Activist group Generation Rent are telling tenants to use the slightest documentation error by landlords to avoid eviction.It claims as many as three quarters of tenants were not given a government guide to renting at the start of their tenancy - a figure the group...
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Has the Governments mediation scheme stalled?
There appears to be no evidence yet as to the effectiveness or otherwise of the government’s mediation scheme, introduced ahead of the eviction ban lifting.The Association of Residential Letting Agents’ wing of Propertymark - which backed the pilot of the scheme when...
How to become a property developer by keeping things small
have published an article the best way become a property developer. It can be seen here.
Good summer for landlords on way – claim
We’re on track for a bumper summer of lettings according to one of the sector’s most authoritative rental market monitors.Goodlord’s latest analysis shows that voids dropped in seven of the eight regions monitored by Goodlord during May, reducing the average void...
Rightmove gives five low-cost ways to improve a property’s EPC
Rightmove has identified five ways that landlords and other property owners can improve their property’s EPC rating - some for well under £100.Current legislation in England and Wales requires buy to let properties to have at least an Energy Performance Certificate...
“we’re on the side of tenants” – says London Council
A council says it’s “on the side of tenants” against landlords.The London borough of Tower Hamlets has renewed its Selective Licensing Scheme for an additional five years, and will now run until October 2026.The decision was approved by the council after a...
Rogue landlord fined for breaching prohibition order
A rogue landlord has been fined £2,000 and must pay a victim surcharge of £22 after pleading guilty to breaching a prohibition notice preventing him letting a property.Leicester council’s private sector housing team had served the prohibition order on a bedsit in the...
‘Council should be building homes to rent, not sell’
The Press, in Yorkshire, have run an article on the Council trying to make a profit from selling new homes, rather than dealing tenants needs. It concludes:- "York council is more pre-occupied with footstreets, cycle paths, closing roads to cars, and touting their...
Buy-to-let yields 2021: where are the best postcodes in London?
The lettings PropTech firm Home Made has examined data from thousands of property listings across London to create an up-to-date guide on buy-to-let rental yields for investors in the capital.Having crunched the numbers for every postcode in Greater London, the...
What Happens After the Eviction Ban Ends
A temporary ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in the UK is set to end today, opening a new chapter in landlord-renter relationships across the country. The ban, which has been in force since March last year and later extended, meant that landlords seeking to evict...
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Landlords criticised by Generation Rent, again.
The chief executive of Generation Rent, Ben Twomey, and the National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS), have jointly...