The government recently announced that it would stop requiring tenants of shared dwellings to pay hefty council tax bills by banding individual rooms in shared households individually for council tax reasons. The NRLA projects that this change will save landlords and their tenants up to £1,000 annually.
With the autumn statement released last week, it is important to be aware of the measures and how they could affect landlords.
With news of Paris being overrun by terrible bed bug infestations, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan stated that reports of bed bugs on the London underground is cause for serious concern.
On the 18th October 2023 the government updated the landlord’s guide to Right to Rent Checks. It is vital that both letting agents and landlords understand what is needed, and in this blog we look at the change that has been made and recap why a Right to Rent Check is so important.
If a landlord is owed money from an ex-tenant who refuses to pay, they may have to resort to legal action to recover the debt. However, getting a court judgment is not the end of the story; the judgement still needs to be enforced and the debtor made to pay. In this blog we look at the different options a landlord has including a third-party debt order and attachment of earning order.
If a executor of an estate has tenants in the deceased landlords property, it can be a tricky situation. However, there are multiple ways they can gain possession and in this blog we look at how you can support your clients.
Most landlords know that the tenant’s deposit must be protected in an approved deposit scheme within 30 days of receipt. However, many landlords and agents may not be aware that the tenant can make a claim for each individual tenancy agreement.
Official data shows that the time taken from claim to hearing is continuing to rise. Therefore, because of persistent delays in cases being dealt with, it has launched an inquiry into the processes of the County Courts.
The How to Rent guide is one of the key documents that a landlord must serve on their tenant regularly during a tenancy. But there is a grey area you need to be aware of when serving the July 2021 version that we are here to explain.
Welcome back to Let’s Talk Lets, the podcast where we discuss thought-provoking insights and big topics in the lettings industry. On this episode we are talking to Cameron Azhasemi from Hooyu, who are experts in identity verification across multiple sectors. We talk about the rise in fraud in the lettings industry, the trends we are seeing and the solutions that there are avalible.
