Tuesday 7 July 2026
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Property & Housing · Change
Tenant Fees Act guidance tells landlords to review guarantor agreements made before 1 May 2026
GOV.UK guidance on the Tenant Fees Act 2019 says landlords and letting agents should review guarantor agreements entered into before 1 May 2026, because tenancy reforms may affect their terms.
Monday 6 July 2026
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Property & Housing · Report
HMRC sets out SDLT returns needed when a lease rent rises in the first five years
HMRC has published manual guidance on Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) where a lease is varied to raise the rent within five years, affecting landlords, tenants and their advisers.
Thursday 2 July 2026
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Property & Housing · Report
Government consults on exempting ‘quid pro quo’ leases from ground rent cap
The government is asking whether leases that trade a higher ground rent for a lower premium should be exempt from, or treated differently under, its proposed £250 ground rent cap.
Wednesday 1 July 2026
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Property & Housing · Judgment
Court of Appeal considers what a borrower must do to stop secured loan interest running
The Court of Appeal considered on 1 July 2026 what a borrower under a secured loan must do, short of repayment, to stop interest running, and whether a default interest rate was a penalty.
Tuesday 30 June 2026
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Property & Housing · Judgment
Upper Tribunal hears appeals on service charges for services Viridian leaseholders cannot use
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) considered two appeals by Notting Hill Home Ownership Limited against First-tier Tribunal decisions on service charges and lease variation, affecting leaseholders in a Battersea block.
Monday 29 June 2026
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Property & Housing · Judgment
Upper Tribunal: First-tier Tribunal wrongly struck out airspace lease service charge case
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) allowed an appeal on 29 June 2026 and sent a section 27A service charge dispute over seven flats built in leased airspace back to the First-tier Tribunal for decision.
Friday 26 June 2026
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Property & Housing · Judgment
Upper Tribunal dismisses rent repayment appeal over document the FTT did not consider
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) held on 26 June 2026 that a procedural irregularity over a landlord's emailed documents was real, but did not make a rent repayment order unjust. It affects landlords and…
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Property & Housing · Judgment
Upper Tribunal rules HMO licence condition on tenancy terms went beyond Schedule 4
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has decided a landlords' appeal against conditions Portsmouth City Council put in an HMO licence, affecting licence holders, councils and occupiers of houses in multiple occupation.
Thursday 25 June 2026
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Property & Housing · Report
Local authority estimates of non-decent homes, hazards and damp published for 2024
English Housing Survey modelling published on 25 June 2026 gives estimates of non-decent homes, Category 1 hazards and damp in each local authority, broken down by tenure and dwelling type.
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Property & Housing · Judgment
Upper Tribunal upholds quashing of council’s damp and mould improvement notice
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) dismissed Walsall Council's appeal against a First-tier Tribunal decision quashing a damp and mould improvement notice, finding the tribunal had looked at the position when the notice was served.