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Citizens Advice is reporting on a series of gaps in protections in England that do not align with the coronavirus lockdown tiers and that in some areas, particularly rent and council tax, the lack of broad national protections could see people at risk of falling behind on vital bills. The only increase in protection for tenants under tier 2 or 3 is that Bailiffs shouldn't enter properties to execute warrants Citizens Advice is calling for: People in tier 2 and 3 areas who are faci

The office for National Statistics has released the UK House Price Index summary for August 2020 showing the average price of a property in the UK was now £239,196 reflecting an annual increase of 2.5% and a monthly increase for August of 0.7% At the individual country level, the largest annual house price growth in the year to August 2020 was recorded in England, where house prices increased by 2.8% with Wales seeing an increase of 2.7% and Scotland 0.6% in the year to August 2

Research from GetAgent.co.uk has found that nearly half of all properties pay for themselves when it comes to the average annual cost of upkeep and the increase in capital appreciation. GetAgent.co.uk looked at each local authority in England and the total current upkeep costs of a property on an annual basis, based on: annual council tax bill, cost of gas, electricity, water, insurance and maintenance. They then looked at annual house price growth in each area of England to se

I own a 1st floor top flat that I purchased in 2011 for renting purposes. The property is leasehold however there is no service charge or ground rent payable. The freeholder has been absent since I purchased the property and I have no contact details. I purchased a 2nd flat below mine last year, so I now own the top and bottom flat. It's in a building with 6 flats, but they all have private entrances and gardens. The only communal area is the rear grass of the property for the bui

Following the Government’s announcement and subsequent consultation into repealing Section 21, which received in excess of 20,000 responses, The Lettings Industry Council (TLIC) commissioned a report ‘Beyond Section 21’ to look at the impacts of doing so. ...

Hi, I own a 4 bed detached on a street built in the 60’s. On facing the houses each has a path of about 6ft between them BUT the path is owned by the house to the right up to the walls of the house to the left.....

Portsmouth City Council (PCC) Licensing team have just done an HHSRS inspection of one of my student HMOs and given one of the rooms a Category 1/ band B hazard rating for ‘excess heat’ due to the room’s window opening onto a “conservatory”...

I own and manage a small HMO and rent the individual rooms on an AST of 6 months. In August a new tenant moved in, 7 weeks into her contract she told me she was now on the shortlist to move to a council flat...