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Latest property news
Tenant Fees ban: landlords will absorb extra costs
The tenant fees ban is great news for tenants, but landlords will be the ones who will cover the costs of setting up a tenancy.
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Latest property news
Tenant Fees Ban – “A watershed moment”
Did the Government, just before the Brexit vote yesterday afternoon, sneak this game-changing news in hoping we wouldn’t notice?
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Latest property news
Tenant fees ban – just 135 days to go
Following the Third Reading in the House of Lords and the Bill is likely to receive Royal Assent in the coming weeks and come into force on 1st June.
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Features
PSC Register guide: how to deal with overseas companies
Overseas companies owning properties in the UK will soon, says Indeg Kerr, Counsel at Reed Smith LLP, have nowhere to hide.
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Features
Tenancy law update: ASTs and ‘other’ lets
ASTs (Assured Shorthold Tenancies) were introduced in the Housing Act 1988; the Housing Act 1996 amended this legislation. Frances Burkinshaw discusses the impact on today’s lettings market.
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Guest Blogs
The tenant fees debacle
The ban on tenant fees is, says Carl Burgess, Director at Winkworth Shepherd’s Bush, detrimental to those the Government is actually trying to help.
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Guest Blogs
Gazumping and the Government
Being gazumped is a worrying prospect for homebuyers, so many will be reassured by government plans to curtail it. However says Louise Jefferies, Director of Business Development at SDL Group, the measures do not go far enough.
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Features
Will deposits reform achieve its intended goals?
Debate rages, frustration grows, but, says Andrea Kirkby, is the proposed legislation really a force for good?
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Features
Listed buildings
There are 400,000 buildings on the Historic England List so many estate agents will encounter them on a regular basis, but, says Rob Desbruslais, how much do you actually know about the rules?
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Regulation & Law
How fast can you evict a tenant now?
The so-called ‘7-day eviction’ is no more, but, says Paul Shamplina at Landlord Action, the system is still far from perfect if you want to evict a tenant.
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