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Letting Fees Ban Set to Extend Across Wales
Landlords and letting agents with homes to rent out in Wales face a ban on charging tenants fees. Welsh Assembly Housing Minister Rebecca Evans has announced she believes tenants should only have to pay their rent and a security deposit on moving in to a private...
Right to Rent Protest Gathers Pace With Court Win
Right to Rent laws will undergo scrutiny after campaigners won the first round of a legal challenge. The High Court has granted permission for the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) to take their case to judicial review. Under Right to Rent, landlords...
Treasury Defends Tax Hike for Landlords After Petition Protest
Protestors campaigning against a tax hike for landlords have forced the government to defend the policy. A petition started by property investor Mark Homer gathered 14,000 supporters - enough to force the government to make a written response to the protest. Homer was...
It’s Official! Landlords Are Fleeing Buy to Let
The number of private rented homes has dropped by 46,000 as landlords flee the buy to let market, according to official figures. Private rented homes still comprise a significant sector of the market, says the Office of National Statics’ Dwelling Stock Estimates for...
Right to Rent Challenge Opens in High Court
A legal challenge to overturn controversial Right to Rent laws for landlords and tenants is underway in the courts. Charity the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) hasbrought the action in London’s High Court. The legal team for the JCWI is arguing the...
Housing Charity Wants More Protection for Tenants
Moves seem under way to cap charges tenants might have to pay while living in a private rented home. The Tenants and Fees Bill before Parliament allows landlords to charge an uncapped fee for events that might happen during a tenancy, like damage to the home or having...
London’s Landlord and Agent Checker Goes Live Across 33 Councils
London mayor Sadiq Khan has vowed bad landlords have no hiding place in the capital now every borough council has signed up to his ‘Rogue Landlord and Agent Checker'. Although the database was opened in December 2017, only 10 councils displayed information about...
Councils Issue Four Fines a Week Under Right to Rent
Four landlords and letting agents are fined every week under the government’s controversial Right to Rent laws, according to official statistics. In the first two years of operation - from March 2016 until the end of March 2018 - the Home Office has revealed civil...
Letting Agent Complaints Up by 11%, Says Ombudsman
Complaints resolved against letting agents to the Property Ombudsman soared by 11% to 2,212 last year. And two out of three were supported by the ombudsman. The top causes of complaints were bad management; poor communication and record-keeping; arguments over the...
Client Money Protection for Agents Set to be Mandatory
From 1 April 2019, all property agents carrying out work in relation to housing in England will be required to be a member of a mandatory client money protection scheme. The Client Money Protection Schemes for Property Agents (Requirement to Belong to a Scheme etc.)...
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