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Today, following whispers for months, the government has announced plans to get rid of Section 21s and supposed ‘no fault evictions’ in a bid to provide more security to the 11 million private renters that we now have in England. The Government is selling this announcement as part of...

  We are pleased to announce that CGT Lettings & Sales have acquired Location Estate Agents of Stonehouse, Stroud. The take-over was completed in early March 2019 and the property portfolio of Location now sits with CGT Lettings & Sales with immediate effect. We are...

Landlords, looking for the perfect tenants? Want someone to live in and look after your property for the long-term, and have no rental arrears? Well unfortunately there’s no magic answer, but there are some steps you can take as a landlord to protect yourself and to ensure you have more...

Ok landlords, I bet you're wondering what these 'no deposit' options are that some letting agents keep going on about? You're probably a little bit sceptical and wondering how something can beat that classic lump of money normally protected in a deposit scheme?    Well, many...

On the 15 th January 2019, after several months (even years) of uncertainty, we were finally given a deadline to work to of the 1 st June 2019 as the date the Tenant Fee Bill will be in effect. Although landlords across the country may have heard whispers of the Tenant Fee Bill, many have...

  CGT Lettings Limited are delighted to announce that we have acquired Gloucestershire based residential lettings company All About Property, owned by Darren Loftus. All About Property has been run successfully by Darren for the past 4 years and is a really exciting proposition...

I was chatting to a friend of mine recently who had received an email from her landlord explaining that from the next month her rent would be going up by £30 per month and she should expect it to go up again in the next 6 months. She was understandably very worried at not only the prospect...

We are delighted to announce that our Managing Director, Angharad Trueman, brought home the top award for ‘Rising Star of the Year’ at The Negotiator Awards 2018, with over 900 in attendance held at The Grosvenor in London on 30 th November. This completes quite a...

Knotweed has gained a fearsome reputation as a highly destructive weed that can threaten the value of any property within its reach. The weed is rarely out of the news and causes a headache for landlords and tenants alike. The Environment Agency calls knotweed “indisputably the UK's...

Now, by now you should already be aware of MEES and what it entails for YOU as a landlord should you have properties with Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) which are rated F or G (if you do not, read my previous blog HERE ). To summarise, the changes that came about in 2018 mean...