Guild of Landlords Rent Digest – August 2020

Guild of Landlords Rent Digest – August 2020

Keeping an eye on rents to make sure your properties stay competitive but still make as much profit as possible is a key task for landlords. To help with the leg work of looking up all those statistics on different web sites, here’s a digest of some of the leading UK...

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Six Months Notice Rules and New Form 6A For England Published

Six Months Notice Rules and New Form 6A For England Published

In recently typical timing by government, late Friday afternoon, the regulations which make the changes for increasing the length of notices to six months in England were published. The regulations are The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from...

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Possession Claims Suspension Extended by 4 Weeks

Possession Claims Suspension Extended by 4 Weeks

Today (21 August 2020), it has been announced that the stay on possession claims is to be extended by four weeks from 23 August 2020 until 20 September 2020. As an update, it's been announced that notice lengths are to be increased to six months. Extended suspension...

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Changes to Accelerated Possession and Enforcement

Changes to Accelerated Possession and Enforcement

A quick note about an update to the Civil Procedure Rules by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2020 and The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2020. Accelerated Possession Procedure The amendments make changes to the conditions when accelerated possession...

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Rules After Possession Suspension Published (Partially)

Rules After Possession Suspension Published (Partially)

This is a quick note about new court rules which will apply after the suspension on possession proceedings is...

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Benefits Ban on Tenants Is Discrimination, Rules Judge

Benefits Ban on Tenants Is Discrimination, Rules Judge

Having a blanket policy refusing to rent a home to a tenant claiming benefits is against the law, a judge has ruled. Sitting at York County Court, District Judge Victoria Mark decided that a letting agent who rejected an application to rent a home from single mum of...

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Landlords Win HMO Conviction Appeals Against Council

Landlords Win HMO Conviction Appeals Against Council

A city council housing team has seen two prosecutions against HMO landlords quashed on appeal in four months. The latest hearing saw Jaswinder Khatkar’s conviction for ignoring improvement orders from Derby City Council overturned. In February, he was found guilty of...

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