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The end of EPCs? Government told to scrap ‘outdated’ scheme
Monday 22nd March 2021
Graham Norwood
Energy Performance Certificates ought to be scrapped because they are outdated and not fit for purpose. That’s the view of an influential group of MPs who have issued a damning report on the government’s attempts to reach its own Net…
Help bring rental sector Health and Safety up to date, agents urged
Friday 19th March 2021
Letting Agent Today
Letting agencies are being urged to help to shape the future of the rental sector by completing a survey as part of a new government review. The…
Tough new fire regulations for HMOs and multi-tenancy buildings
Thursday 18th March 2021
Graham Norwood
Landlords and managing agents of HMOs could face unlimited fines following new measures being brought in to strengthen fire safety, the Home Office has announced. Exact details are awaited but the new…
Rogue landlord ordered to pay back £739k in illegal rent or face jail
Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Property Eye
An unscrupulous landlord who operated multi-tenant properties in north-west London without consent has been ordered to pay back £739,263.58 in illicit earnings or face jail, in one…
Up and Up - rental growth picks up for the sixth month in a row
Tuesday 16th February 2021
Letting Agent Today
The rate of rental growth picked up for the sixth month running according to lettings agency Hamptons. Across Great Britain…
“Horrible crime” of illegal eviction probed by police
Monday 15th February 2021
Graham Norwood
A 24 month community order and 200 hours of unpaid work are the price being paid for an unlawful eviction. Buy to let investor Gary Dulson has pleaded…
Rental demand up just as supply goes down, reports Rightmove
Monday 8th February 2021
Letting Agent Today
Rightmove’s analysis of its own listings for January suggests demand in the rental market is 14 per cent up on a year earlier - just as supply is precisely 14 per…
LATEST: ‘No plans for national landlord licensing’, promises housing minister
Friday 5th February 2021
Nigel Lewis
Landlords have been reassured that there’s no national licensing scheme in the pipeline after the government again rebuffed proposals made by various housing groups and think-tanks. In answer to a parliamentary written question from Charlotte Nichols MP…
Give landlords interest-free rent arrears loans, letting agents tell Chancellor
Thursday 4th February 2021
Landlord Zone
Letting agents are the latest group to call for English landlords to be given direct financial help as the repercussions of the Covid pandemic…
Voids increase across the board but market otherwise proving resilient
Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Letting Agent Today
The latest market snapshot for the private lettings sector shows rents holding steady into 2021 but voids increasing across the board. The…