New tougher electrical safety standards to protect private tenants It seems we maybe in line for further measures to better protect tenants. However once again it seems that the consultation appears to be aimed at only private tenants. I am no legal expert but surely it...
I read with interest further comments and statements from the current Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. He seems to conveniently forget that homelessness and housing shortages have been around for many governments both labour and conservative. Indeed, you only have to search through any newspapers archives...
I have just watched an announcement by Jeremy Corbyn who stated that should his party be in government then they would immediately buy thousands (8000) of properties for homeless people in a move to tackle soaring levels of rough sleeping. Can you imagine what that would...
Although it looks like we will be eventually leaving the EU, until that happens we still must abide by any new EU Legislation, it is also a safe bet that most EU legislation will be adopted into UK law. With all that in mind are you...
If the governments draft tenant fees bill passes all the way to legislation will it really be a kick in the teeth for the industry or will we see a much leaner and efficient range of letting agencies emerge? I can see why so many letting...
We have recently seen Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party use the current issue with housing as a means to try to secure more votes. Are we now seeing the the government playing catch up and realising that as housing is something that many are...
As most of you will be aware the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) will come into effect April 2018. Along with many other regulations it could be easy to forget this one. However, I would strongly recommend you ensure your buy to let property...
I am sure this is not new news to most of the landlords and letting agents out there, but I wanted to share this possession case with you to try to address the amount of rogue landlord articles I have been reading. A landlord has recently...
Are Labour and Jeremy Corbyn accepting that we are becoming a nation of renters and targeting tenants for votes? Whilst we still have the conservatives pitching that everyone has the opportunity to be a homeowner, their recent onslaught towards landlords would confirm this ethos. Now I...
It seems the government is once again on the war path when it comes to protecting tenants. I am all for protecting peoples rights but there is two sides to this coin and I get the impression that the private landlord and letting agents has...