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New Version of Tenancy Builder Now Beta Testing
We are pleased to announce that our next version of one of our most popular services, the Tenancy Builder, is now ready for beta testing by users. We have personally used the beta test with a live genuine tenancy and it appears to be working perfectly but it needs...
Buy to Let Rents Rise – but Number Crunchers Disagree How Much
Buy to let rents jumped 1.4% last year, according to the latest official data. Annual rent increases had plateaued at a monthly 1.3% increase between May and October, but increased to 1.4% in November and stayed at that point in December, says the Office for National...
Letting Agent Must Pay £4,500 for Flouting Rent Smart Wales Licence
Letting agent watchdogs are vowing to get tough with firm who fail to comply with their Rent Smart Wales licence conditions. The warning comes after Robert Bistula, director of Easy Rent in City Road , Cardiff, ignored official requests to supply information about the...
Draft Electrical Regulations for Landlords Published (England)
Under Part 5 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016, provision was made to allow for legislation to be created for electrical safety standards in private rented property. The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 have now...
Lawyers Plan to Make Buying Leaseholds Cheaper
Lawyers are pushing for reforms that would make extending or buying out a lease cheaper for landlords and other home owners. The influential Law Commission - an independent body that keeps UK law updated and under review - wants wide ranging reforms of how the value...
Property Guardians Let Renters Live in Slum Care Home
A property guardianship firm that shoe horned tenants into a derelict care home has been fined for breaking house in multiple occupation rules. Camelot Guardian Management Company stopped squatters moving into commercial property by encouraging tenants to live in the...
Minister Rejects UK’s Largest Landlord Licensing Scheme Renewal
Housing and Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has rejected a proposal to extend the UK’s largest private landlord licensing scheme. A plan to renew the measure for another five years from Liverpool City Council was turned down because the application lacked ‘robust...
Surprise Boost as Annual House Price Rises Hit 4%
House prices have started the year with a big jump - according to the latest data from one of the country’s largest mortgage lenders. The Halifax says property values increased by 4% last year with a 1.7% in December - the biggest monthly rise in 2019. The average...
Don’t Get in a Mess Over MEES, the New Energy Efficiency Rules
Properties that require an EPC and fail new minimum energy rating standards must not be rented to tenants after April 1 2020 unless an exemption is sought. Although the law has been a long time coming since coming into force in April 2018, many landlords are unaware...
Minister Urges Landlords to Lift Bans on Pet-Owning Tenants
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick wants landlords to let pet owning tenants off the leash by allowing them to have well-behaved animals in their rented homes. He has stopped short of making the move mandatory but wants to encourage more landlords to offer pet friendly...
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