News Archive
Lack of official data on rents is fuelling misinformation and leading to a false portrayal of the private rented sector...
A new duty will mean that private landlords or their agents in Scotland will have to give their tenants a Tenant Information Pack from next year...
Overseas investment in Brazil has hit an all-time high and, as the fifth largest country in the world, prime land plots are the perfect investment for any portfolio, advises leading North West property firm Knight Knox International...
Kings Group and Thomas Oliver through their charity arm Kings in the Community recently raised and paid to take children from one of our local hospitals on the trip of a lifetime "The Magical Taxi tour to Disneyland Paris ...
Nine out ten landlords are either satisfied or very satisfied with the quality of their tenants, according to a new survey carried out by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme...
Demand for rental property rose at its fastest rate since the start of the year, says the latest RICS residential lettings survey...
The Residential Landlords Association has been crowned the ‘Association of the Year’ at the 2012 Landlord & Letting Awards – for the third successive year...
London is once again showing that, as a market, it does its own thing. House prices are falling across almost all the UK, apart from London...
Homelessness charity Broadway has launched an investment fund for the private rented sector. It aims to provide affordable accommodation for vulnerable people while generating a return for investors...
Property is increasingly being viewed by landlords as their pension pot. According to a new survey by BM Solutions and BDRC Continental, 80% of landlords view their property as a supplementary income to their pension, with six out of ten of these landlords actively planning to live off the rental income...
Pressure is continuing to mount on new housing minister Mark Prisk to get to grips with the private rental sector...
More pressure is being piled on the Government to regulate letting agents and drive out the rogues, following the latest Which? report...
A quick reminder that the Government is conducting an inquiry into the private rented sector and this is the chance for individual landlords to express their opinions...
Landlords of student properties are being advised to consider getting out of the sector, after the introduction of tuition fees has meant that far fewer students are looking for rental accommodation for next year...
The Financial Services Authority has warned against fast-buy, no money down deals, saying these could land both the buyer and the seller in trouble...
Clyde Property in Glasgow has become what is thought to be the first letting agent in Scotland to sign up every single one of its tenancy deposits – at the enormous cost of £2m...
The US property market is starting to recover, with leading economists predicting that 2013 will see modest growth in home prices, in line with the rise already seen over the last six months...
A landlord has been fined £1,250 after two pensioners were discovered living in slum conditions...
A complete lack of effective regulation has allowed the lettings sector to become the property industry’s Wild West, putting consumers at risk...
An Olympics legacy of their own making has left London landlords with empty properties and lower rents...
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- TV star tells how he was ripped off by letting agent........
- Agents deny wrongdoing after TV's Watchdog report........
- Take fines threat over immigration seriously, lawyers warn landlords........
- New HMO planning regime hits local rent markets........
- Just one in a hundred deposits ends in formal dispute........
- Four in ten 'trapped' tenants could become first-time buyers with new scheme........
- Rents at a standstill everywhere but London........
- Landlords' new immigrant checks 'unworkable', say MPs........
- Landlords and lenders consulted over longer-term tenancies........
- BBC to claim famous actor was conned by letting agent........
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