Category: Property News

The Welsh Government has published the draft legislation that will change the terms of converted contracts and any renewals that replace them within the private rented sector. This is the…

A student lettings platform has been exposed for misleading investors while raising £470,000 in a crowdfunding pitch by boasting it would become the ‘Uber of student rentals’. Edinburgh-based Student Rents,…

“Britain’s demented war on landlords has already backfired”, says Daily Telegraph columnist Matthew Lynn, and “There is no sign whatsoever that the Government realises it is to blame,” he says.…

Companies selling multi-occupancy insurance will have to act in leaseholders’ best interests under new proposals from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). It is demanding new rights and protections to improve…

There are heavy fines for those landlords who fail to have their rental properties tested by a qualified electrician before letting, and for existing tenancies, or if they fail to…

Talk of AI is all the rage right now, but have you thought about how you could use this revolutionary new development? ChatGPT is what is known as a “natural…

A landlord in Buckinghamshire is the latest to receive a large fine for operating an unlicenced HMO. Ahmad Kamal Younus, who owns a rental property on Ellsworth Road in High…

A new ‘mechanical ventilation with heat recovery’ (MVHR) system aims to provide the solution to landlords’ damp and mould problems. Ebac’s self-managing, ‘hands-off’ eco-system is designed to be installed in…

In the case of B&M Retail Ltd v HSBC Bank Pension Trust (UK) Ltd [2023], The Central London County Court was asked to rule on a claim for possession by…

Plans to bring in a vast new selective licencing scheme within Brent have been given a resounding thumbs down from both landlords and, surprisingly, the London borough’s residents too. Brent’s…