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A landlord has been ordered to pay over £10,000 at Cardiff Magistrates' Court for a catalogue of failures relating to a...
22 December 2022
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Half of private renters have faced a rent increase in the last year, it’s claimed. Activists in Generation Rent claims of those...
21 December 2022
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A buy to let investment site has used Artificial Intelligence to identify 10 top property investment opportunities in 2023. Based on analysis...
21 December 2022
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The Building Societies Association says housing market sentiment remains close to the all-time low. In a sentiment survey some 47 per cent...
21 December 2022
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Prime Central London will bounce back in 2023 according to national consultancy Carter Jonas - and it’s thanks to the poorly...
21 December 2022
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The director of an auction house says the market has taken “a massive hit” with tough times ahead in 2023. Andrew Binstock...
21 December 2022
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The trade body representing hosts and suppliers to the short let industry is calling on people to defray cost of living...
20 December 2022
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The government has accepted arguments put forward by landlords and accountancy groups, and delayed a key deadline for compulsory digital tax returns. A...
20 December 2022
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The Halifax has released a snapshot of the housing market as the year ends - with the cost of living crisis...
20 December 2022
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The next Budget, setting out government tax and spending plans, will be held on March 15 next year. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says...
20 December 2022
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A strike by members of Unite, employed by the charity Shelter, has been suspended pending a ballot on a new pay...
20 December 2022
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The new editor of an influential newspaper property supplement has come up with a way of solving what she calls “the...
19 December 2022
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The Generation Rent campaign group says the latest English Housing Survey shows that 23 per cent of private rented homes fail...
19 December 2022
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Three quarters of landlords in the UK have now used a limited company to invest in at least one of their...
19 December 2022
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A local authority has issued a statement with advice to landlords and tenants about how to identify and tackle mould. North East...
19 December 2022
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The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...
19 December 2022
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The government has been told it should should think again about its plans to make it compulsory for landlords and self-employed...
16 December 2022
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A council says it is looking to work with more private landlords to help reduce homelessness. Over recent years Shropshire council says...
16 December 2022
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Would-be first time buyers may have to settle for renting for longer and putting their ownership aspirations on ice, following the...
16 December 2022
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As the cost of living crisis bites and inflation continues to soar, new research reveals that people aged 18 to 34...
16 December 2022
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The UK’s largest property auctioneer says it is witnessing more investor-owned stock going under the hammer than at any time in...
16 December 2022
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The Bank of England has increased base rate by 0.5 per cent to 3.5 per cent. This is the ninth consecutive base...
15 December 2022
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They have taken differing views on Section 21 powers but now the National Residential Landlords Association and homelessness charity Crisis have...
15 December 2022
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Figures from across the private rental sector have written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt...
15 December 2022
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Tenant activists have turned on the bosses of Shelter - just as the charity wants to maximise income from its annual Christmas...
15 December 2022
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Propertymark says some 85 per cent of its member agents in Scotland have landlord clients who have expressed a wish to...
15 December 2022
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The majority of tenants are reluctant to ask for more energy efficient systems in their home according to The National Residential...
15 December 2022
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A new survey of UK-based investors reveals the outlook for alternative investments amid growing concerns over the state of the economy. The...
14 December 2022
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Rightmove is predicting an average drop of just two per cent in asking prices next year - far less than many...
14 December 2022
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Investment buyers will snap up a higher proportion of homes in 2022 than they did in 2021, the Hamptons agency forecasts. So...
14 December 2022
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A major survey of 1,500 adults shows that a quarter plan to downsize their home in retirement, with many others suggesting...
14 December 2022
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A new market snapshot shows that tenants in London have seen bigger rent price increases than anywhere else in the UK...
14 December 2022
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Research by the National Residential Landlords Association reveals that of those private landlords who have served a repossession notice, half have...
13 December 2022
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A charity claims 15 per cent of private renters believe they face eviction this winter. Homelessness charity Crisis polled 2,000 people -...
13 December 2022
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The latest rental market index from Goodlord shows rents down over the past month, with voids inching up. All seven English regions...
13 December 2022
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Capital values are set to fall “further and faster” between now and the spring, a property expert predicts. Mortgage lender figures have...
13 December 2022
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Annual rental growth strengthened for the third month running, with average rents up 7.9 per cent across Britain on the same...
13 December 2022
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A new survey shows that while some 78 per cent of landlords have now heard about government proposals around EPC ratings,...
12 December 2022
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A prominent Conservative has described as “infuriating and saddening” the fact that so many Millennials are stuck renting and cannot afford...
12 December 2022
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A fund is claiming that investors who put money into real estate funds as an avenue of investment have seen a...
12 December 2022
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It appears that the government has finally woken up to the fact that there are too few rental homes to meet...
12 December 2022
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A business analyst has given a colourful assessment of the shortfall of homes to let, describing the current rental market as...
12 December 2022
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Landlords are being hit with record fines as growing numbers of local councils launch licensing schemes. PropTech firm Kamma, which monitors council...
09 December 2022
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The House of Commons will today debate a proposal for local authorities to have specific controls over the proliferation of Airbnbs...
09 December 2022
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In a bid to show it is clamping down on raucous guests, Airbnb has released details of thousands of parties it...
09 December 2022
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More must be done to keep private landlords in the rental sector, a new study has proposed. New Open Property Group says...
09 December 2022
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Purplebricks has detailed the price it is paying for a lettings compliance blunder first spotted last year. It predicts that, at worst,...
09 December 2022
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It’s claimed that Liverpool’s Labour council would take almost 150 years to process applications for its landlord licensing scheme. The council has...
08 December 2022
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Two respected price indices have shown capital values tumbling in the housing market. This morning’s RICS residential survey shows overall activity continuing...
08 December 2022
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A prominent buy to let lender says falling house prices five canny landlords the chance to buy property relatively cheaply. Emma Cox,...
08 December 2022
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An upbeat trading statement from buy to let mortgage lender Paragon suggests that the sector is relatively healthy, but losing many...
08 December 2022
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The lenders’ trade body - UK Finance - says that despite the wider economic problems there has been no impact on...
08 December 2022
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Activist group Generation Rent says it’s not convinced about government proposals to increase regulation of holiday lets and short lets -...
07 December 2022
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The average prospective buyer now predicts they will be 37 years old by the time they get their first home. This compares...
07 December 2022
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A joint venture has been announced to deliver 1,000 sustainable zero-carbon homes - and they will be factory-made. Legal & General Modular...
07 December 2022
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The National Residential Landlords Association has hit back at a claim that it is seeking to ‘turn students’ against the government’s...
07 December 2022
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The government has announced that it’s going to work on a new second homes policy with one particular council - if...
07 December 2022
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Over 600 workers at the campaigning charity Shelter have started a fortnight of strike action in what the trades union Unite calls...
06 December 2022
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Many landlords have welcomed the zero deposit insurance concept - but is this being damaged by the pressure-selling techniques of some...
06 December 2022
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The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...
06 December 2022
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Generation Rent has returned to the threat of rent-for-sex as it claims 200,000 female tenants could be offered discounted rent in...
06 December 2022
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The Guild of Property Professionals has issued a warning that house prices are going to fall. A 645-word statement from the Guild...
06 December 2022
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The reduction in landlords’ Capital Gains Allowance has triggered a sell-off by landlords at a 13-year high according to new figures. Last...
05 December 2022
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It’s been known for over a year that John Lewis wishes to diversify into the private rental sector and now it...
05 December 2022
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Two councillors have successfully used the London Assembly to push London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the government to do more to...
05 December 2022
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BBC Three is to show a TV programme about tenants facing eviction after being served with Section 21s. It’s an independent production...
05 December 2022
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A maverick landlord who has hit the headlines countless times in recent years has lost his latest bid to sue the...
05 December 2022
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The government is considering making home owners apply for planning consent if they wish to use a property for holiday lets. The...
02 December 2022
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The National Residential Landlords Association has launched an initiative called Home Bank to encourage tenants and landlords to help one another...
02 December 2022
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Prices fell 1.4 per cent from October, which was the largest month-on-month fall since June 2020. And annual house price growth saw...
02 December 2022
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Paula Barker, Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree, is the latest opposition member of parliament to ask for immediate action on banning...
02 December 2022
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A local authority is urging landlords and tenants to “have a chat” and work together to improve the EPC rating of...
02 December 2022
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Activist group Generation Rent has started a petition calling on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to freeze private rents this winter. As part...
01 December 2022
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What has been billed as the bigger change ever to housing law in Wales comes into force today and is described...
01 December 2022
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Campaigning charity Shelter claims that last month 482,000 private renters were behind on their rent. It also claims that 504,000 people have...
01 December 2022
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If you were to believe recent headlines, holiday homes and short lets make everyone’s lives miserable - yet the happiest place...
01 December 2022
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Phil Spencer’s online consumer service Move iQ has created a series on its YouTube channel looking at living in Build To...
01 December 2022
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The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to make it easier for councils...
30 November 2022
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There’s a dilemma for landlords wishing to expand their portfolios - do so now, just as some buyers are offering discounts?...
30 November 2022
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A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...
30 November 2022
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There’s been a dramatic short-term improvement in the number of mortgage products available for buy to let landlords. The independent mortgage market...
30 November 2022
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A consultation on a new licensing regime looks set to start in Warwick in the new year. The council will next week...
30 November 2022
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Two groups of activists who campaign for rent controls and reform of the private lettings sector have turned on each other. Acorn...
29 November 2022
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Despite a string of pledges on rental sector reform delivered in recent days by government ministers, including Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...
29 November 2022
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Whingers who complain about financial perks for landlords and who then complain about rising rents when the perks are withdrawn and...
29 November 2022
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Landlords in England are being encouraged to contact their local council to find out if they are eligible to access government...
29 November 2022
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The government has announced plans for a £1 billion scheme - called ECO+ - which will see hundreds of thousands of...
29 November 2022
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Changes to capital gains tax announced in Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement will see the average landlord pay as much as...
28 November 2022
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The cost of living crisis combined with a logjam in the courts means landlords are now “very unlikely” to rent properties...
28 November 2022
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Zoopla says a “widespread repricing” is underway in the sales market, but with no sign of cooling yet in the lettings...
28 November 2022
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Increasing numbers of lenders are now offering incentives to win the business of landlords with good, or improving, EPC ratings. In what...
28 November 2022
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An appeal for private landlords to come forward with vacant, or soon-to-be vacant, properties for rent, has been launched. Accommodation is now...
28 November 2022
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The large majority of players in the lettings industry wants the rental reform programme outlined by the government, an agent claims. Laura...
25 November 2022
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Shelter claims government figures show 5,940 households were “threatened with homelessness” in England as a result of Section 21 evictions between April...
25 November 2022
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Lambeth council in south London has prosecuted a rogue landlord who illegally ran a bed-sit in the borough. Frank Otuo of Putney...
25 November 2022
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Landlords are to face even longer waits for eviction court cases following the spending cuts announced in the Autumn Statement, it’s...
25 November 2022
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Online sales platform My Auction is predicting its busiest auction of the year for December with entries up 77 per cent...
25 November 2022
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Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made an announcement overnight that “the government will always act to protect tenants.” The claim comes as...