The FT has reported on a case of ruling where a contractor, was ordered to pay damages towards the cost of removing cladding it had fitted to four residential tower blocks deemed to be unsafe after the blaze in the London block of flats, calling it a 'landmark...
Once again, the much-heralded Database of Rogue Agents & Landlords has proved to be inefficient. Introduced in April 2018, it was intended that any landlord or property agent who received a banning order would be added to the database. The principal problem is...
Generation Rent, which typically attacks all landlords and especially those involved in buy to let, has instead focussed its latest social media attacks on holiday lets.It says on Twitter: “Holiday lets are already more lucrative than tenancies - in holiday hotspots...
The House of Commons Library has issued a report debating whether a private landlord can refuse to let to Housing Benefit claimants In it they describe the two court cases where agents had been found guilty of discrimination by refusing benefit tenants. It also...
A one-bed flat in west London owned by Kensington and Chelsea council was subject to an illegal sub-let from the ‘tenant’, who was not living at the property and was claiming to be a private landlord. He received £850 a month from three subtenants, and was caught when...
Analysis by Hamptons estate agents reveals that far more landlords are selling than buying as rental supply plummets. On average, the market is set to lose roughly 3,800 landlord properties every month in 2022, more than double the number from two years before, and...
The Swindon Advertiser are reporting on a landlord who was forced to spend a considerable amount of money to repair a property wrecked by an anti-social tenant after the police classified the incident as a civil complaint after deciding there "wasn't enough evidence...
The East Anglian Daily Times are reporting a comment by a local solicitor on the potential impact of the removal of the Section 21 Lee Pearce - who is partner and head of dispute resolution at Suffolk and Essex-based Ellisons Solicitors - believes the new system -...
The Telegraph are reporting a landlord previously owning 25 holiday homes. Despite the booming staycation market and ability to rent out the properties for tens if not hundreds of thousands of pounds a year, the landlord recently starting scaling back, and now has...
New rental laws in Queensland, Australia will make it more difficult for landlords to terminate leases or deny tenant requests to have pets. The law changes are set to come into effect from October 1 in a series of reforms to the Housing Legislation Amendment Bill...
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