Category Archives: News and comment

News and comment

Ben Reeve Lewis Friday Newsround #33

Ben on a chair

Ben reflects on the sad state of affairs when everyone is too depressed to light a sparkler

Landlord Law – the Landlord / Advisor membership

Landlord Law

It seems hardly possible but on 21 November my Landlord Law service will have been online for ten years! It is also nearly a year since the  new website went live. Having had some time to evaluate the new service and in the run up to our tenth anniversary, I have been doing a few…

Emergency First Aid Kit for tenants faced with repossession

Tenants kit

Special ‘beta’ offer for Landlord Law Blog readers This is another Your Law Store product, and it is our first one aimed specifically at tenants. It is basically a kit to help tenants who have just received a summons for possession through the post.  This can be traumatic and many tenants feel like  rabbits caught…

Ben Reeve Lewis Newsround #32

Ben on a chair

Housing news and views from regular guest blogger Ben Reeve Lewis – this week he thinks the world has gone mad …

Councils planning problems for Olympic short lets

olympic games

Its a postcode lottery for those wanting to let out their homes to make a quick buck during the Olympic games in London next year. Whether you can let or not will depend on which Local Authority area you live in

Ben Reeve Lewis Friday Newsround #31

Ben on a chair

Ben considers Red Kens plans to deal with London’s housing problems

Private rented sector statistics

houses

The private rented sector is the subject of a recent government report and survey which is looked at in this post