November 12th 2014

Buying a property with sitting tenants and need to know the facts…

Sitting tenancies are a common occurrence in the UK property market and there are some im-portant things

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November 12th 2014

Landlord could have record fine

A London council which is consulting on extending its HMO licensing scheme has secured what is believed

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November 10th 2014

Buy to let mortgages denied to 20% of landlords

A fifth of landlords wanting to purchase additional buy to let mortgages are at risk of being

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November 10th 2014

Private rental sector predicted to grow in size

The will be an additional 1.2 million households in England & Wales in the private rented sector by

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November 5th 2014

MP wades into row over landlord licencing

An MP has waded into a row over a proposal by yet another local authority to introduce

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October 29th 2014

MP sets out “revenge eviction” claims

A Liberal Democrat MP is accusing landlords of conducting so-called revenge evictions and re-letting properties where “unsanitary

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October 23rd 2014

The governments immigration check guidelines have been issued, again.

The government has issued its latest code of practice document providing guidance for landlords affected by the

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October 23rd 2014

Landlords appear to use Section 21 notices rather than risk Section 8 complications.

In 2013 there were 34,080 evictions issued under the Section 21 accelerated procedure, the highest figure since

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October 22nd 2014

Landlords should not seek new for old from deposits

Landlords and agents are unreasonably pushing for ‘betterment’ or ‘new for old’ at the end of tenancies

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