Lettings & Management
Breaking News and opinions affecting Letting Agents and Property Managers operating in the UK Private Rented Sector
![Landlord escapes deposit protection penalty under legal loophole. A loophole in the wording of a law designed to penalise landlords who fail to protect tenant deposits has been exposed in court.](https://www.property118.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Cash-Locked-Up.jpg)
Landlord escapes deposit protection penalty under legal l...
The case highlighted the wording of Section 214 of The Housing Act 2004, which concerns courts making an order for landlords to protect...
![Wrong wording confuses new deposit protection rules. The Communities and Local Government Department (CLG) has already issued revised guidance about the regulations before they even come in to force.](https://www.property118.com/wp-content/themes/118v3/img/p118_placeholder-block3.png)
Wrong wording confuses new deposit protection rules. The ...
Following the letter of the law is seemingly a problem for government solicitors as well as property investors over deposit protection...
![Is your property portfolio ownership structure optimised to enable you to pay the minimum amount of CGT, income tax and IHT?](https://www.property118.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Mark-Alexander-250x250.jpg)
Is your property portfolio ownership structure optimised ...
In this article I look at the differences between owning property as joint tenants, tenants in common or as individuals. I also explain...
![Landlords should ‘grass up’ illegal cannabis farms. Would you know how to detect whether your property might be being used as a cannabis farm without entering the property?](https://www.property118.com/wp-content/themes/118v3/img/p118_placeholder-block3.png)
Landlords should ‘grass up’ illegal cannabis farms. Would...
Landlords need to turn detective and make sure they police how tenants are using their rental properties otherwise insurers could refuse...
![Big fines for landlords who flout new tenancy rules. Student landlords are particularly at risk under the new rules, as many students will move in to rented homes that come under the regulations before October 1, and their deposits must go on protection by October 15](https://www.property118.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Eastern-Landlords-Logo-small-jpeg-cropped-250x250.jpg)
Big fines for landlords who flout new tenancy rules. Stud...
Landlords could face big fines if they do not act to comply with changes to assured shorthold tenancy agreements from next month.
The...
![Don’t regulate landlords any more, urges Residential Landlords Association (RLA).](https://www.property118.com/wp-content/themes/118v3/img/p118_placeholder-block3.png)
Don’t regulate landlords any more, urges Residential Land...
A landlord group has responded to the government’s challenge to identify changes to the law that would make running a business...
![Buy to let bonanza as rents set to soar.](https://www.property118.com/wp-content/themes/118v3/img/p118_placeholder-block3.png)
Buy to let bonanza as rents set to soar.
Increasing tenant demand and a fall in the number of properties available to let are driving rents higher, says the latest letting...
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