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Over 95% of private tenants are paying their rent or have made an arrangement with their landlord to pay a lower rent or defer payment during the pandemic according to a new survey of tenants out today. Independent polling for the National Residential Landlords Association finds that 87% of private tenants have paid their rent as normal throughout the pandemic. An additional 8% said that they had agreed a reduced rent, a rent-free period or made some other agreement with their lan

The situation is we have a shop unit we are letting with a self-contained upper part. This shop is one of four in a parade all owned by the same Landlord. Some tenants choose to sublet the upper parts, some occupy themselves and some use it for storage. I wondered if The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 apply to this type of letting.  The Landlord is letting a commercial building on an FRI lease and therefore is not the immedi

The North East based ChronicleLive reported two brothers admitting affray and criminal damage in Newcastle Crown Court after opening fire with an air pistol shooting at the windows of a Gateshead estate agents office and one of their cars in revenge for an eviction notice being delivered only three hours earlier. The brothers did not pay the first two months rent in their new home after failing to secure benefits. Liam O'Brien, prosecuting, said: "Fortunately there were no staff i

In trying to let a small property recently I have had a lot of applicants who can’t meet the affordability and or credit criteria. A few have asked if I would accept an online guarantor which they would have to find £40+ a month for. I’m curious to know if anybody has heard of this option before, utilised an online guarantor and what your thoughts are regarding this? Many thanks

New Government Planning Reform and Permitted Development (PD) rules have been introduced. The investors who get in quick will win a 1st movers advantage in the market. I will be hosting a FREE Online Masterclass on this very subject but places are going fast....

Earlier this year, Caridon Landlord Solutions joined other industry experts in responding to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee’s inquiry into the economics of Universal Credit. Following this, a series of recommendations for an overhaul of Universal Credit have now been handed to the Department for Work and Pensions by the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee....

The August Halifax House Price Index has just been released showing the results of the Stamp Duty holiday with a sharp increase pushing prices to their highest ever levels in July at an average house price of £241,604. The ‘mini-boom’...

The latest data release from GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed how the property market in England and Wales has performed over the last year when it comes to the percentage of asking price being achieved. GetAgent’s data shows that nationally...