Tips for First Time Home Buyers
First time homebuyers looking to purchase their first property can look to top tips from conveyancing experts to help them get on the property ladder.
Buying a home during COVID
Homebuyers and sellers feeling stuck in the middle and seeking advice at this uncertain time can look to conveyancing experts to find out more about what the current COVID-19 crisis means for property purchases and sales.
The House Price Index Report -What does it mean?
Zoopla’s new House Price Index Report gives us plenty to think about! Brexit ‘hangover’, the COVID-19 pandemic and grave warnings of a looming ‘super-recession’ don’t bode well for any industry. The sometimes volatile, usually rising and always interesting housing market is no different. Or at least that’s a reasonable assumption. But the COVID-19 era UK…
Gas Safety Update
The Court of Appeal recently handed down a judgment on the 18th June 2020 that concluded failure to provide a gas safety certificate prior to a tenants occupation does not prevent a landlord serving a s.21 notice as long as the relevant certificate has been given before service of the notice.
See us at ARLA
We are exhibiting at ARLA on the 24th March 2020. See us on Stand F7.
30 Weeks to get a hearing
A Freedom of Information Request by the Residential Landlords Association has discovered the shocking time it is taking to get an eviction hearing. One average it is taking 30 weeks to get a hearing for both Section 8 and Section 21 hearings in London. This is an increase of 7 weeks.
Compulsory Electrical Safety Checks
The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 is set to become law from April 1, 2020.
Rents are up by 3.5%
Rents have risen by an average of 3.5% nationally. Average rents in the UK are now £953 p/m according to an independent study. The Tenant Fees Act is likely to be a major factor for the increase.
First Banning Order Granted
Banning orders were introduced on the 6th April 2018 under the Housing and Planning Act 2016. The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Banning Order Offences) Regulations 2018 a Statutory Instrument numbered 2018 No. 216, introduced civil penalties of up to £30,000 as well as the extension of rent repayment orders. The intention was to crack down on rogue landlords renting out substandard or unsafe accommodation.
Serving a Section 8 Notice
Unfortunately, it does not always work out with tenants and disputes arise or rent is left unpaid. Or you simply require possession of your property. It is vital a Section 8 Notice is served correctly to avoid costly and frustrating delays. For example, if a landlord is basing their claim for arrears of rent, then…