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The End of Section 21: What Happens Now?The End of Section 21: What Happens Now?The End of Section 21: What Happens Now?The End of Section 21: What Happens Now?

The End of Section 21: What Happens Now? By Tom Entwistle | LandlordZONE The day of the long-awaited abolition of Section 21 “no-fault” evictions has finally arrived. With Royal Assent now granted to ...
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Landlords now face bills of up to £20,000 to evict tenants

Landlords now face an average cost of between £12,708 and £19,223 to evict a tenant and are waiting between six months and 12 months on average to get ...
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Call for low-cost landlord loans to boost EPC upgrades

Explore General discussions space in LandlordZONELandlords could be forced to sell up without support to meet ambitious energy efficiency targets, decimating the pool of available properties and ...
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'Majority of tenants get most or all of their deposit back''Majority of tenants get most or all of their deposit back'

News - Nigel Lewis - The majority of tenants in England and Wales get most or all of their deposit back when they move out, new data shows.
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Minister's controversial eviction 'will not be possible under her own rental reforms'Minister's controversial eviction 'will not be possible under her own rental reforms'

News - Nigel Lewis - TV star Paul Shamplina has pointed out the difficult position homeless minister Rushanara Ali has put herself into.
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Pressure grows for landlord database to 'go much further' Pressure grows for landlord database to 'go much further'

News - Nigel Lewis - New Economics Foundation says Private Rented Sector Database must be a major tool to fund and direct enforcement.
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Lettings agency fined £66,500 after council discovers 'dirty' HMO

Councillor Ejaz Ahmed (pictured), lead member for Communities, Sport, Leisure and Public Protection, says: “During the investigation, this company was given numerous opportunities to take steps to ...
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Oz landlord to repay UK tenants £16,224 despite 'grey area' claim

News - Nigel Lewis - A landlord not resident in the UK must now pay a big rent repayment order after failing to license her property on time.
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Big suburban London council reveals HMO licensing expansion

A big London suburban council wants landlords’ views on a new additional licensing scheme that aims to limit the spread of HMOs and clamp down on anti-social behaviour. Sutton has already introduced ...
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Landlords warn Government over EPC upgrade proposals

Chief Executive John Blackwood (pictured) believes the measures are expensive, bureaucratic, and send the wrong signals to investors. “With the lack of technical reports to assess options and the ...
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Lloyds 'the landlord' signs another megadeal to build more rented homes

Lloyds has taken the next step towards becoming one of the UK’s biggest private landlords by expanding its portfolio to more than 6,000 homes. The bank, which likes to say it's 'by your side' in its ...
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Timetable for landlords to upgrade rental homes to minimum EPC band 'unachievable'

News - Nigel Lewis - The UK’s largest landlord association has called out the Government’s plans to make rental properties reach a minimum EPC ‘C’ band by 2028 as ‘unachievable’.