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The Housing Executive has just launched its latest Review and Perspectives on the Northern Ireland Housing Market for 2013 – 2016. The document looks at the prospects for the local housing market against a backdrop of what is happening in the economy and population changes.
New figures released today (14 August 2013) by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme Northern Ireland show that local tenants are paying higher deposits than previously estimated.
Paddy Gray is Professor of Housing in the School of the Built Environment of the University of Ulster. He is an established academic and is a leading authority on housing in the UK and Ireland. Below he describes what he would ask for if granted three wishes by the Housing Genie.
Cat Song is a second-year law student from Fordham University School of Law in New York, NY. She is currently working at Housing Rights Service as a legal research intern studying comparative housing law in the different U.K. jurisdictions. In this article, Cat looks at the process of "short selling" a property, an option that has become increasingly popular for overburdened homeowners in the US.
To end a tenancy either the landlord or the tenant must serve a Notice to Quit. But, can that notice be served electronically? We’ve asked our Legal Team to investigate. Carmel Ferguson reports.
The law regarding Notice to Quit
Article 14 Of the Private Tenancies Order 2006 states that—