July 2017

The London Borough of Newham has announced this week the start of an Additional Licensing Scheme and the intended start of two new Selective Licensing Schemes. The additional licensing scheme will come into force 1st January 2018 and will run until 31st December 2022. Additional Licensing schemes affect Houses of Multiple Occupancy that are not […]

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Tax hikes on the private rented sector are hurting tenants but failing to achieve their objective, the RLA has warned. The news comes following the publication of research by the Local Government Association showing that the average private sector rent is now £852 a month across the country. Whilst this figure is a mean average […]

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Letting agents have received some bad press over recent years, whether it be failure to follow legislation correctly or losing tenant or landlord funds. While this is occasionally purposefully fraudulent activity, it can be also be attributed to an agents failure to understand the law or making simple administrative errors. Although it is the landlord […]

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