The House of Commons Library has just released a report summarising the help available for landlords and tenants, and can be seen here. It concentrates mostly on establishing security of tenure for tenants, without mentioning the increasing problem of tenants able to...
Heather Powell, a partner at the firm Blick Rothenberg has published an article crtiticising the tax breaks announced by the Chancellor. It can be seen here, and is reproduced below:- Heather Powell, a partner at the firm and head of property and construction, said:...
Landlords have benefitted from tax breaks, subsidies and a weak eviction ban according to the National Union of Students. Larissa Kennedy, the organisation’s president, has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to claim landlords have been treated far more...
A lead tenant who posed as a landlord has been ordered to pay £9,047.50 in fines and costs and handed a criminal record for breaching housing laws. Brent Council in London originally issued Sonia Nascimento with a £5,000 Civil Penalty Notice but after she refused to...
Mischcon de Reya have just published an article on 'Company Voluntary Arrangements: Guidance for Landlords' It can be seen here, and is also below:- What is a CVA? A CVA is a legal rescue process to enable a company to make an agreement with its unsecured...
The Government have just announced a further extension to the eviction ban. The announcement can be seen here and claims:- Ban on commercial evictions extended to 30 June to ensure businesses are supported as they re-open Six-month notice periods and bailiff enforced...
YourMortgage is reporting that there is a greater choice in mortgages:- If you have ambitions to become a landlord, you now have a greater choice of mortgages available to you The proportion of buy-to-let mortgages catering for first-time landlords has...
'Which' have been going through the Budget details and have found:- Government loans for vulnerable consumers In a section of the red book subtitled ‘supporting the most affected’, the government revealed a new pilot scheme to give no-interest loans to people who need...
A report in the Financial Times over the weekend suggests that Lloyds Bank is poised to become a major residential landlord, using new-build and existing properties to enter the private rental sector. The FT’s retail banking correspondent Nicholas Megaw says a...
We have been advised that all Local Authorities are to be given money by the Government to help tackle energy inefficient proprieties. This is being overseen by Greater South East Energy Hub and Local Authorities will be seeking any property in the 'E','F' or 'G' EPC...
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