A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...
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28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Today the long-awaited Homes (Fitness For Human Habitation) Act comes into force, pioneered by Labour MP Karen Buck and giving people...
20 March 2019
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The government has been accused of not helping thousands of landlords who may have inadvertently granted assured tenancies instead of the...
10 January 2019
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The Association of Residential Letting Agencies has set up a course - for non-members as well as members - on Ending...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Changes to the Section 21 Notice come into force for letting agents and landlords on Monday. This will require all Assured Shorthold...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading legal expert specialising in the private rental market says the sector should set up basic procedures to protect against...
01 November 2017
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Anti-deposits campaigning agent Ajay Jagota says the 2004 Housing Act - which actually came into effect in 2007 - may now...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A minority of agents remain unaware of their duties when it comes to tenant repairs requests, something which could invalidate landlords'...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The total number of evictions last year reached a record high of 42,728 according to data from the Ministry of Justice. Whilst...
16 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A legal expert is claiming that changes to S21 eviction procedures introduced back in October are not being adhered to by...
08 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Who are you? I am David d’Orton-Gibson What does it say on your business card? It says I am the Managing Director of an...
01 February 2016
From: 60 Second Interview

Eviction specialists at Landlord Action say county courts are still overwhelmed by the number of possession claims being put forward, a...
30 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Eviction specialists at Landlord Action are raising concerns as to whether there are sufficient resources, especially at local council level, to...
02 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Some 88 per cent of tenants say they are unaware of the new law introduced this week intended to protect them...
02 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Property repair software company Fixflo has issued last-minute guidance for agents and landlords regarding the Section 21 changes which come into...
30 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The government has confirmed that its new Section 21 regulations will come into effect on October 1 despite a high-profile hitch...
24 September 2015
From: Breaking News

A landlord body says it has had confirmation from the government that there is an error in the published version of...
21 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Parliament has approved the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 - the regulations which looked in jeopardy after a...
17 September 2015
From: Breaking News

A major drafting error in Government regulations affecting the private rented sector risks undermining confidence in the new Section 21 legislation...
17 September 2015
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The changes to tax relief for landlords comes on top of a blizzard of new health and safety requirements, regulations and...
09 July 2015
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After the passing of the Deregulation Act deposits deadline this week, Richard Price, Executive Director of UKALA, is in a contemplative...
26 June 2015
From: Features

New tenancy deposit rules come into effect today have been given the thumbs-up by The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks. Under the...
23 June 2015
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New tenancy deposit rules come into effect today have been given the thumbs-up by The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks. Under the...
23 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Landlords could risk facing heavy fines if they fail to protect their tenants’ deposits before an important new deadline on June...
17 June 2015
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service is reminding letting agents and landlords that they have to act with extreme urgency over older tenancy...
16 June 2015
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government’s controversial Deregulation Act, which is now in force, is creating critical new...
11 June 2015
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Landlords and letting agents have been issued a reminder that they have less then three weeks to protect tenancy deposits with...
05 June 2015
From: Breaking News

In 2007, the government introduced a compulsory deposit protection scheme as part of the Housing Act 2004 to help protect tenants...
22 May 2015
From: Features

Airbnb is letting out a two-bedroom floating house on the Thames to publicise the changes in short term letting rules in...
20 May 2015
From: Breaking News

Letting agents have received another warning from legal experts to familiarise themselves with new legislation introduced just before MPs broke up...