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Regulation & Law
Landlords bolster tenant vetting ahead of Act
Paragon Bank's Lisa Steele says 70% of landlords will introduce stricter rules for selecting renters when the Renters' Rights Act comes into force next month.
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Regulation & Law
Landmark gas safety eviction case goes to Court of Appeal
Appeal case is about more than one eviction, it is about whether landlords can bypass vital safety obligations, says solicitor Manjinder Kaur Atwal.
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Regulation & Law
Courts with longest wait times for eviction cases named and shamed
Landlords have to wait up to 16 weeks in some cases, especially in London and Birmingham, and it's likely to get worse under the Renters' Rights Act.
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Rental market
New cash welcome but courts must improve, warns Propertymark
The trade body says funding to help households threatened with eviction is much-needed, however it must come with big changes to the court system.
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Regulation & Law
The practical consequences of the Renters’ Rights Bill for agents
Solicitor, Neli Borisova, looks behind the headlines about how the Renters’ Rights Bill will impact the services agents provide to landlords.
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Rental market
Big landlord says action needed to stop vulnerable tenants getting into arrears
A Portsmouth-based landlords association has called on local authorities and charities to behave like letting agents when introducing high-risk tenants to landlords.
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Regulation & Law
Labour ‘will ban Section 21 without bolstering courts’, lawyer warns
David Smith of law firm JMW says the new Labour government led by Keir Starmer will probably abolish Section 21 'no fault' evictions early next year.
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Labour launches stinging attack on letting agents and landlords
Deputy leader Angela Rayner says her party will be 'the champion' of renters, and will ban Section 21 'no fault' evictions immediately as well as 'up front charges' such as holding deposits.
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Regulation & Law
Landlords and agents who use Section 21 notices blamed for higher homelessness
Comments have been made by several campaign groups following the latest official statistics which show a record high number of S21 based evictions last year.
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Regulation & Law
New service to help provide proof for rent arrears evictions
With the banning of Section 21 notices, agents will have to provide more proof when evicting tenants, says MD of PayProp UK.
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