Sep 10, 2014 | Blog
Over 160 smaller housing developments across the country have been shortlisted for loans from the £525 million pound Builders Finance Fund, which is intended to get stalled sites back up and running with new homes being built. The first wave of sites with potential to...
Sep 10, 2014 | Blog
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has produced a report calling all political parties to ensure that coming generations have a realistic opportunity to buy their own properties by increasing the number of new homes being built each year. Of “Housing...
Sep 10, 2014 | Blog
A specialist eviction and advice service, through their helpline calls, predicts that up to 38% of landlords who are trying to evict tenants are facing an uphill battle as they have not properly protected their tenants deposits. The correct procedure for deposit...
Sep 10, 2014 | Blog
Well here it is at last, after all the rhetoric about landlords coming under the legislation to check migrants’ legal status to remain in the country, the government has announced the pilot areas where it will be implemented. The areas in which landlords must...
Sep 10, 2014 | Blog
Although large numbers of councils are making landlord licensing mandatory, another council has dismissed the scheme. Sandwell Council undertook a series of intensive consultations on introducing a compulsory landlord licence into their borough and despite uptake...
Sep 10, 2014 | Blog
The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) after investigating a landlord on failure to carry out gas checks, successfully prosecuted the owner of the property in Slough. The landlord was ordered to pay over £10,000 in fines and costs. The landlord, over a four year period...
