Tag: Right to Rent

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Property News 8 min read

12 Changes You Can Expect in 2022: New Landlord Rules & Regulations for Buy-to-Lets

Reading Time: 8 minutesNew landlord rules and announcements are on the cards for 2022. Tax changes, licensing for short-term Scottish lets and amended rules for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are confirmed – […]

Helen Davis

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Property Law 5 min read

11 Changes Landlords Can Expect from 2021

Reading Time: 5 minutesWe’re a month into 2021 and it’s already looking to be a jam-packed year for landlords and letting agents. As we all know by now, the lettings industry can be […]

Natalie Deakin

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Uncategorised 3 min read

Coronavirus and Right to Rent Checks: Temporary Changes for Landlords

Reading Time: 3 minutesOn 30th March 2020, the government announced some temporary changes to the rules of Right to Rent checks. These changes aim to make it easier for landlords to carry them […]

Jonathan Daines

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Rental Process 5 min read

Right to Rent Checks – Getting it Right

Reading Time: 5 minutesRight to Rent checks are in breach of human rights – according to a High Court ruling made on Friday 1 March 2019. The court further said that the requirement to carry […]

Shannon Hall

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Landlord Advice 9 min read

Renting Jargon – 50 Lettings Definitions for Landlords and Tenants

Reading Time: 9 minutesResidential lettings can be confusing. With over 160 laws and regulations governing the rental sector, there’s an overwhelming amount of industry-specific terminology. While landlords and tenants shouldn’t be expected to […]

Shannon Hall

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Property Law 5 min read

Hotel Records Order 1972 For Landlords

Reading Time: 5 minutesYou have completed your Right to Rent checks, all the adults in the property have passed the checks and moved into the property, however, you receive a fine from The […]

Jonathan Daines

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Property Law 2 min read

Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards 2018 – What you need to know

Reading Time: 2 minutesAs of 1st April 2018 any properties rented out in the private rented sector to meet a minimum energy performance rating on an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC). In a bid to cut energy […]

Jonathan Daines

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Rental Process 3 min read

Right to Rent Document Checklist For Landlords

Reading Time: 3 minutesAlthough Right to Rent checks have been around for a couple of years now as part of The Immigration Act 2014, surprisingly, they are still falling on deaf ears of […]

Jonathan Daines

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Property Law 2 min read

Do Your Tenants Have the Right to Rent?

Reading Time: 2 minutesLandlords will have a little more paperwork in the near future as regulations come into force that put the onus on you to check a tenant’s immigration status. Fines of […]

Matthew Daines

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Property News 2 min read

Right to Rent Immigration Checks Reminder

Reading Time: 2 minutesA new scheme being trialled in the West Midlands requires landlords to check the immigration status of prospective tenants before allowing them to sign a tenancy agreement. The scheme is […]

Jonathan Daines

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Property Law 5 min read

Right-to-Rent Checks – Are You Ready For Imminent Changes?

Reading Time: 5 minutesNew legislation which will see landlords face fines if they rent homes to illegal immigrants without carrying out ‘right to rent’ checks is to be rolled out from the 1st […]

Jonathan Daines

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