Feb 18, 2021 | Other News
18 Feb 2021 Residential transactions across England and Wales fell by 41% in 2020 when compared to the previous year despite a boost in the market from the stamp duty holiday, GetAgent has revealed. The initial lockdown in March last year saw the property market...Feb 3, 2021 | Eviction, Other News
03 Feb 2021 An influential all-party committee of MPs and members of the House of Lords is calling for a new council tax fund to subsidise landlords left high and dry when students are forced to study from home and not at college. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on...Jan 8, 2021 | Eviction, Other News
08 Jan 2020 Letting agents have joined forces with other players in the rental industry to demand the government finally get a grip on rental debt. ARLA Propertymark has signed an open letter with the National Residential Landlords Association, The Big Issue and Ride...Dec 29, 2020 | Legislation & Regulations, Other News
29 Dec 2020 The government has published official guidance for landlords on how they should operate in the new Tier 4 locations. Since Boxing Day, Tier 4 rules – which mean the closure of all non-essential shops, hairdressers, swimming pools and gyms, plus a...Nov 3, 2020 | Legislation & Regulations, Other News, Right-to-Rent
03 Nov 2020 The government has this week revealed temporary changes to the way landlords can check documents required for Right To Rent. There have been changes to allow requests for digital versions of documents, making checks on a video call, and how to approach...Oct 29, 2020 | Other News, Planning Enforcement
29 Oct 2020 The high street was already struggling before the pandemic, but Covid-19 has perhaps sent it into terminal decline. High streets in major towns and cities across the UK are now virtual ghost-towns as office workers and tourists stay away. With the rise in...Oct 28, 2020 | Other News
28 Oct 2020 Given the existing differences between the Covid-19 three-tier system in England, bailiffs have agreed not to carry out evictions of tenants in areas under tier 2 or 3 restrictions England’s three-tier system of local restrictions currently divides...Sep 17, 2020 | Other News
18 Sep 2020 Less than half of landlords have received full rent since March 2020, when Covid-19 lockdown rules were introduced, according to new research by Hamilton Fraser. A survey of 1,2000 landlords conducted by the company found that 43% of landlords have...Sep 16, 2020 | Eviction, Other News
16 Sep 2020 Ministers will ask bailiffs to agree to a “Christmas truce” on evictions in England and Wales this year to prevent renters from being turfed out of their homes over the festive period. The government has also announced that evictions will not be enforced...Sep 11, 2020 | Eviction, Other News
11 Sep 2020 The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions have been made with a commitment from the government not to stage evictions over the Christmas period in...
