Selling Up? Rightmove reveals optimum date and tips for speedy sales

Agreed on that point Simon. I can imagine the response if I go to the local ministry here in the UAE and demand a free house and bit of spending money.

They would pay for me to get on the next plane and clear off.... Oh hang on a minute is that what the UK are trying??

100% Simon. Charity begins at home. 👍

Pretty Polly says “This policy amounts to nothing more than scapegoating at its worst. It is unnecessary, unenforceable and unjust." Well it is necessary and is enforceable. We just need to changes the rules.

“... blames a group of people for a housing emergency that they did not create." Well my Nigerians have been evicted. The council are housing them. She has 4 kids (I don't know by how many fathers). I say that because the point is she and others don't care about whether the father stays too much. There's so much welfare that there's free money being thrown around. With benefits and maybe a bit of work they don't need to worry about how they afford it.

In addition you could say they did create thr housing emergency. They are increasing the demand on housing by moving from abroad to here. What's more annoying is they get priority. I wouldn't even get considered even though I have paid in for it for decades. They have been here 5 minutes.

Peter, I live in Bahrain, not far away from you. Expats and locals are treated differently here. As an expat I pay a lot more for utilities, god forbid if I should get into dept, I would have a travel ban and not be able to work or leave the country.

Kim Jon Norwood is increasingly disabling comments, usually when the Boy Beadle features. Kim Jon obviously feels that there would be accusations of racism were he to permit comments. Other countries happily put their own people at the head of the queue. This is one of the few countries that put their own people last.😡

Why publish the article if you are not allowing comments?

I hope you're not in Scotland!! I've applied 3 times to the courts to get my house back so I can sell it. Over a year now and still I haven't gained possession.

Humzalot Useless has just claimed in Holyrood that Scottish landlords are NOT selling up in droves as there is actually an increase in the number of registered landlords.

Making it almost impossible for landlords to evict tenants in order to sell might disguise the problem temporarily but like the inevitable effects of their recent legislation the chickens will come home to roost.

He forgets that many landlords have multiple properties and must remain registered until they have sold all of their portfolio. In any case, registration lasts 3 years and the Scottish rent freeze and cap are not yet 3 years old.

In any case, one landlord selling 9 properties being replaced with 2 new landlords with one property each still means a loss of 7 properties, not a doubling of available rental properties.

On a related topic, while the rent cap ends on 31 March, rents can't be increased by more than 3% until 1 July as any notices of increase must give 3 months notice and can't give notice of more than 3% until after 31 March. Anyone mistakenly giving notice of a rent increase before 1 April is then prohibited from any further increase for a further 12 months.

A maximum increase of 12% is being rumoured but this is effectively an annual increase of 9% because of the 3 month delay and is actually around 3% on an annual basis once the rent freeze and rent cap periods are taken into account.

Of course the way round all of the recent SNP lunacy is to avoid any tenants wanting to stay long term and focus on students who won't stay long term and thus allow rents to rise to market rents at every new tenancy.

Robert, Hamas Useless is not noted for his veracity.

Robert, but with the lack of properties around, some students may choose to remain after their studies. Get a job where they are for the foreseeable. Either that or back to mum and dad. So they may not go going forward.

Nick

The protection is that all 4 joint tenants need to agree so that risk is greatly reduced and with 4 solvent guarantors the rent will always be paid or credit ratings trashed before careers begin.

I wouldn't rent to a non-UK person now. Don't have to and won't take the risk of unnecessary fines. The Border Farce as busy bringing in as many illegals as they can with the Civil Service union taking legal action against the government instead of doing their job. It was reported last week as we all know the Home Office has lost track of a load of illegals. Total incompetence. I think these public sector people and all the charities put the Carry On films franchise to shame.

Most things are fixable. Even if not served - just serve it before the notice. Post is what the law recognises. The AST may well permit email, but if it should have been done pre-the AST the clause wouldn't apply. There's many checklists online.

S8 carries the risk of counter-claims. Especially for disrepair. Legal aid lawyers encourages the tenant to make claims of bogus complaints in the court. New information is not allowed upto about 2 week before court but still they allow it I understand. Hence I am not willing to rent without S21.

I think Landlord Action among others says both. However you can only pursue one route. Why? Why can't I do both routes? Again more restrictions on landlords...

The idea behind telling tenants to complain to the council, is that it may stop landlords being able to serve a Section 21 notice. Many landlords about to do that in case there is a May election.

A lot of politicians are financially incompent Just look at the councils going bankrupt

Robert, they were more efficient when they were run by the Town Clerk.

Well said Michael Fowley

It’s a desperate attempt of a dying party. Words alone don’t get my vote anymore.