Estate agents experienced the first confirmed indications that high housing market demand eased across the UK in June, their professional body Propertymark has reported. Some…
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a doubling of his support for council house building. His previous target of 10,000 new City-Hall-funded council homes…
Close to half privately rented homes in England are likely to miss the 2008 deadline for achieving energy efficiency targets. This is the conclusion reached…
There has been support for the idea of allowing local rates variations for second homes and holiday lets in Wales. Minister for Finance and Local…
New guidance has been published on the information required in property listings. Put out by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team, the…
Rental demand continued to rise over the past three months, the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey has reported. At the same time, landlord instructions…
A quarter of private landlords plan to cut the number of properties they let in the next 12 months. The assertion comes from the National…
Durham is warning private landlords in the county that time is running short to register for its new selective licensing scheme. Approved by the Government…
Rents across the country have continued to climb and now average just over £1,110 per calendar month, Homelet has reported. Its latest rental index puts…
Official figures show that despite rising demand, the private rented sector is shrinking. The recently published English Housing Survey for 2020-2021 concluded that 4.4m households…
Almost nine out of ten landlords have suffered damage to their rental properties caused by tenants’ pets. Most were unable to recoup cost. This is…
Economic worries have not dented the housing market, where prices have continued their upwards surge. This is the conclusion of Halifax based on its latest…
A week of turmoil at Westminster, that included the sacking of Housing and Levelling Up secretary Michael Gove, has seen the Government’s legislative programme, including…
‘Unscrupulous landlords’ who exploit vulnerable tenants will be driven out of the supported housing market, said the Government last week when launching a new improvement…
Holiday lets in England could face a regime of certification and spot checks if initial ideas put forward in a newly announced review into short-term…
