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COURT EVICTION PROCESS FAILS LANDLORDS

This post is historical content and the information provided relating to Section 21 is no longer relevant as of May 1 2026. A 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 […]

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Private and Social Residential Sector Affected.

Government Budget Measures Begin to Hit Tenants Latest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny ‘In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.’ Friedrich Nietzsche The budget and spending review by the coalition government last year is now beginning to have an impact on both social and private sector […]

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Government Call for Fast-Track Evictions

Latest 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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Shapps 1 – Healey 0

Just as Samantha Cameron is busy remodelling in Downing Street, it appears her husband’s party and his coalition partners are also busying themselves with a clear-out of their predecessors out worn policies.  Since the election in May and the appointment of Grant Shapps as Housing Minister and his ‘age of aspiration’, the PRS has seen […]

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