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Rental sector can't meet demand for homes to let

Demand is currently outpacing supply, but London is seeing rents fall. The rental sector is taking off again as lockdown restrictions are eased. But for renters, it's very much a game of two halves. As we blogged yesterday, around 2.6 million renters are estimated to...

Read    02/06/2020

Will there be a post-pandemic rental crisis?

There is a “looming crisis in the rental sector” because of the financial hardships being faced by both landlords and tenants because of the coronavirus pandemic. This was the verdict of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, which published the in...

Read    01/06/2020

Tenancy agreements made easy with PlanetRent

Produce tenancy agreements fast with PlanetRent.Tenancy agreements are either not read or are difficult to understand. Or at least that's the way it looks from a report we spotted earlier this week in Landlord Today. When renters have questions about their rights and...

Read    29/05/2020

Don't forget - Tenant Fees Act in force from Monday!

The Tenant Fees Act applies to all tenancies in England from Monday 1 June Landlords. From next week, the Tenant Fees Act 2019 applies to all your tenancies and you are banned from charging renters any fees apart from those specified in the legislation. That's rent, ...

Read    28/05/2020

PlanetRent: Deposit-free renting

Agents and landlords can now offer deposit-free rentals safely and easily with our new lettings platform PlanetRent. The average deposit paid by tenants over the past year sits at £1,299 according to mydeposits. With the earnings of a typical Brit estimated by the Of...

Read    22/05/2020

Landlords in the firing line - again!

Landlords in the firing line don't deserve always to be seen as the bad guy Landlords in the firing line from another consumer group may once again be wondering what they have to do to prove that they are not always the bad guy. Following on from recent calls for ten...

Read    20/05/2020

Landlords: Tracking compliance & appliances made easy!

Landlord compliance is complicated. Regulations around renting a home are many and some come with big fines for breaches.Already this year, anyone letting a home to rent has had to contend with the MEES Regulations and changes to energy efficiency standards, while ne...

Read    15/05/2020

Moving house? Now you can!

Time to get moving - but you must stick to the new guidelines Have your moving house plans been brought to a halt by the lockdown? If so, you can now re-start the process. Yesterday, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick announced that, from today, anyone in England can m...

Read    13/05/2020

What is Labour's 5 point plan for renters?

We say two years to pay back arrears is not practical or necessary for most renters A five-point plan to help renters cope with the economic fallout of the Covid-19 outbreak has been published by the Labour Party. The Bank of England has warned that the UK could be h...

Read    12/05/2020

Landlords - don't forget, new electrical safety checks are on their way

Regulations for mandatory electrical safety checks in rented homes come into force for new tenancies on 1 July 2020. For existing tenancies, the new rules will apply from April next year. Under the new regulations, landlords must ensure all electrical installations i...

Read    11/05/2020

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