Now that working from home is more established and the race for space continues, there is a growing trend for people to rent accommodation for...
Time between listing a house for sale and a sale agreement is the lowest it has been five years. The claim comes from Money.co.uk which...
Houses in Multiple Occupation are moving up the value chain as tenants demand better amenities, research by Paragon Bank has suggested. Paragon’s survey of HMO...
Birmingham City Council and the London Borough of Hackney are among a list of social landlords to be ‘named and shamed’ by the Government. Both...
Eight students have been successful in claiming a rent repayment order of over £22,000 for an unlicensed HMO they rented in Birmingham. The First-tier Tribunal...
After Covid-created doldrums, London’s rental market regaining the wind in its sails. HomeLet’s latest Rental Index for July show average London rents of £1,868 per...
Noting ‘some early indications of a slowing in housing demand’, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has chosen to dampen the fire further by...
New rules on carbon monoxide alarms will come into force on 1 October 2022. From that date there must be a carbon monoxide alarm in...
Edinburgh is to become Scotland’s first ‘Short-Term Let Control Area’, after the Scottish Government approved the City Council’s proposed tightening of holiday let planning rules....
Rental tenants who apply for mortgages costing less than the rent they are paying have been turned down on the basis of affordability. That could...
Estate agents experienced the first confirmed indications that high housing market demand eased across the UK in June, their professional body Propertymark has reported. Some...
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a doubling of his support for council house building. His previous target of 10,000 new City-Hall-funded council homes...
Close to half privately rented homes in England are likely to miss the 2008 deadline for achieving energy efficiency targets. This is the conclusion reached...
There has been support for the idea of allowing local rates variations for second homes and holiday lets in Wales. Minister for Finance and Local...
New guidance has been published on the information required in property listings. Put out by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team, the...
Rental demand continued to rise over the past three months, the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey has reported. At the same time, landlord instructions...
A quarter of private landlords plan to cut the number of properties they let in the next 12 months. The assertion comes from the National...
Durham is warning private landlords in the county that time is running short to register for its new selective licensing scheme. Approved by the Government...
Rents across the country have continued to climb and now average just over £1,110 per calendar month, Homelet has reported. Its latest rental index puts...
Official figures show that despite rising demand, the private rented sector is shrinking. The recently published English Housing Survey for 2020-2021 concluded that 4.4m households...
Recent analysis of Financial Conduct Authority data by Bird & Co reveals a significant drop in buy-to-let mortgages and a rise in remortgaging as property…
A new study has highlighted significant challenges for landlords and aspiring homeowners alike, as escalating house prices in England continue to outpace income growth, making…
The latest data from deposit alternative provider, Reposit, indicates a significant rise in rent arrears, highlighting the increasing financial strain on tenants and landlords alike….
A new report from Hamptons reveals that the average annual energy costs for tenants have surged to the equivalent of an extra month’s rent each…
Foxtons, a leading London estate agent brand, has announced a groundbreaking development in property transactions by fully digitising home selling process through a strategic partnership…
Despite concerns surrounding the imminent Renters (Reform) Bill, a majority of landlords are choosing to adopt a ‘wait and see’ approach rather than making hasty…
The UK rental market is witnessing a notable trend as landlords increasingly opt for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) to enhance their investment portfolios. According…
The latest findings from the RICS UK Residential Survey of March 2024 forecast an optimistic future for the UK’s housing market, highlighting sustained improvements in…
Recent insights from SpareRoom, indicate a significant upswing in rental costs across the UK, with an average increase of 9% in the first quarter of…
The Social Market Foundation, a cross-party think tank, has released a compelling paper urging the UK to take cues from Canada and Scandinavian countries to…
Recent times have seen a notable increase in media coverage focusing on disputes between landlords and tenants, particularly highlighting issues such as damp and mould….
New analysis reveals a shocking 140% surge in tenancy fraud, casting a spotlight on the growing challenge of deceit in the rental market. With over…
Paragon Bank’s latest analysis casts a spotlight on the prime locations for buy-to-let investments, particularly for portfolio landlords holding four or more properties. The study,…
Propertymark has stepped forward with recommendations urging the UK Government to diversify its approach to increasing the nation’s housing supply, particularly for potential homeowners. Amid…
Halifax has published its house price index for March, which witnessed a 1% drop in average house prices, following a sustained five-month period of increases….
