Nigel Lewis
Nigel Lewis is The Negotiator’s Head of Content and has a 28-year track record as a property journalist.
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What’s ‘fair’ about rogue tenants trashing landlord properties?
The Renters' Rights Act offers greater protection to tenants from rogue and criminal BTL operators, but where is the protection for landlords from badly behaved…
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NEG OPINION: ‘Should all estate agents be ‘tarred with the same Panorama brush’?
Many estate agencies and staff are furious that a handful of people have stained the reputation of the industry with their disregard for the law…
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Labour: What do we think of the show so far?
The Neg's Head of Content passes a critical eye over the Government's track record on the housing market a year after its thumping election win.
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COMMENT: Banning ‘rent in advance’ sounds noble, but risks chaos for agents
Labour's recent amendments are designed to protect financially vulnerable people from 'exploitation' but how, asks The Neg's Nigel Lewis, will agents and landlords manage tenancy…
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BLOG: REA’s attempt to buy Rightmove is no surprise – here’s why
Rightmove's reliance on monster profits and its relatively weak attempts to be truly innovative have opened the door to real competition, it can be argued.
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‘This petty deposit dispute shows why landlords need to be licensed’
Too many landlords are ignorant of the laws that govern the PRS and in particular the Tenant Fees Act. But one recent case shows why…
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OPINION: Weak policing of bad landlords is the problem – not Section 21 evictions
Section 21 evictions have been blamed for the UK's rising homelessness problem, but in reality they are just the sympton of weak enforcement of existing…
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ANALYSIS: Minister finally listens to common sense on reforms
The weekend saw a flurry of official activity to mollify the rebel Tory MPs who want the rental reforms altered - so what were they…
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Takeovers and makeovers
Nigel Lewis asks if two of the biggest names in residential agency really have any future at all.
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Gove’s government
Nigel Lewis reports from the NRLA conference, where the Housing Secretary, Michael Gove bravely faced an auditorium full of landlords – via Zoom.
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