April 2017

The legal landscape for landlords and letting agents is ever-changing and here is a summary of what we have encountered in the last month: Landlords lose mortgage interest tax relief – Effective April 5th 2017, landlords lost the right to claim full tax relief for mortgage interest payments. Despite a year of protests and a…

Third Party means a person who has paid a Deposit in respect of a Tenancy to a Landlord on behalf of a Tenant and who is a relevant person for the purposes of Sections 212 to 215 of the Housing Act 2004. The DPS Terms and Conditions covering the landlord’s responsibility to any Third Party…

The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 set minimum levels of energy efficiency for private rented property. From 1 April 2018, all rented property (both domestic and non-domestic) which is to have a new tenancy must have an energy efficiency rating of at least “E”. This requirement also applies to all…