Eviction ban could leave some landlords without rent for two years

leasehold reform, Rental Law

Some landlords could find themselves without rental income for two years if a ‘perfect storm’ of circumstances affects their lettings and they find themselves unable to evict unsatisfactory tenants. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has said that the Government is asking landlords to subsidise struggling renters and rewarding those who are wilfully …

Huge shake-up of leasehold proposed by Law Commission

leasehold reform, News

After months of debate and deliberations, the statutory body that works on legal improvements says system needs total overhaul. Estate agents face major changes to the way leasehold properties are described, managed and sold following the publication this morning of radical proposals by the Law Commission, whose job it is to recommend to government when legal processes should be overhauled. …