On a list of most despised professions, the chances are good that letting agents feature fairly near the top (along with lawyers, bankers and estate agents). Undoubtedly there are plenty of letting agents who are fair, Read more…

The government’s Business Minister, Matthew Hancock, is aiming to introduce a new law that prevents landlords from banning a tenant from starting a home-based business. The way things currently stand a tenant has to ask his landlord for permission before he can start trading from a rented Read more…

Brent Council in London is considering whether to introduce a selective licensing scheme for private landlords. The cabinet is meeting next week to discuss proposals for the new licensing scheme and if the scheme is approved, it will be introduced into three wards initially (Willesden Green, Read more…

There has been a lot of mention in the popular press about so-called ‘retaliatory evictions’ whereby private landlords give tenants their marching orders the moment they complain or ask for a repair to be carried out. The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) wants to put these claims to rest and Read more…

Insurance firm Axa is warning landlords that they need to do more to protect themselves against bad tenants. According to research carried out by Axa, approximately 66% tenants freely admit to breaking their tenancy agreement. A further breakdown of the survey results revealed some rather Read more…