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Landlords Can No Longer Charge Prospective Tenants Fees
It seems a very long time ago that I warned moves to remove the fees landlords charged to prospective tenants was on the horizon. I…
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Buy to Let Property Investors Want Fast Track Housing Tribunal
Buy to let property investors are calling for a fast track housing tribunal to help protect their property investments should the Section 21 ‘no-fault’ eviction…
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Could This Really Be the End of the Private Rental Sector?
I have worked with the private rental sector for 25 years, but I won’t be having a party. I have seen the how attitudes have…
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More Landlord Interference from the ‘Government’
Just when you feel that there is nothing else the government, or prospective government, can do to make it harder for a private sector landlord…
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Metro Bank Stops ‘No DSS’ Buy to Let Mortgages
Metro Bank has stopped promoting ‘no DSS’ mortgages after pressure from the government. The ‘no DSS’ mortgages did not allow landlords to rent their buy…
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Government Determined to Scrap Section 21
That the government plans to scrap Section 21 will be no surprise to any private sector landlord who keeps in touch with what is happening…
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Does the Government Ever Think Properly About Tenants?
There’s been a lot in the media about the benefits to tenants of a longer, standard tenancy and 3 years seems to be the favoured…
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Section 21 Evictions to be Abolished
The government has announced plans to abolish Section 21 evictions within new reforms to the private rental sector. Section 21 evictions currently allow landlords to…
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Tenant Fees Bill to Become Law This Year
It still needs Royal Assent, but the Tenant Fees Bill seems set to become law on 1st June 2019 and will apply to all tenancies…
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Government Funding Confirmed for Landlord Crackdown
The government has confirmed extra funding for councils to enable them to tackle rogue landlords in the private rental sector. More than 50 councils in…