Homes England, the Government’s housing delivery agency, has become a Registered Signatory of the Building Safety Charter. This Charter, developed by leaders within the industry and supported by Government, responds to recommendations by seeking to create positive...
There will be times when you will need to find this out, for example, if the tenants have changed the supplier without telling you. This is quite easy to do as every property in the UK has a unique reference number, which can tell you the name of the utility supplier....
How much can the economy, and the UK housing market, be expected to take? Covid-19 has delivered the deepest UK recession for more than 300 years, albeit one that mainly happened several months ago. Now, while we should not make any assumptions until the clock has...
The UK property investment market is one of the most lucrative asset classes out there. With affordable property prices in many cities, strong capital growth prospects and growing city centre populations boosting rental demand, it is evident that the UK offers some...
According to the 2014 Immigration Act, Section 22, a landlord is not legally allowed to let somebody have a tenancy agreement entitling them to live in a rental property as their main or sole residence unless they are a UK citizen, from Switzerland or the European...
The Energy Performance (EPC) ratings are due to change on privately rented homes from a minimum of an E to a C rating. This will apply to all new tenancies from April 2025 and any existing tenancies from April 2028. There are some concerns that quite a few properties...
A new ‘How to Rent’ guide has been released by the Government this week – This must be served to the tenants at the start of any new tenancy or renewal and it also must be the newest version. This must be served by either the landlord or managing agent before the...
The end of COVID-19 could be closer than we think with the vaccine now being distributed so there is good reason to believe we may be able to return to almost normality in 2021. It will be a different kind of normality that we return to though. Economic policies put...
The easiest way to survive a tax investigation is to avoid one occurring in the first place! A small percentage of individuals are selected for a random investigation, but most cases are because something has triggered HMRC’s risk assessment system. A lot of people...
People are often surprised by the length of tenancy agreements. Are they even really necessary?! The answer is YES if you want to be protected for the duration of your tenancy it is completely necessary. It is also advisable for the tenancy agreement to be fully...
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