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The average water bill has risen by 6% in England and Wales in recent days, which could see households having to...

Phase two of the Home Upgrade Grant (HUG2) is a UK Government-funded scheme for properties in England that are not connected...

The so-called ‘Boris bounce’ in the housing market after the last General Election failed to materialise, an estate agency chain claims. Winkworth,...

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

Air quality expert Stuart Smith writes:  The average family produces 24 pints of water vapour a day through routine activity but many...

The think tank Policy Connect is warning that landlords have reported that sub-standard carbon monoxide alarms are persistently available online, leaving...

There’s a warning this morning that stricter Energy Performance Certificate measures for the private rental sector may not have gone, after...

Rightmove claims that a new record number of sellers came to market on Boxing Day, with a 26 per cent increase...

A lack of Energy Performance Certificate enforcement is putting tenants at risk from high energy costs or cold homes, according to...

Pipes aren’t normally the first thing that spring to mind when we think of wrapping up for winter, but with an...

Rightmove is building the hype ahead of its much-vaunted Boxing Day listing of new properties to the market. The portal claims that...

Private tenants are being encouraged by a local council to report damp and mould issues to their landlords. Shropshire council says private...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter is blaming “skyrocketing rents” for a crisis of homelessness. As part of an appeal for...

One in four people don’t have enough savings to cover a 25 per cent drop in earnings - and that rises...

As the dark nights draw in, condensation issues start to emerge, bringing with it the possibility of mildew and mould forming...

Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...

The energy price cap is to rise to an annual average of £1,928 from January. Regulator Ofgem says a typical household paying...

It’s not just the weather that’s wet and dreary – the outlook looks bleak for landlords too as we head towards...

Shelter has issued new claims about homelessness triggered in part by private rents, as it prepares for its annual festive fundraising...

Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England.  According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...

Airbnb says the large majority of private tenants want to boost their income, including through sub-letting rooms in their homes. In a...

A local authority in London is to buy back over 300 properties it built and sold off years ago under Right...

It’s peak repairs season according to an analysis of one million tenant requests over recent years. The analysis, by Fixflo, says repair...

MPs from a range of opposition parties are pressing the government to reinstate the stricter energy efficiency rules for landlords, recently...

Tenants claiming benefits are likely to get more assistance with court fees under a revised grant scheme starting this winter. The Help...

How to Achieve Low Season Holiday Let Bookings This year, with families across the UK facing a squeeze to their budgets, we’ve...

It's that time of the year again – the weather is turning, and the leaves are starting to fall from the...

A council has prosecuted four landlords in three days, with convictions secured for seven offences. Harold Mews Management Ltd of Margate was...

Searches for solar panel installations surged 32.85 per cent from 2022-2023, with demand for renewable energy increasing.  However one of the biggest...

Over a third of homes in England are at high risk of overheating as summer temperatures of 40oC and above apparently...

As UK homeowners commit to more sustainable sources of energy, the number of homes installing rooftop solar panels reached its highest...

A controversial licensing scheme will come into force this winter with the blessing of Housing Secretary Michael Gove. Nottingham council’s selective licensing...

According to the latest English Housing Survey there were 495,000 second homes in the UK in 2018/19 – a figure said to...

Spiralling interest rates, soaring inflation and rocketing mortgages have created a “perfect storm” which will result in another five per cent...

A group of rental activists in London claims that over 10,000 private rented homes in the borough of Brent have a...

With the cost-of-living crisis causing household bills to increase nationwide, many Britons are worried and concerned about the soaring energy prices...

After a winter of record-high energy bills, many will be wondering how efficient their boilers are, and whether the type of...

Activists who until last week were focussing their campaigning on demanding the publication of the Renters Reform Bill have now announced...

The Resolution Foundation has urged the government not to relax its target deadlines for improved energy efficiency in the private rental...

Jo Eccles, director of London-focussed buying agency and property consultancy Eccord, says she is witnessing some landlords willing to quit the...

The Generation Rent campaign has criticised the current government for failing to increase energy efficiency standards in the private rental sector. A...

A think tank says household costs are under more pressure from the cost of living crisis than in the pandemic, with...

Here are five of the most common bad energy habits that people tend to overlook, and advice on how to fix...

Typical household disposable incomes for working-age families are on track to fall by three per cent this financial year, and by...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that “at least” 271,000 are homeless in England alone. The figure - compiled from a Freedom of Information...

At LRG we are currently seeing rental properties go within days, and sometimes hours of being placed on the market.  Rent is...

A poll suggests that 58 per cent of tenants would be less likely to look at a rental property if they...

The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...

Three more social housing landlords have been ‘named and shamed’ by Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The trio - two of which are...

The Generation Rent campaign group says the latest English Housing Survey shows that 23 per cent of private rented homes fail...

The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...

A charity claims 15 per cent of private renters believe they face eviction this winter. Homelessness charity Crisis polled 2,000 people -...

The latest rental market index from Goodlord shows rents down over the past month, with voids inching up.  All seven English regions...

Two councillors have successfully used the London Assembly to push London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the government to do more to...

BBC Three is to show a TV programme about tenants facing eviction after being served with Section 21s. It’s an independent production...

The National Residential Landlords Association has launched an initiative called Home Bank to encourage tenants and landlords to help one another...

Activist group Generation Rent has started a petition calling on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to freeze private rents this winter. As part...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that last month 482,000 private renters were behind on their rent. It also claims that 504,000 people have...

The government has announced plans for a £1 billion scheme - called ECO+ - which will see hundreds of thousands of...

Scottish landlords have been targeted with a raft of restrictive legislation in recent years but most are staying the course and...

2022 is a La Niña year - a rare third in a row.  A La Niña year relates to cooler than average...

Shelter claims government figures show 5,940 households were “threatened with homelessness” in England as a result of Section 21 evictions between April...

The charity Crisis says rising rents are a contributing factor to the homelessness crisis. The comment come as  new data from the...

The freezing of Housing Benefit at 2020 levels, announced in the small print accompanying the Autumn Statement yesterday, risks leading to...

The north of England has a home energy efficiency mountain to climb, with poorly insulated homes costing tenants at least £680...

Campaigning charity Shelter is warning this winter could be one of the toughest yet - and it claims high rents are...

Rolling out emergency insulation this winter in the nation’s draughtiest homes could save tenants or other residents £260 a year. That’s the...

Comparison service Uswitch has created a new app which connects to a home smart meter - meaning, according to the firm,...

With the summer heatwave a distant memory, residents are being advised to check their properties for signs of subsidence. While many landlords...

Activists got reassurance from Boris Johnson and Liz Truss in the past, and have a supportive politician in the form of...

As the energy crisis gather pace, households are increasingly likely to be in the position where they are unable to afford...

The so-called emergency rent freeze and eviction ban in Scotland “can serve as a Europe-wide template for protecting tenants rights” according...

One of the many activist groups in the so-called Renters’ Reform Coalition has pledged to “train people across the country to...

The government’s expected U-turn on the future of Section 21 eviction powers has provoked an explosion of anger from Generation Rent...

As the autumn weather turns colder, many families are proactively seeking ways to reduce their energy use as, even with the...

We seem to be living in a continuous stream of ‘once in a lifetime’ events. From Brexit, to the pandemic and...

Winter can put a strain on our homes and so preparing ahead of the colder, wetter months is a smart move...

Managing property finances can be hard work, long-winded and stressful. With regulation changes and market volatility, keeping on top of your...

An emergency rent freeze in the private and public sectors has been announced this afternoon in Scotland. It will last until...

If you’re counting the days until you’ll get help with runaway price rises, it helps to know exactly how many days...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent group, is warning that millions of tenants may not be able to pay...

A politician says the long-running series of bans on private rental evictions during the worst of the Covid crisis could be...

New government figures show 3,405 households in the private rented sector were evicted by bailiffs in England between April and June this year...

So the heatwave is over - well, at least this week's heatwave is over. But who would bet against another with...

Labour wants to bring in a UK-wide licensing system for holiday lets to preserve the “spirit” of costal and rural communities. The...

New forecasts from an energy industry consultancy suggests that the average domestic consumer’s energy bills could soar to £3,363 a year...

Simply Business is one of the UK’s biggest providers of small business and landlord insurance. Insuring over 350,000 landlords has given...

The latest rentals market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors gives the now-familiar story of how demand is far...

Three projects are underway investigating how a tourist tax, including a levy on holiday let renters, could apply in Wales. The three...

Rents rose by an average of 2.8 per cent during June, taking the average cost of a rental property in England...

Energy bills have increased for around 22 million energy consumers – and they’re expected to escalate again later this year when...

A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...

There’s a new warning that the cost of living crisis facing landlords and tenants could get sizeably worse thanks to yet...

The threat of rent controls in two parts of the country may now be so severe that buy to let landlords...

In this feature article, Stuart Kerr from Restorations UK sets out why this could be the worst winter yet for mould...

A landlord has been fined for failing to ensure that gas fittings, appliances and associated flues were checked for safety. Edinburgh Sheriffs...

A lettings agent who also acts on behalf of tenants against landlords claims to have received 1,000 enquiries from frustrated private...

1. Outdoor space: After nearly two years of restrictions, 2022 will see renters continuing to prioritise outdoor space. For residents of...

Landlords fearing a fall in income and a rise in voids over the festive period have nothing to fear - it...

Shelter claims that 200,000 children living in privately rented homes are at risk of being evicted this winter – equivalent to one in every 50 children in England.   A study for the campaigning charity claims that 104,000 private...