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Landlords are making significant adjustments

Landlords are making significant adjustments

New research from relationship bank Handelsbanken, finds that landlords are making significant adjustments to their portfolios to cater for the fast-changing macroeconomic environment. Research shows...

16/11/2022
Rental prices reach record high weekly price in October

Rental prices reach record high weekly price in October

As rising interest rates and lack of supply put pressure on rental prices the average reached new record high of £571 per week, breaking the...

14/11/2022
Property Ombudsman referrals on the rise

Property Ombudsman referrals on the rise

Just over 45,000 people turned to The Property Ombudsman for help in 2021, and increase of 15 per cent on 2020, the Ombudsman has reported....

09/11/2022
NI’s rent controls not needed

NI’s rent controls not needed

Introduction of rent controls in Northern Ireland would be counterproductive, a report commissioned by the province’s Department for Communities has concluded.   A Private Tenancies...

08/11/2022
Mortgage costs to rise as Bank raises interest rate

Mortgage costs to rise as Bank raises interest rate

Faced with a current inflation rate of just over 10 per cent, the Bank of England this week pushed up its interest rate by 0.75...

03/11/2022
House prices fall in October

House prices fall in October

House prices fell 0.9% in a month – the first monthly fall since July last year and the biggest since June 2020. Nationwide now puts...

01/11/2022
Another all-time high for tenant demand

Another all-time high for tenant demand

For the second time this year, the proportion of landlords reporting increasing tenant demand has hit an all-time high, research conducted on behalf of Paragon...

28/10/2022
Landlords need help to make energy efficiency changes

Landlords need help to make energy efficiency changes

‘Green’ mortgage discounts could be a key tool in helping landlords make the energy efficiency upgrades necessary to achieve an energy performance certificate (EPC) rating...

26/10/2022
Rishi Sunak named as next PM

Rishi Sunak named as next PM

Former Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will become the next UK Prime Minister. He will replace Liz Truss who resigned as PM on 20 October 2022 after...

24/10/2022
Section 21 confusion continues

Section 21 confusion continues

First there were rumours that the Liz Truss Government would not, after all, scrap section 21 evictions as previously promised. Then there was denial. Then...

21/10/2022
Landlords & agents combine to challenge ‘last straw’ Bill

Landlords & agents combine to challenge ‘last straw’ Bill

Landlords have teamed up with estate agents and other property professionals to take the first step towards challenging a freeze on rent increases and evictions...

20/10/2022
Welsh Land Transaction Tax and Scottish tenant protection

Welsh Land Transaction Tax and Scottish tenant protection

As from last week the starting threshold for paying of main residential rates of Land Transaction Tax, the Welsh equivalent of stamp duty, has increased...

19/10/2022
Energy efficiency burden weighs heavily on landlords 

Energy efficiency burden weighs heavily on landlords 

More than half of landlords have made energy efficiency improvements to their properties in the last six months, specialist financial services company Shawbrook has reported....

14/10/2022
Abolishing s21 evictions ‘will harm most vulnerable tenants’

Abolishing s21 evictions ‘will harm most vulnerable tenants’

Despite speculation to the contrary, Prime Minister Liz Truss has confirmed that the Government intends to go ahead with its commitment to abolish section 21...

13/10/2022
HMRC clamping down on unregistered estate agents

HMRC clamping down on unregistered estate agents

Estate agents Stacey Mann Estates Limited, Roman James Estates Limited, and Janice Chissick Estates Limited are among a long list of property and other businesses...

12/10/2022
Slower house price growth predicted

Slower house price growth predicted

House prices fell slightly in September with the market showing further signs of slowing, the Halifax has reported. Its latest index put the monthly fall...

11/10/2022
Holiday let planning changes go ahead in Wales

Holiday let planning changes go ahead in Wales

Confirmation of planning changes affecting second homes and holiday lets in Wales has been published. The package of measures announced in July included creation of...

08/10/2022
Call for Chancellor to extend pro-growth policies to PRS

Call for Chancellor to extend pro-growth policies to PRS

Pro-growth tax measures for the private rented sector, including reversal of the decision to restrict landlord access to mortgage interest relief and an end to...

06/10/2022
Councils home in on support

Councils home in on support

Updates on housing health and safety requirements, housing benefit, Universal Credit, rent pricing and information on the White Paper A Fairer Private Rented Sector, will...

05/10/2022
Rent freeze to be rushed through Scottish Parliament

Rent freeze to be rushed through Scottish Parliament

‘Emergency legislation’ is set to freeze rents and place restrictions on evictions in Scotland. To be fast-tracked through the Scottish Parliament, Cost of Living (Tenant...

04/10/2022
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