Articles relating to our commercial property services
Private landlords won’t be able to evict tenants at short notice anymore without a good reason; this could be the end of no-fault evictions. Section 21 notices allow landlords to evict renters after their fixed-term tenancy period ends, even if there is no real reason for the eviction. Such a situation results in unhappy renters,…Continue reading
Starting from 1st October 2018, landlords must hold a licence for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO), and failure to do so may force them to pay back a year’s worth of rent. This new rule is an amendment to the 2006 regulations made under the Housing Act. It requires landlords who manage an HMO with five…Continue reading
A new online tool which cleverly takes the temperature of the housing market in certain postcode areas has been used to highlight Yorkshire’s top ten property hotspots and cold spots. PropCast, the UK’s first house selling weather forecast, can analyse buyer demand and we can now see which locations in Yorkshire are piping hot on…Continue reading
We understand that buying property at an auction is very appealing indeed. The main attraction being that you avoid the long-winded process of buying a house and it’s all condensed into a matter of minutes rather than several months. Hammer falls – you own the property. However, you have to be extremely careful when buying…Continue reading
Well well well, Japanese Knotweed, we all have some dark stories to tell about this evil weed… Like that time you spent a whole weekend trying to rip out branches and leaves and dig it all out. Blood, sweat, tears, but it came to nothing when the dreaded plant grew back to how it was…Continue reading
Transfer fraud is an increasingly frequent problem which is leaving too many people with nothing, as the extorting, anonymous criminals gain access to people’s bank accounts. Often referred to by banks as ‘push payment scams’, transfer fraud usually involves the victim being misled over the phone or by means of email interception into making payments…Continue reading
A recent Conservative Party conference announced plans to develop the regulation of tenants and landlords, with the aim to improve the way that disputes are managed and resolved. Quicker and fairer decisions are expected to be one of the positive results of the plans. All landlords in the private rented sector will have to become…Continue reading
A proposal to ban the sale of newly built homes as leasehold instead of freehold has been brought forward. Leasehold homes are where the owner only buys the right to live in and use the property but not to own the land itself. With the new proposal, ground rents on newly built homes will be…Continue reading