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Housing Secretary rejects rent controls but defends abolition of ‘no fault’ evictions
Monday 13th May 2019
Housing Secretary of State James Brokenshire has rejected suggestions that the Conservatives could bring in rent controls. However, Brokenshire made clear his commitment to ending Section 21 - or, as The Sunday Times put it…
SMOKE ALARMS ARE TOP HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE NOT ADDRESSED BY LANDLORDS
Thursday 9th May 2019
Missing and broken smoke detector are the top health and safety issue that landlords in Britain are failing to address, according to new research into the…
MINISTY OF HOUSING,COMMUNITES&LOCAL GOVERMENT PRIVATE RENTED SECTOR APRIL NEWSLETTER
Tuesday 23rd April 2019
You will know that the English Housing Survey for 2017-18 showed that the private rented sector now accounts for 4.5 million…
RESEARCH REVEAL TENANTS THINK WRONGLY THEIR CONTENTS ARE COVERED BY LANDLORD INSURANCE
Tuesday 23rd April 2019
Almost a third of tenants in the private rented sector mistakenly think that their possessions are covered by their landlord's insurance, new research has found. Overall 43% do not have contents insurance with 29% believing that the buildings…
RENTS IN THE UK UP 3.3% YEAR ON YEAR, HIGHER THAN INFLATION
Tuesday 16th April 2019
Rents for new tenancies in the UK have begun to rise at a rate not seen in the market for over two years, up 3.3% in the 12 months to March 2019, the latest index shows. There is a move away…
GOVERNMENT SET TO ABOLISH SECTION 21
Tuesday 16th April 2019
the government is today proposing to consult on scrapping Section 21, so-called 'no fault', repossessions in the private rented sector…
LANDLORDS CONCERNED ABOUT RIGHTS OF EU CITIZENS TO RENT AFTER BREXIT
Wednesday 10th April 2019
The British Government has failed to prepare the rental market for Brexit with landlord warning that European Union citizens may face problems securing a home to rent. The…
Housing Minister leaves open possibility of scrapping tenant fees ban after Government review
Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Housing minister Heather Wheeler has not ruled out the tenant fees ban in England being scrapped in the future if it was shown to have increased rents. Speaking at the ARLA Propertymark conference,…
Client Money Protection now compulsory for English letting agents – but how many are covered?
Monday 1st April 2019
CMP legislation has today become law and any agents not registered with one of the six schemes are now trading illegally. England's new Client Money Protection (CMP) legislation became law today and…
New energy efficiency rules on rental properties kick in on Monday – but who knew?
Friday 29th March 2019
New energy efficiency rules for rental properties in England and Wales come into force on Monday, April 1. They spell out the costs that landlords legally face in improving properties that have an EPC rating below E. The Statutory…