New laws laid before Parliament will mean full planning applications will not be required to demolish and rebuild unused buildings as homes and commercial and...
Land Registry figures suggest the property market was far from dormant in June. The Government property register processes 1.4m applications in the month, up 500,000...
New court rules will require landlords who have issued possession proceedings that have been suspended during the coronavirus crisis, to reactivate their notices if they...
The threshold for Welsh Land Transaction Tax has been raised from £180,000 to £250,000. Land transaction tax replaced stamp duty land tax in Wales from April 2018 and is...
One in five households currently live in privately rented accommodation, the latest English Housing Survey has reported. This is the sixth year in a row...
Priority will be given to long-standing possession claims and actions involving anti-social behaviour when the current moratorium on evictions is ended on 23 August. So...
Shelter has declared a York County Court ruling ‘historic’ and a ‘nail in the coffin for ‘No DSS’ discrimination. District Judge Victoria Elizabeth Mark held that rejecting...
A proposed bill to control rent levels in Scotland has been dropped due to lack of time. Introduced in June this year, the Fair Rents...
Landlords have been praised by the Welsh Government for the support being given to tenants. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, landlords remain responsible for keeping their...
Estate agent Michael Martin has been branded unfit to continue as a director of a company after failing in his bid to contest disqualification action...
House prices were down in June for the fourth month in a row, and the prospect for the next few months is for a ‘continuation...
Ministry of Justice confirmation that the current stay on possession claims will end on 23 August has sparked a furious debate between Citizens Advice and...
Leeds student and professional let landlord Falham Properties has found itself in the national press over an act of kindness. The Headingly company, run by...
Longer void rental periods, much fewer rent increases, and many more rent reductions means the coronavirus crisis has left landlords seriously out of pocket, ARLA’s...
Urgent action is need to develop ‘a robust and co-ordinated strategy’ to deal with the backlog of possession claims that have accumulated during the coronavirus...
‘Radical reforms’ have been promised by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to allow greater freedom for change of use of buildings and land in town centres....
Bristol Council is encouraging tenants in the town who believe they have been mistreated by landlords to seek rent repayment orders. This is after a...
A Court of Appeal judgement has concluded that failure to provide a gas safety certificate prior to a tenant moving into a property is not...
Wales has re-opened of its housing market for business. ‘The threat of coronavirus hasn’t gone away but thanks to the efforts we have all made...
May house sales were up 4 per cent on pre-lockdown levels and prices are up by 2.4 per cent, the property portal Zoopla has found....
The UK housing market is witnessing its biggest annual drop in 12 years, according to Halifax’s latest House Price Index (HPI). Overall house prices decreased…
Housing Secretary, Michael Gove is pushing for the extension of the Renters Reform Bill to expressly prohibit rental advertisements that exclude families and individuals in…
Jonathan Hopper, Chief Executive of Garrington Property Finders, has pointed out a potential silver lining to the cloudy outlook of the housing market. Amidst rapidly…
In a bid to achieve tax parity in the travel and hospitality sector, the European Union is set to impose VAT on rental incomes earned…
London’s private rental market has seen a drastic decline of 41% in available properties since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. This alarming situation is…
Contemporary estate agency Nested recently released research data, indicating that while Wimbledon’s house prices have not shown remarkable growth over the last year, the globally…
The UK property market has made a full recovery from the pandemic slump, according to recent data from Rightmove. Interestingly, the recovery in property sales…
The cities with the top-rated student letting agencies have been unveiled in a comprehensive analysis by Uswitch.com’s buy to let mortgages experts, offering crucial insights…
The ever-present debate on the trajectory of house prices continues, with expert opinions sharply divided. Some analysts predict a dramatic double-digit percentage decline in the…
A fresh analysis by rental management platform, GuestReady, has highlighted a remarkable 30% surge in short-term rental costs in South West London for July. The…
In June, house prices increased a meagre 0.1%, marking a 3.5% decrease year on year, with the average house price standing at £262,239. The 10%…
Labour has criticised the government’s decision to exclude buy-to-let (BTL) landlords from the recently announced mortgage charter, warning that this could inadvertently lead to an…
Zoopla’s most recent House Price Index has disclosed a surge in sellers (42%) who are agreeing to a minimum of 5% off the asking price…
In a bid to shield landlords and agents from problematic tenants, a campaign urging the UK Government to establish a ‘Property Possession Order Register’ has…
In the wake of soaring interest rates, mortgage holders in the UK are set to receive a one-year grace period before lenders initiate repossession proceedings….
