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‘Strong bounce back’ in rents
Rents are shooting up across the UK, the property portal Zoopla has concluded. Its latest quarterly Rental Market Report puts the current annual rate of…
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Tenants urged not to cut insurance cover
Just under half of renters do not have contents insurance in place for personal possessions, and third say this is because the rising cost-of-living means…
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Discount offered for energy efficiency
Buy to let mortgage company Shawbrook has announced an ‘Energy Efficiency Discount’ on its arrangement fees. To qualify, landlords will have to produce an Energy…
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‘Private renting broken’ says Shelter in push for legislation
Admitting to the rental property shortage but returning to its landlord-bashing ways, the homeless charity Shelter has claimed private renters in England are being forced…
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Queen’s Speech contains only vague commitments to rental reform
Help for more people to own their own home ‘whilst enhancing the rights of those who rent’ was promised in the Queen’s Speech today. Setting…
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Scrap tax on new homes to rent or pay the price, Government told
Successive governments are to blame for a chronic shortage in available rental properties, the National Residential Landlords Association has claimed. ‘Since 2015 the government has…
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Thousands Of Affordable Houses Lost in Office-to-Residential Conversations
More than 18,000 affordable houses have been lost as a result of office-to-residential conversions under permitted development, the Local Government Association warns. A total of…
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Property prices hold firm, with a record high average
In April, house prices were up 10.8% in a year, to a record high average of £286,079. They’re up £47,568 in two years. It took…
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