Writings for Landlords
Tenancy deposit protection scheme mydeposits, a spin-off of the National Landlords Association, has picked up an award for its dispute resolution service.
So-called accidental landlords are at danger of being on the losing end of disputes over tenancy deposits because they do not get to grips with the rules.
A ‘prolific’ landlord who endangered the lives of children by placing them at fire risk has been fined £23,000 with costs of £2,890.
Flatsharing rents have fallen this year for the first time. The average flatsharer in the UK now pays £375 a month, down from a record peak of £380 in the summer.
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Some private landlords with buy-to-let mortgages are being prevented by their lenders from letting to people on benefits.
Just one in four intends to put rents up, and of those, only around one-third plans to hike the rent by more than 5%.
Lack of official data on rents is fuelling misinformation and leading to a false portrayal of the private rented sector.
A new duty will mean that private landlords or their agents in Scotland will have to give their tenants a Tenant Information Pack from next year.
