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Study Challenges Need for Section 21 Repeal Amid Calls for Housing Court

The proposed Renters’ Reform Bill, which aims to professionalise the private rented sector (PRS), has come under fire for its controversial plan to abolish Section...

12/04/2023

Estate Agency Director Calls for Fair and Feasible Energy Efficiency Reforms in Rental Sector

My Property Box’s Managing Director, Ben Quaintrell, is urging Secretary of State Michael Gove to introduce a fair and practical reform of the energy efficiency...

12/04/2023

Renters ‘bearing the brunt of government dithering’

Private renters ‘are bearing the brunt of government dithering over urgently needed private rental reforms’, the homeless charity Shelter has claimed. This is because tenants...

11/04/2023

Landlords urged to support legal challenge

An appeal has been made to ‘Individuals and businesses working in the private rented sector’ to help fund a legal challenge to Scotland’s current rent...

07/04/2023

UK House Prices Show Signs of Recovery as Spring Brings Optimism

Halifax House Price Index data reveals that UK house prices increased by 0.8% in March, following a 1.2% rise in February. The annual price growth...

06/04/2023

Majority of UK Investors Remain Confident Despite Economic Concerns

A recent survey commissioned by peer-to-peer real estate investment platform, easyMoney, found that 80% of UK investors have confidence that their portfolio will bring a...

06/04/2023

UK housing market defies weak demand as supply boosts sales activity, says Zoopla

Zoopla’s latest House Price Index has revealed that the UK housing market is defying expectations, with 500,000 sale completions expected in the first half of...

05/04/2023

PBSA Market Set to Reach £4.5bn by 2025

Stripe Property Group, a property developer and purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) specialist, has reported a resurgence in the PBSA sector following a pandemic-induced downturn. The...

04/04/2023

Continued Nationwide Surge in UK Rental Prices

HomeLet’s latest Rental Index reveals that the average rent in the UK has increased by 0.8%, reaching £1,184 PCM. Excluding London, the average rental price...

04/04/2023

Wales to introduce overnight accommodation charge

Brushing aside concerns raised, the Welsh Government is set to allow local authorities make a ‘small charge’ on people staying overnight in commercially-let accommodation. The...

03/04/2023

More new home completions in Scotland last year

There was a 10 per cent increase in the number of new home completions in Scotland over the year to September 2022, according to quarterly...

03/04/2023

Landlord Alert: House Price Decline Deepens – Largest Annual Drop in Over a Decade

UK residential property prices have experienced a 3.1% decrease, marking the most significant decline since July 2009. For seven months in a row, house prices...

31/03/2023

Landlord mortgage hike has cost Treasury dear

Tax changes in the private rented sector have brought in not more but less taxation, independent analysis commissioned by the National Residential Landlords Association has...

31/03/2023

Updated reminders for tenants and landlords

Updated How to rent and How to let guides have now been published. The latest How to rent guide forms part of the prescribed information...

31/03/2023

Buy-to-Let Mortgage Costs Soar 76% Over the Past Year

Octane Capital’s recent market analysis highlights a 75.7% increase in monthly buy-to-let mortgage interest payments over the past year, while full mortgage repayments have risen...

30/03/2023

Non-compliant landlords could face fines up to £30,000

My Property Box’s managing director, Ben Quaintrell, has criticized the government’s reported intention to mandate landlords to upgrade their properties for net zero energy efficiency,...

30/03/2023

Over One-Third of Tenants Leaving London Moved to Midlands and North in 2022

More than a third (38%) of tenants from London moved to the Midlands or North, up from 27% in 2019 and above the 13% of...

29/03/2023

New anti-social behaviour plan gives landlords powers to evict unruly tenants in two weeks

The UK government has published its Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, which includes measures to give landlords more powers to evict tenants who engage in disruptive...

29/03/2023

Council Adapts Housing Policy Amid Declining Landlord Numbers

Barnet Council has unveiled new housing strategies in response to a decreasing private rented sector in the London borough. The recently introduced Housing, Homelessness, and...

28/03/2023

‘No Children’ Policies Ruled as Breaching Letting Agent Code of Practice in Landmark Case

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has declared that blanket bans on renting to families with children are in violation of its Code of Practice, following a...

28/03/2023

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