In the last couple of months there has been much coverage in the trade media concerning The Deregulation Bill and an amendment to outlaw ‘revenge evictions’ by landlords/agents.

Should Mr Cameron be returned to power he has said it is on his radar to implement the bill and make it law.

This could mean that any landlords not keeping up with their repair works would be prevented from serving a Section 21 eviction notice on their tenant by the intervention of the local authority.

If a tenant notifies an agent/landlord of a maintenance issue and the maintenance issue remains unresolved the Local Authority can then intervene and serve an improvement notice on the landlord.

By doing this the landlord would not therefore be able to serve an eviction notice on the tenant for a further period of six months.

The landlord however will be duty bound to carry out the works in the meantime.

With this in mind rapid response to maintenance queries in writing will go a long way to safeguard the possibility of this occurring.

Tenants always appreciate quick resolutions to maintenance points and this can, more often than not, result in them remaining at the property for longer.

Moving on to a small event which is occurring early in May, the candidates are continuing to play tug-of-war with the country’s votes and at this stage the election could not come soon enough to allow other issues to be televised.

With the outcome still no clearer, we will just all have to wait with bated breath for the results and how it may affect the property market. More news on this next time.