ASTs – Are you assured of compliance?

Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs) are the most common kind of private residential tenancy in the UK currently, which means that almost any investor or funder in the UK residential property market will deal with them.  The past few years have seen new legislation that introduced new and more onerous obligations on landlords of ASTs.  This article does not seek to give a comprehensive overview of the rights and obligations attaching to ASTs, but seeks to outline two main changes to landlords’ obligations in the newer legislative framework; to highlight the potential dangers to the unwary investor or funder arising out of these; and suggest methods of mitigating risk.

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