by prsp | 1 June 2019 | News
It’s the 1st June and we have a new section 21 notice to be used for all noticed served on post October 2015 assured shorthold tenancies, along with a new How to Rent Guide. From today the previous Form 6A is no longer valid (with the obvious exception of...
by prsp | 24 January 2019 | News
Today, Communities Secretary the Right Honourable James Brokenshire has announced an overhaul of the complaints and redress system for the property industry. The idea is to have one “housing industry” wide scheme with a single point of contact for the...
by prsp | 14 January 2019 | News
On 20 December 2018 the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 received Royal Assent. It covers both private and council housing though we will only comment on the main stream PRS implications. The new law modifies rules already in the Landlord and Tenant Act...
by prsp | 4 December 2018 | News
Just a quick note to say that the Government have announced that they plan to reduce the deposit that can be charged from the previously announced 6 weeks rent to just 5 weeks’ rent. Time will tell what the effect of this will be but clearly there will be some...
by prsp | 7 November 2018 | News
As part of the tenant fee ban the Government have been told by the industry that the ban will result in agents going out of business and not having the money to repay deposits and rent they hold. The Government have agreed that to avoid this problem they should bring...
by PRSP | 14 September 2018 | News
On 6 September 2018, the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 3) Rules 2018 were laid before Parliament and the changes are due to come into effect on 1 October 2018. Rule 8 of the amended rules will amend rule 83.2(3) of the 1998 rules as below. Civil Procedure Rules 1998...
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