Here are all our posts for November. Friday 1st November Landlord Law Newsround #363 Our first Newsround of the month Monday 4th November The position of letting agents on the death of the landlords What happens to a tenancy when a tenant dies, read my blog to find out Friday 8th November Landlord Law Newsround Read more The post Landlord Law Blog Roundup for November 2024 appeared first on The Landlord Law Blog ..read more

A lot of people have been asking me questions about the Renters Rights Bill and how it will affect them when it is made law. For example, Landlord Law members on our members forum and delegates on my Propertymark training course on preparing for the Renters Rights Bill. Many of them I am unable to Read more The post Unanswered questions about the Renters Rights Bill appeared first on The Landlord Law Blog ..read more

Welcome to another Landlord Law Newsround, where we bring you all the latest housing news that has hit the headlines this week. The best solution to the UK housing crisis An interesting post from LandlordZone reporting on information from SpareRoom and saying that people taking in more lodgers could be the solution to our housing Read more The post Landlord Law Newsround #367 appeared first on The Landlord Law Blog ..read more

Many landlords are extremely angry that their right to a no-fault eviction is due to end when the Renters Rights Bill comes into force. No doubt, they will be looking to create an occupation type where they will have similar rights. Here are four options they may be considering: 1. Utilising section 30 and creating Read more The post Four options for landlords wanting to retain section 21 type eviction rights appeared first on The Landlord Law Blog ..read more

There are many regulations regulating how landlords should behave towards their tenants. But what about tenants? Are there general rules about how they should behave during their tenancy? The answer is ‘yes’. It’s known as the duty of tenants to act in a ‘tenant-like manner’. So what does acting in a ‘tenant-like manner’ mean? It Read more The post The Tenant’s obligation to act in a ‘tenant like manner’ during their tenancy appeared first on The Landlord Law Blog ..read more

Welcome to another Newsround from Landlord Law. Let’s see what the team has found this week in the news. New reforms pose serious risks to self-managing landlords With a swath of new changes hitting landlords once the new Renters Right Bill becomes law, self-managing landlords are being advised to start using a reputable letting agent Read more The post Landlord Law Newsround #366 appeared first on The Landlord Law Blog ..read more

This is a question to the blog clinic from Alison who is a guarantor in England. I signed up to be a guarantor for a friend’s rent 7 years ago on a 6 month short-hold tenancy. They informed me in early October that the rent had increased from 500 to 620.  Two months after this Read more The post Is this guarantor still bound by the guarantee after the rent increased? appeared first on The Landlord Law Blog ..read more

Landlord Law brings you all the latest housing news and more. Here are some highlights that have been in the news this week. EPC ‘C’ targets could be offset by rent increases 42% of landlords intend to increase their rents to pay for the EPC costs to cover energy efficiency improvements in order to meet Read more The post Landlord Law Newsround #365 appeared first on The Landlord Law Blog ..read more

As most readers will know, housing law in Wales was changed on 1 December 2022 when the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 and various associated regulations came into force. There is not a lot of case law yet on the details of the new rules, but on 8 November, a new judgement was published in Read more The post Welsh landlords and a BIG problem with electrical condition reports appeared first on The Landlord Law Blog ..read more

This is a question to the blog clinic from Gareth who is a landlord in England. My tenant only fulfilled 7 months of a 12-month lease, citing personal problems for having to break the lease. The property was left in an unfit state for re-lease. Upon request the tenant did return to clean up/remove some Read more The post Can I deduct rent arrears from the tenancy deposit? appeared first on The Landlord Law Blog ..read more