Home Improvements

Home Improvements

With energy efficiency the top of the agenda, can triple glazing help landlords slash heating bills and be more attractive to tenants at the same time? ...
In the drive for the UK to be net zero by 2050, residential landlords are facing costly green refurbishments.   ...
The continuing rent rises seen across much of the country are outpacing increases in interest rates, it’s been claimed.  ...
Rents are up year-on-year across all regions, according to the property website Home.   ...
A PropTech platform says it’s giving landlords the opportunity to spread their management fees and marketing costs across the duration of a tenancy, instead of having to pay the bulk of them upfront. ...
Are fixer-uppers really the cheap and cost-effective investment many believe? ...
The Home Office has issued yet another update of its Right To Rent guidance for landlords and tenants. ...
A study by the Tenancy Deposit Service has found that garden maintenance remains one of the most common reasons behind deposit disputes.  ...
Airbnb says it will offer free short-term housing to up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine.  ...
There’s been yet another deadline change for the revised Right To Rent rules. ...
A prominent property website, which monitors the lettings market, suggests that rent controls would drive a proportion of rental stock to short let platforms such as Airbnb. ...
The Home Office has confirmed that landlords, letting agents and employers will be able to use certified new technology to digitally carry out Right To Rent checks. ...
Rents in Greater London are up an annualised 25 per cent, with much of the increase attributed to the stock of properties to let being down by 41 per cent over the same period. ...
The Home Office has issued yet another iteration of its guidance for landlords on how to conduct Right To Rent checks. ...
A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. ...
The figures come from lenders' trade body, UK Finance...
Tenants are increasingly discerning, claims the agent...
A prominent agent says he’s expecting a “significant shift” in...
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