Publishing a ’new deal for private renters’, the Government has made clear that when it comes to private rented sector reform, its sympathies are fair...
Implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 has been put back six months. Welsh Minister for Climate Change Julie James said she had made...
An extension of the requirement for landlords to allow ‘reasonable adjustments’ to their properties for the benefit of disabled tenants has been proposed by the...
Housing association tenants are to be given the right to buy their homes, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced. Currently, council tenants are eligible to...
Vulnerable renters are facing ‘a perfect cost of living storm’, said the National Residential Landlords Association in a call on the Government to unfreeze housing...
Social housing landlords are to face more stringent regulation under a new proposed law introduced to Parliament this week. The Social Housing Regulation Bill is...
House prices rose a further 1 per cent last month, the eleventh in a row to register an increase, Halifax has reported. Despite the rise,...
The clearest indication of the rate at which the private rental sector is shrinking is revealed in new research by Propertymark. It shows the number...
UK house prices have surged by 2,432% since the Queen’s first Jubilee in 1977. With the biggest jump between the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977...
Zoopla forecasts that price growth will slow from here, and at this rate, growth will fall to 3% by the end of the year. With...
Property passports should be introduced to help landlords prove their homes are compliant, decent and safe housing. The call came from the National Residential Landlords...
Houses close to an Ofsted-rated ‘outstanding’ school are likely to command a premium price. And never more so than in Sunderland, it seems. The financial...
Private renting laws and regulations are ‘like a puzzle with lots of pieces that need to be joined up’, leading industry players have told the...
Landlord possession claims, orders, warrants and repossessions by county court bailiffs are all still well down on pre-Covid levels, government statistics have confirmed. Mortgage and...
Property values may be all to do with location, location, location. But it seems street numbers also play a part in value. This is according...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has initiated an extensive investigation into the collapse of the Signature Group, a Liverpool-based property company, resulting in significant…
The UK has been identified as having the lengthiest timeline for selling homes among the world’s busiest housing markets, a distinction that has drawn criticism…
Campaigners have voiced strong criticism against a faction of 40 Conservative MPs, accusing them of forming a ‘cabal’ to dilute the effectiveness of the proposed…
In the face of ongoing challenges in the housing market, a new report by OSB Group highlights a proactive approach by landlords in the Private…
Housing Secretary, Michael Gove, has unveiled significant proposals aimed at regulating the short-term rental market, including platforms like Airbnb. Under these proposed changes, individuals looking…
The Government’s consideration of introducing a 1% deposit mortgage scheme as a means to facilitate home ownership for young individuals has been met with criticism…
The Royal Agricultural University has introduced the UK’s inaugural foundation degree specifically designed for residential estate agency, marking a significant milestone in professionalising the sector…
A recent study by Paragon Bank has unveiled that a significant portion of portfolio landlords in the UK, specifically those owning four or more properties,…
In a call for action, Heather Powell of Blick Rothenberg has urged the government to introduce tax incentives for buy-to-let landlords dedicated to enhancing the…
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal a 1.4% decrease in average UK house prices over the year to December, with…
The government has today unveiled a comprehensive overhaul of planning regulations aimed at facilitating the development of homes on brownfield sites. This strategy is designed…
In Bristol, a new dispute has erupted over the Labour council’s decision to extend its licensing scheme to additional parts of the city, with fees…
The relationship between councils and private sector landlords is set to become a major scandal, akin to the Post Office controversy, according to Des Taylor,…
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has vowed to eliminate Section 21 evictions in England, ensuring they will be “outlawed” before the forthcoming general election. This commitment…
In its latest update, UK Finance has released data on mortgage arrears and possessions for the fourth quarter of 2023, indicating a rise in the…
