On 30 January 2023 Shelter Legal updated its webpage concerning data protection requirements for landlords. Some landlords or letting agencies which handle personal data need to register with the Information Commissioner’s Office and pay a data protection fee. For the...
On 30 January 2023 the DLUHC announced that it had issued developers with legally binding contracts that will commit them to pay to repair unsafe buildings. The Government has set a six-week deadline for developers to sign the legal agreements failing which they will...
Leeds City Council have just published an update on its work to tackle mould and damp issues in council housing.; It can be seen here.
A report in the Telegraph shows that taxes paid on second properties surged in the last financial year. The report can be seen here (subscription may be necessary) and shows that HMRC have reported tax paid last year of £4.56bn, against an average of £3½bn in previous...
In their a trading update for the year ended 31 December 2022, leading morgage broker, Mortgage Advice Bureau reported revenue for the year increased by 22%, despite the immediately negative impact of September's mini-budget on the mortgage market. The statement...
A landlord has agreed to repay a total of £2,160 that he had received in housing benefit following the expiry of an improvement notice that was served by the council requiring works to be completed on the property. The rent repayment covers a period of seven months...
Michael Gove, housing Secretary of State has made two announcements this weekend (29/1/23). After admitting the Government was partially to blame for the Grenfell fire, in that guidance on fire materials at the time allowed ‘unscrupulous people to exploit a broken...
Making all tenancies open-ended will bring an ‘inevitable’ reduction in student housing. In a recent article in the Telegraph, Melissa Lawford warns of the potential of the proposal to make all tenancy agreements contractual (rolling) from day 1, will cause...
More than four out of 10 buy-to-let (BTL) landlords (42%) intend to purchase additional property in the next 12 months, a Landbay survey reveals. Despite ongoing pressures on landlords, the quarterly survey found that 79% of those intending to buy said they do not...
Balfour Beatty has won a GBP1.2 billion contract to dig a tunnel called the Lower Thames Crossing under the River Thames. The infrastructure construction firm said the contract is for the 'Roads North of the Thames' package and was awarded by National Highways. The...
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