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Number of housing transaction ‘stabilising’
Provisional official estimates of UK residential transactions suggest the number of deals has ‘stabilised’ above their pre-Coronavirus level. The figures, from the Office of National…
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Local authorities lack information about private rented sector
Most local authorities taking part in a Government study of their management of the private rented sector were insufficiently informed about local rental stock. This…
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New deal for renters, tough deal for landlords
Publishing a ’new deal for private renters’, the Government has made clear that when it comes to private rented sector reform, its sympathies are fair…
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Welsh minister acknowledges disruption caused by new rental law
Implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 has been put back six months. Welsh Minister for Climate Change Julie James said she had made…
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Duty to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ to be extended to common areas
An extension of the requirement for landlords to allow ‘reasonable adjustments’ to their properties for the benefit of disabled tenants has been proposed by the…
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Johnson plots end to ‘generation rent’
Housing association tenants are to be given the right to buy their homes, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced. Currently, council tenants are eligible to…
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NRLA calls for end to housing benefits freeze
Vulnerable renters are facing ‘a perfect cost of living storm’, said the National Residential Landlords Association in a call on the Government to unfreeze housing…
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‘Ofsted-style’ inspections and unlimited fines for failing social landlords
Social housing landlords are to face more stringent regulation under a new proposed law introduced to Parliament this week. The Social Housing Regulation Bill is…
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House prices continue rise, but market is ‘cooling’
House prices rose a further 1 per cent last month, the eleventh in a row to register an increase, Halifax has reported. Despite the rise,…
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A shrinking private rental market
The clearest indication of the rate at which the private rental sector is shrinking is revealed in new research by Propertymark. It shows the number…
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UK Property Market from Silver to Platinum
UK house prices have surged by 2,432% since the Queen’s first Jubilee in 1977. With the biggest jump between the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977…
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House price growth set to slow to 3%
Zoopla forecasts that price growth will slow from here, and at this rate, growth will fall to 3% by the end of the year. With…
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NRLA calls for property passports
Property passports should be introduced to help landlords prove their homes are compliant, decent and safe housing. The call came from the National Residential Landlords…
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Lessons in house values
Houses close to an Ofsted-rated ‘outstanding’ school are likely to command a premium price. And never more so than in Sunderland, it seems. The financial…
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Industry calls for regulation regulator
Private renting laws and regulations are ‘like a puzzle with lots of pieces that need to be joined up’, leading industry players have told the…
