The need for landlords to keep up to date with legal requirements was once again highlighted when two landlords in a Northern city were fined for neglecting to obtain the necessary paperwork to run their businesses. Brian Rafter and Mohammed Asher are both landlords in Manchester. Both of them were fined by Manchester magistrates for [...]
As figures come in suggesting that 2010 was one of the most disaster strewn years in the recorded history of the world, landlords are being urged to make sure their landlord insurance policies are up to date and offer comprehensive cover. The warning from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) centres around flooding in particular, [...]
At long last landlords are to get help from the Government in dealing with bad tenants. Grant Shapps, the flamboyant housing minister, will today announce plans to enable the courts to fast track the legislation required to rid neighbourhoods of nuisance tenants. The new measures will be welcomed by landlords and communities alike, who are [...]
More and more local authorities are turning to the private sector in a bid to tackle homelessness by asking landlords to house their social tenants as the council house waiting lists are getting longer by the month. The Government has plans to allow local councils to relieve them of their homelessness duty if they are [...]
The Collect & Pay service which was recently rolled out nationwide by FCC Paragon to both landlords and managing agents has come just at the right time, according to the company. With all the reductions in funding by local councils, it is supposed that this will more than likely have a knock on effect on [...]
The constant struggle between people wanting a place of their own, and villagers worried about the effects that new housing developments have on their environment came to the fore again this week. Puddletown villagers have been putting forward their case in their continued battle against a proposed housing development in Devon. A planning application for [...]
Another Yorkshire landlord has been convicted by a council after failing to heed several warnings that she had to properly license her rented property in Leeds. It serves as a warning to all prospective landlords that it’s so much better to organise ones business from the outset rather than incur needless expenses through ignoring legal [...]