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Call of the Week: Replacing lost keys
This week our advice team helped a member learn more about an aspect of the Tenant Fees Act legislation, around whether they could charge for replacing a lost set of keys and paying a locksmith.
Blog: Tsunami of evictions claim stoking unnecessary fear
The courts will be reopening to hear possession cases from 24th August, marking an end to the five-month long closure. The NRLA commissioned an independent survey of tenants in England and Wales, which found that 95 percent had either continued to pay their rent as usual, or had come to an arrangement with their landlord about payment.
Today in politics: Eviction ban and UK rents up
Labour wants the eviction ban extended and new figures from the ONS show rents across the UK were up by 1.4% to July this year.
Research webinar - July 2020
The slides from the Research Observatory webinar, held in July 2020, are available here. This webinar introduces the Research Observatory team, and the role research plays in the NRLA. The webinar also introduces the Landlord Confidence Index as well as the results of the Quarter 2 landlords survey
FIVE steps to managing rent arrears
We take a look at five steps to managing rent arrears.
Today in politics: Evictions ban and short term lets
Today we look at the ongoing debate around the end of the evictions ban and look at new figures suggesting landlords are moving away from short term lets.
TEN reasons why renting to students is a good idea
It is a great time to be a student landlord. Following a slight decline in the number of university applications from UK students, UK applications rose for the first time in three years in early 2019, with the rise being attributed to Brexit uncertainty.
Call of the Week: Viewings in local lockdown areas
Over the last few weeks a number of towns and cities have had additional lockdown measures placed on them, to control the spread of Covid-19. This week, the team received a call from a member based in one such lockdown area. They wanted to know if viewings can still go ahead in light of the local lockdown.
Mayor stoking tensions between tenants and landlords
The Mayor of London is causing needless fear for renters as he wrongly assumes that everyone in arrears due to COVID-19 is at threat of eviction.The NRLA has accused the Mayor of scaremongering when he claims that up to a quarter of tenants are in arrears and under threat of eviction.
Today in politics: MoJ data, benefits, rent changes and safety data
We look at new figures from RICS and the Ministry of Justice along with reports from the Resolution Foundation and MHCLG.
