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Beginners Guide to Renting a Property
Wednesday 20th May 2020
Zooploma
Before you fixate on finding the perfect home to rent, you need to give some serious thought to your finances and exactly what you can afford. There's little point viewing potential homes - either in person…
A new kind of OPEN
Thursday 14th May 2020
Affinity
WE ARE BACK and ready to help you SAFELY move home! Whilst we have always been here behind the scenes delivering our service (albeit restricted); under the guidelines of the…
Coronavirus fightback expected to delay introduction of minimum agency standards
Wednesday 8th April 2020
Mark Schoffman - Property Eye
Industry bodies are expecting the coronavirus epidemic to delay the introduction of legislation on agency qualifications. Lord Best, chair of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group (R0PA), first backed minimum industry standards and qualifications in July 2019…
New EPC regulations in effect from today for all rental properties
Wednesday 1st April 2020
Property Eye
Today, Part Three of the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 comes into force. Private sector landlords must not grant a new tenancy of a property (including…
Right To Rent rules for agents relaxed during virus crisis
Tuesday 31st March 2020
Letting Agent Today
The government has relaxed some provisions of the controversial Right To Rent regulations for the duration of the Coronavirus outbreak. The temporary changes will mean the Home Office…
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Government Guidance for Landlords and Tenants
Saturday 28th March 2020
Government
Non-statutory guidance for landlords and tenants in the private and social rented sectors on: 1. Measures relating to notices seeking possession as amended by the Coronavirus Act 2020 2. Court action on possession cases during the…
Government tells agents to shut offices immediately
Tuesday 24th March 2020
Property Mark
Propertymark has been told the agents should shut their offices immediately - they are not “essential businesses” under the new Coronavirus safety guidance. A statement from Propertymark issued this afternoon says: "Propertymark has spoken to…
Gas Safeties have been Temporarily Suspended amid Covid-19 Outbreak: Instructions issued to engineers by Gas Safe Register
Tuesday 24th March 2020
Gas Safe Register
Gas Safe Register have issue advice to their engineers for the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. Until the announcement made by the UK Prime Minister on 23rd March, restricting people to their homes, we have continued to operate gas safety inspections and…
Eviction ban watered down in Coronavirus Emergency Bill
Tuesday 24th March 2020
LettingAgenToday
The three month outright eviction ban pledged to renters last week appears to have been watered down in the Coronavirus Emergency…
