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Ruling Outlaws Landlord Eviction Services as Illegal
Landlords instructing rent eviction specialists who are not solicitors to evict tenants need to be careful as the eviction specialist will normally not be allowed to represent the landlord. A judge has ruled that eviction services that take tenants to court are acting...
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Landlord Damage Claims Curtailed in Tenants Fees Bill
Landlords will no longer be able to claim excessive fees for minor damage or lost keys when tenants move out of a private rented home. The move is a much-sought after amendment to the Tenant Fees Bill which bans landlords and letting agents claiming upfront fees at...
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Shared House Was Worst Housing Officers Had Seen in a Decade
Landlord David Green owns the worst letting property housing officers have seen in Birmingham for a decade. Inspecting his four-storey shared house split into 10 flats, they recorded a catalogue of shameful breaches of fire, health and safety rules. The home had...
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How Buy to Let Profits Can Fund Uni Tuition Fees
Investing in buy to let to help children through university is proving profitable with landlords. Property prices in the leading university towns and cities have risen so fast over the past three years that the profits in some easily cover tuition fees. Coventry leads...
read moreTrespasser Possession Procedure
Introduction Before using this procedure, you should check by reading the other parts of this section that the occupier is truly a trespasser. In addition some form of notice before proceedings are commenced should have been served on the occupiers explaining you...
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The definition of when a claim against a trespasser can be made is: "a possession claim against trespassers' means a claim for the recovery of land which the claimant alleges is occupied only by a person or persons who entered or remained on the land without the...
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Banning Orders – Housing and Planning Act 2016
As previously reported, from 6 April 2018, parts of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 commence introducing banning orders and a database of rogue landlords and property agents in England. Banning orders If a landlord is convicted of a “banning order offence” a local...
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New Law to Tackle Bad Landlords and Unsafe Rented Homes
Landlords will have to take a more professional approach to managing rental property if a bill before Parliament becomes law. The Homes (Fit for Human Habitation) Bill is awaiting the last stage of debate and amendment in Westminster. Having won government backing,...
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Tenant Demand Is Drying Up, Says Buy to Let Lender
Buy to let tenant demand is stagnating and stands at the lowest level for six years, according to research by a leading lender. The study by The Mortgage Works, the buy to let arm of the Nationwide Building Society, shows 37% of landlords report no change in tenant...
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Longer Tenancies Could Backfire on Problem Renters
Politicians, lobby groups and the buy to let industry seem to have a different view of how longer tenancies will help private renters. The government, backed by housing charities and think tanks, wants to extend tenancy terms from 12 months to 36 months to give...
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