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Finally, the courts officially reopened, after six months of suspension. Some cases on possession matters will be prioritised including: Anti-Social Behaviour, Domestic Violence and Rent Arrears totalling over a year. We suspect there are about 55-60k possession cases in the court system now, with 30k of them being Social Tenancies. We have now received this notification below of a trial date from Edmonton County Court at the end of last week set down for trial in December 2021

Benham and Reeves, has revealed the best boroughs for student rental demand, despite predictions of a rental market decline due to a lower level of students heading to the capital. London’s higher education providers accommodate 16% of the UK’s university students each year, and as many as 32% of the capital’s students come from overseas. The average London student pays £702 a month in rent, meaning those on a three-year course will pay out £8,424 a year, totalling more th

I am thinking of purchasing a property currently used as offices and converting them into residential. Property bought in 1998 and owner uses this as offices as he always has done. Previous to this the current owner believes it was a shop with residential accommodation above, but VOA only goes as far back as 2010 when it was listed offices and premises and has been ever since. The Local Council won't tell me anything in regard to Business rates (I only want to know what the pro

Our Hon. Legal Counsel, Mark Smith, Head of Chambers at Cotswold Barristers will be presenting an overview of several landlords tax strategies at the pin Milton Keynes Wednesday 21st October The events will be held Online and Attendees can expect first-class speakers and great networking opportunities. For any Property118 readers looking to attend their first online pin meeting for free please use the voucher code: MSmith The event will start at 6:30pm until 9:00pm. To bo

The Government has released it’s full guidance for the possession action process under the new rules post the emergency eviction ban. Click here for the full guidance. Stage 1: Serve a notice of seeking or requiring possession Give your tenant a Section 8 or Section 21 Housing Act 1988 notice...

Before the end of 2021 I want every person who buys a UK property for rental investment to able to make an informed choice about the optimal ownership structure to meet their short, medium and long term objectives. To achieve that I need every estate agent and mortgage broker to have ‘front of mind thinking’...

So finally after Covid-19 eased off, we got round to start the kitchen which was planned before. The contracted company couldn’t do all the work and agreed to be flexible with me finding a new builder for them to then fit the kitchen once the builder has done all preparation work....

I am the leaseholder of a first floor flat where the freeholder owns and lives in the ground floor flat. I recently carried out a refurbishment of my flat and whilst doing it, some urgent problems with the exterior of the building were noted and remedied by my builder....