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Shelter slams PRS and calls for social housing drive

Homeless charity Shelter has renewed its attack on the private rented sector, saying 3m private renters live in poor conditions, ‘with electrical hazards, pests or damp-related issues in...

14/10/2020

House prices soar, but virus immunity ‘highly unlikely’

House prices were 1.6 per cent higher in September than in August, Halifax has reported. The figure was even higher than the 0.9 per cent...

13/10/2020

London dominates league for top price properties

Kensington Palace Gardens has been named Britain’s most expensive address, heading Zoopla’s list of the most expensive streets in the Britain for the 12th year...

12/10/2020

Tenant support scheme gets underway in Wales

A new £8m scheme to help private rented sector tenants in Wales who have suffered financially because of the Coronavirus pandemic will be open until...

09/10/2020

Johnson’s speech sparks mixed reaction from PRS

Now is the time to take forward a ‘key’ manifesto promise to allow young first time buyers the opportunity to take out long-term fixed rate...

08/10/2020

Affordable home target unlikely to be on time

Despite the Coronavirus Crisis, Scotland has remained on track to meet its new affordable homes target of 50,000 by next March. Latest figures show that...

07/10/2020

FTBs no longer primary drivers of house market

First-time buyers are becoming less influential in the housing market, said property portal Zoopla this week. The ability of this group to purchase property is...

06/10/2020

House price trend continues upwards

House prices increased by 2 per cent in September, according to the latest Nationwide index. This pushed up the annual rate of house price growth...

05/10/2020

Rental market in good health

There was little sign of the Coronavirus Crisis dampening the rental market in August, according to ARLA Propertymark’s latest survey of its letting agent members....

02/10/2020

Tougher energy efficiency requirements on the way

Rental properties will be required to have an energy efficiency rating of ‘C’ or better under Government proposals published for consultation this week. Current regulations,...

01/10/2020

Mayor wants freeze on London rents

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has written to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick, calling on the Government to give him the powers to freeze private rents...

30/09/2020

Help to Buy Wales scheme extended

Help to Buy Wales, which was due to close to applicants in March next year, has been extended a further year, with the possibility for...

29/09/2020

Westminster aims for discretionary licensing

Westminster City Council, which claims to have the largest private rented sector in England, is consulting on introduction of additional licensing requirements. ‘We recognise that...

28/09/2020

NRLA publishes its ‘golden rules’

Communication between landlord and tenant is key to sustaining tenancies where tenants are facing financial difficulties’, said the National Landlord Knowledge’s Association in newly published...

23/09/2020

Patience still needed as eviction ban ends

Although the ban on possession proceedings ended on 20 September, and courts are now open for business, landlords must fulfil a number of new requirements...

23/09/2020

Courts open, but please don’t use

We strongly advise landlords not to commence or continue possession proceedings during this challenging time without a very good reason to do so’, said the...

23/09/2020

No blanket extension to mortgage holidays

There will not be a blanket extension to mortgage payment deferrals when the current arrangements for helping borrowers through the Coronavirus Crisis come to an...

22/09/2020

Middlesbrough tops rental yield table

Thanks to low property prices and a median monthly rent of £450, Middlesbrough is the current rental market hot spot, the property portal Zoopla has...

21/09/2020

Landlords need help to survive Covid-19

Almost a quarter of private landlords with properties in England have lost rental income as a result of Covid-19, a new survey suggests. The research,...

18/09/2020

‘No DSS’ policy again ruled discriminatory

Shelter has notched up another win in its campaign stop landlords and agents putting a catch-all ban on tenants in receipt of social benefits. In...

17/09/2020

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