Well, they said they’d do it and they’re sticking to it. A council tenant has just been served with an eviction notice and it’s believed that they’re the first in the country. Wandsworth council is applying for an eviction notice for a tenant and their son, after the son was charged in connection with the […]
Read MoreThere are calls for the Government to speed up the eviction process following the trashing of a property owned by a North East landlord. Tenants left the property in Darlington, owned by Glenn Schofield, practically destroyed. Mr Schofield had to spend months going through the courts to try and repossess the four bedroom house. Mr […]
Read MoreNew statistics show the number of court cases brought by private landlords increased by seven per cent last year, with cases for accelerated possession increasing by 37 per cent – back to pre recession levels. Landlords are clearly taking action to get their properties back. Of all our landlord services, our evictions service has been […]
Read MoreLatest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny Do-it-Yourself landlords are falling foul of harassment code, warns ‘Legal 4 Landlords’. The private landlord legal experts with a national presence across the UK are advising landlords new to the BTL industry to review methods when contacting tenants. Private landlords using unprofessional self-employed agents recruited socially and paid on […]
Read MoreLatest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny Will landlords reduce the number of tenancies offered to housing benefit claimants? An alliance of private rented sector, property and charity bodies are to take on the DWP over direct housing benefit payment policy, due to be introduced in 2013. Under the new proposed Universal Credit system, benefits […]
Read MoreLatest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny Ask any letting agent and it’s the same story…..they need more private landlords with decent, available accommodation to let. Since the great property famine descended upon the UK and house prices bombed and sales became stagnant, estate agents focused through necessity on lettings in the wake of restricted mortgages […]
Read MoreA RADICAL shake-up of the county court eviction process is needed to help landlords get rid of problem tenants, according to a lettings industry specialist. Sim Sekhon, director of Legal 4 Landlords, is calling on both Her Majesty’s Court Service (HMCS) and the Government to reform the way tenant evictions are handled in court. Sim […]
Read MoreLatest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny The severe shortage of available housing stock in both the social and private sectors has prompted yet another council to dip their toe into private rented sector property management. Doncaster ALMO (Arms Length Management Organisation) St. Leger Homes has announced they are establishing a private landlord register. As a […]
Read MoreLatest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny No doubt, this week landlords have received notification from their local housing benefit office concerning the caps to be enforced on new tenancies as from the beginning of this month. While some existing private sector tenants have received sketchy (at best) information from local authority branches that they may […]
Read MoreLatest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny For landlords, the devil is indeed in the detail, wasting landlords time and money. Caught up in the ongoing government drama of benefit cuts, caps and reform currently affecting the private rented sector, another recession driven trend is emerging enraging landlords across the UK. Bailiffs and debt recovery companies’ […]
Read MoreLatest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny Not submitting the correct paperwork to a court can be a costly and frustrating experience for any landlord or homeowner, as one man this week realised when he tried to evict a gang of squatters from his Islington house. John Hamilton-Brown attended court to obtain an ‘interim possession order’ […]
Read MoreLatest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny Landlords are still not acting fast enough when it comes to unpaid rent, experts warned. Landlord and lettings specialists, Legal 4 Landlords, advise that both private and social sector landlords respond quickly to rent arrears. Rent arrears and lengthy court hearings have been cited as the main reason possession […]
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Growing Number of People Expect Lifelong Renting Latest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny A recent piece of research by website, MyVoucherCards revealed 58% of people they surveyed do not think they will ever own a property. Just under 67% of this group believed they would never be able to afford the 25% deposit and 77% […]
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Latest landlord News By: Madalena Penny Rent-savvy landlords are picking up on the markets demand for rented accommodation it appears. Not by increasing rents as you would expect but by capitalizing on tenant-demand by securing reliable and constant tenants and offering them longer tenancies for a reduced rent. Indicators by landlord experts, Legal 4 Landlords […]
Read MoreLatest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny Housing Minister, Grant Shapps revealed plans yesterday for new measures and support for landlords to evict ant-social tenants. The ‘Fast-Track’ LegalforLandlords eviction services will speed up the lengthy waiting times currently applied to evictions in England. Under the new measures, tenants could be served with an eviction notice on […]
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