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TV property expert Phil Spencer has called for a radical simplification of the rules surrounding landlord licensing, fees and other regulations. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The government has back-tracked on its decision to publish the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill this week. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Housing minister Rachel Maclean has been ridiculed by a TV show audience over her claim that Brexit has no part in the UK’s poor economic performance. ...
- Written by: Sarah Coles
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- Written by: Graham Norwood
Many indices suggest house prices have already dipped, at least slightly, but “forward-looking indication don’t look brilliant either” according to one market analyst. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy assessors accreditation scheme. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Landlords who feel recent laws have singled them out may be interested to know that one group of property owners appears to have avoided significant regulation. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The new editor of an influential newspaper property supplement has come up with a way of solving what she calls “the fraught issue of holiday lets” - boycotting them. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The government is considering making home owners apply for planning consent if they wish to use a property for holiday lets. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
An interesting analysis of the current rental stock shortage has been undertaken by Sky News. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A senior figure at the right wing magazine The Spectator has slammed landlords for blatant profiteering. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A property investment platform is to spend £1 billion buying and retrofitting thousands of homes in the private rental sector, The Times is reporting. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Landlords who take advantage of the annual Edinburgh festival by charging high fees for Airbnb-sale short lets have been accused of threatening the future of the event. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability, a report has found. ...
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