A Peterborough landlord who changed the locks as he illegally evicted a tenant at a property he owned has been jailed for a year. Peterborough Crown Court heard how council officials were first alerted to concerns about Mirza Tariq Mahmud Jaral in July 2020 after...
The clock is ticking for commercial landlords to ensure their properties meet minimum energy efficiency standards ahead of 1 April 2023, warns commercial property specialist Rajinda Sanghera. Rajinda, an associate at national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP, says the...
John Lewis is targeting suburban locations and commuter towns in the South East as it pushes ahead with plans to build 10,000 rental homes despite warnings that the property market is cooling. The John Lewis Partnership, which also owns Waitrose, said it will build...
This morning (June 9th 2022), the Housing Secretary, Michael Gove, described Housing Policy as a Mosaic as the Government announced several proposals, which have already been announced over the last 5 years - Listen here These policies include the ability of those on...
The Renters’ Reform Bill White Paper outlining legislation to abolish Section 21 looks to have been pushed back yet again. Until recently, Housing Minister Eddie Hughes had been promising to publish the paper ‘this Spring’, but when answering a parliamentary question...
In an answer to a written question submitted by Labour MP for York Central Rachael Maskell, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities confirmed that it would not support the introduction of rent controls. In the written statement, Eddie Hughes, who is...
Whether the Prime Minister choses to resign or not after last nights ‘no confidence’ vote, it will leave him damaged. Theresa May didn't survive a better percentage 'win', will Boris Jihnson? History has shown that Tory leaders who were subject to such votes didn’t...
One in ten landlords is planning to sell their property rather than re-let at the end of their next tenancy, the English Private Landlord Survey (EPLS) has shown. The EPLS is a national survey of landlords and letting agents who own and/or manage privately rented...
Propertymark’s regular survey of its 443 member agencies found the supply of properties to rent had collapsed by almost half from 30.4 in 2019 to 15.6 available per branch in 2022. Propertymark also found that 94% of rental properties removed during this period did...
The Telegraph have run a piece on a someone who can’t afford to buy a house, but can afford a Buy To Let. It can be seen here (registration might be required), and she says “In London, unless you get a lot of help or you’re super rich, or you’re in a relationship and...
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