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‘Strong bounce back’ in rents
Rents are shooting up across the UK, the property portal Zoopla has concluded. Its latest quarterly Rental Market Report puts the current annual rate of…
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Tenants urged not to cut insurance cover
Just under half of renters do not have contents insurance in place for personal possessions, and third say this is because the rising cost-of-living means…
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Discount offered for energy efficiency
Buy to let mortgage company Shawbrook has announced an ‘Energy Efficiency Discount’ on its arrangement fees. To qualify, landlords will have to produce an Energy…
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‘Private renting broken’ says Shelter in push for legislation
Admitting to the rental property shortage but returning to its landlord-bashing ways, the homeless charity Shelter has claimed private renters in England are being forced…
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Queen’s Speech contains only vague commitments to rental reform
Help for more people to own their own home ‘whilst enhancing the rights of those who rent’ was promised in the Queen’s Speech today. Setting…
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Scrap tax on new homes to rent or pay the price, Government told
Successive governments are to blame for a chronic shortage in available rental properties, the National Residential Landlords Association has claimed. ‘Since 2015 the government has…
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Thousands Of Affordable Houses Lost in Office-to-Residential Conversations
More than 18,000 affordable houses have been lost as a result of office-to-residential conversions under permitted development, the Local Government Association warns. A total of…
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Property prices hold firm, with a record high average
In April, house prices were up 10.8% in a year, to a record high average of £286,079. They’re up £47,568 in two years. It took…
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Bank Of England Raise Rates to 1%
Today the Bank of England has raised interest rates by 0.25% to 1%, the highest in 13 years. And what next as inflation set for…
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House Price Growth Slows in April
Buy to let landlords should note that monthly house price growth slowed slightly to 12.1% in April – but it’s still the 11th consecutive month…
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Mortgage Boost for New Build Landlords
Good news for landlords who own or are looking to purchase a new build property, as earlier this week The Mortgage Works (TMW) increased its…
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Benefits information for hard pressed tenants
Landlords who believe in providing tenants with as much potentially helpful information as possible have been given a helping hand by Revenue and Customs. It…
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NRLA highlights plight of NE renters
North East landlords are calling on the Government to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance and restore the link between benefits and costs. The move follows…
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MPs call for more joined-up regulation of PRS
Private rented housing is failing far too often to provide safe and secure homes for tenants, the Commons Public Accounts Committee has concluded in its…
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Businesses ‘can’t keep doors open at expense of landlord solvency’
New guidance has been published aimed at assisting commercial landlords and their business tenants settle unpaid rent arising from the Coronavirus emergency. Part of the…
