Rental Sector

In its first investigation, the Housing Ombudsman has chosen to investigate damp and mould issues. The Ombudsman's remit includes investigating and identifying key issues that ...
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The Welsh government has passed legislation to permanently extend eviction laws, including the notice period landlords must give tenants to leave their property. Under the ...
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Thanks to Covid 19 emergency measures, all new and existing residential tenants have had a stay of execution over repossession proceedings since 27th March. The ...
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New electrical safety legislation was introduced in England from 1st June 2020 for private rental accommodation. Private landlords must now ensure that 'fixed' electrical parts ...
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Have you heard of deposit-free rent? Plans first started to emerge in 2017, but concerns are now being raised over whether it is being mis-sold ...
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During this COVID-19 outbreak, many people across the nation and indeed across the world are beginning to worry about how they are going to afford ...
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A survey conducted by property website, Zoopla, has looked at the cost of renting a home in the UK's cities during Q3 of 2019, compared ...
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Government plans have been published to open up a database to prospective tenants of potential rogue landlords in their area. Access the register of the ...
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Buy-to-let landlords face a whole raft of new rules, making it a confusing time to be in the business of property investment.  We look at ...
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A 2016 survey of over 2,500 landlords by the Council of Mortgage Lenders showed that 38% of private rented dwellings in the UK and Northern ...
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There is clearly something very wrong with the current housing system if individuals can earn sufficient income from properties that they don't even own that ...
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Young people are less likely to move to the UK’s larger cities where they can get higher paying jobs, according to a new report. The ...
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A lack of social housing across Britain is leading to cramped, overcrowded and unfit conditions for some of Britain’s low income families, in what some ...
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An increasing number of young families are starting their lives in rented accommodation, according to the Parent Rent Trap survey conducted by insurers, Royal London ...
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Zoopla is one of the largest property websites in the UK for people looking to rent or buy, and also owns the property portals PrimeLocation ...
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Former Maths teacher, Fergus Wilson, owns over 700 properties in the Ashford and Maidstone areas of Kent and is planning to evict all his tenants ...
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Specialist UK inventory services provider, No Letting Go, is backing the introduction of MOT-style reports on rental properties to safeguard people who wish to rent ...
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A British entrepreneurial group is launching a new short term rental App in a bid to eradicate tenancy breaches through sub-letting. It is the first ...
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A new survey has been conducted of tenants living in private rented property, who had been asked to leave their home before they wished because ...
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The number of middle-age renters has doubled as more people are struggling to meet the demands of a large deposit in order to secure a ...
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The statutory booklet on ‘How to Rent’ has been updated by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). The guide is produced for ...
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Following a similar ban that took place in Scotland in 2012, and promised in England in the Queen’s Speech last year, the Welsh government has ...
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A new report by the housing charity, Shelter, has revealed the shocking number of households on social housing waiting lists which are waiting for years ...
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The underhand tactics of landlords in Wales, some of whom currently offer reduced rent in return for sex, are about to be “nipped in the ...
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At propertysurveying.co.uk, we mostly concern ourselves with the surveying of property on behalf of the buyer or owner. We do sometimes look at a property ...
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On 1st April 2018, the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) come into force in England and Wales. Here is the rub: Over 400,000 properties currently fail ...
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The government has published new Electrical Safety in the Private Rented Sector Consultation that seeks views and comments on recommendations made by the Private Rented ...
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The buy to let mortgage gave a new wave of ordinary people the opportunity of a second income or pension investment in the form of ...
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Following consultation, the Department for Communities and Local Government has announced new measures designed to give councils more powers to deal with dodgy private sector ...
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There are around 11 million renters in Britain. As we discussed in our November article Pimp your credit score, renters have traditionally found difficulty in ...
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After April’s stamp duty surcharge, the Autumn Budget delivered yet more bad news for buy to let landlords, in the form of an indexation allowance ...
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Planning enforcement notices served on a property in Peckham were not brought to the attention of tenants by the landlord. The landlord misled tenants by ...
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Rent Smart Wales exists to ensure compliance with legislation in the Housing (Wales) Action 2014. In 2015, to simplify the process for landlords, agents and ...
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From 31st January 2018, residential letting agents in Scotland will be required by law to comply with a Letting Agent Code of Practice. Since October ...
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In November 2017 the government published its draft Tenant Fee Bill reflecting responses received from the Public Consultation which was published on the same day. The Secretary ...
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Do I need Statutory Permission to rent a room in my home or a property I own ? Planning permission is not usually required for ...
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Tiny apartment 'microflats' are available to rent from £178 per week for a single, or £235 for a double, plus fixed weekly bill payments that ...
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University of London professor, Richard Murphy, says that although it is perhaps impossible to calculate the exact figure, losses in undeclared tax from the buy-to-let ...
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One of Britain’s biggest buy-to-let landlords, Fergus Wilson, has listed his requirements of potential tenants. In a leaked email to one of his lettings agents, ...
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