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....
Rents in London and the South East fell in the year to May 2020, but rose in other parts of Great Britain. The finding comes...
Action by the Competition and Markets Authority has resulted in directors of two Berkshire estate agencies being banned for their part in an illegal price-fixing...
Poole landlord Mahmut Gilgil has received a five-year banning order preventing him from letting or managing housing in the UK. Gilgil, of 51 Blandford Road,...
<>Government action to extend the ban on tenant evictions until the end of August, leaves landlords powerless to take action against tenants committing domestic abuse...
Online house hunting is continuing at a pace, and properties outside London dominate buyers’ the top search list, the property website Zoopla. ‘It’s great to...
A Coventry landlord had been ordered to pay back just under £11,000 in rent that she received while letting an HMO without a licence. The...
From October 2020, Rebecca Marsh will take over as Property Ombudsman from Katrine Sporle, whose five year term comes to an end on 31st October....
There has been an ‘unprecedented rebound’ in house sales, the property website Zoopla has reported. The coronavirus closed down the housing market. But four weeks...
A two month extension to the ban on tenant evictions has been announced by the Government. The ban now runs until 23 August, five months...
New Ministry of Housing guidance has reminded landlords that new electrical safety regulations apply to all new tenancies from 1 July 2020 and to existing...
The year 2022 witnessed an extraordinary escalation in house prices, pushing affordability to its limit. In England, the average house was priced at £275,000, while…
A new scheme introduced in North London requires landlords to register for a license and certify that they are providing their tenants with good quality…
The escalation of rental prices has become a stark reality, with an overwhelming majority of landlords opting to increase rents, often in response to their…
As the housing market in the UK cools amidst economic turbulence, residential equity growth seems to be lagging behind, providing some of the weakest investment…
The latest study by London-based estate agent Benham and Reeves reveals promising signs of recovery in the UK’s corporate housing market, though it’s still trailing…
As the Ashes series takes centre stage in the cricketing world, England and Australia are not just battling for the smallest trophy in the sport…
The Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities have today revealed their progressive strategy for housing across England. The…
A landlord with a distinguished OBE title has been hit with an astounding £300,000 fine for managing properties with deplorable living conditions for over two…
In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph following the Uxbridge by-election, Michael Gove, the Housing Secretary, has called for a revision of the planned energy…
Economists are raising alarms about the UK’s housing market, forecasting a significant drop in house prices with minimal chances of recovery due to persistently high…
New research indicates a considerable shift in the UK property landscape, with almost two thirds (63%) of private landlords contemplating transitioning to a letting agency…
A 16% increase in eviction cases reaching the courts has been observed, according to an analysis of government statistics by property software company Veco. This…
London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, has implored the UK government to collaborate with him and local borough councils to implement a licensing scheme for short-term rentals….
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given his approval to one of the UK’s largest private landlord licensing schemes, proposed by Southwark’s Labour council. This new…
Despite a minor 1.9% uptick in the average house prices for the year leading up to May, which is down from the previous month’s increase…
