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For those of you that are familiar with building management, Section 20 of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1985 (as amended by the Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Act 2002), is proving to be a thorny issue indeed.
A potted history
Originally introduced to provide greater protection to leaseholders against unscrupulous landlords, Section 20 has proved to be increasingly challenging...
Obliging letting agents to join an ombudsman or other redress scheme may not address issues of financial protection according to the chair of a scheme campaigning to protect client deposits.
John Midgley, chair of SAFEagent, says: “The involvement of the ombudsman will only occur after the horse has bolted. It is trying to operate from the wrong end of the process. And...
Buy to let lending statistics reveal that demand from landlords is soaring.
The latest Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) figures show the appetite from property investors for new deals was up nearly 19% in the past year and total lending increased by a fifth.
But landlords should be wary of parties with a financial interest talking up the sector.
First, although buy to let mortgage...
A record number of tenants in England and Wales were forcibly evicted from their homes last year.
Ministry of Justice figures showed that 37,739 private and public sector tenants had their homes repossessed by court bailiffs in 2013. This is the largest such figure since this data first started to be recorded in 2000. Rents outstripping earnings rises are being blamed for the...
As mentioned in the previous post, there are plenty of things to do in Bromley. But apart from the venues and parks that are in town and you can visit them whenever you wish, there are one-off events happening in the area and below is a list of some of the highlights.