For leasehold read stranglehold - now set the peasants free
In response to Question of the Week (Is it time to abolish existing leasehold laws, Cash, 14 June), as one of the "peasants" who live on an RLHA - a not-for-profit housing association - estate, I was interested in the justification of leasehold tenure by Ben Young
Cannabis farms: When buy-to-let is high-to-let
The tenants look respectable and pay rent up front. But, increasingly, landlords find their properties are being used as cannabis farms. Tony Levene reports.
Slowdown in falling rental charges
The average cost of renting a home in England dropped to £635 during the month of April, just over 6% cheaper than it had been a year earlier, according to letting agent Your Move.
Private landlord register confirmed
Every private landlord in England will have to sign up to a national register before they can let their properties to tenants, government proposals confirmed today.
