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Part-time tenants help boost London market
Now that working from home is more established and the race for space continues, there is a growing trend for people to rent accommodation for…
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Housing selling twice as fast as 2019
Time between listing a house for sale and a sale agreement is the lowest it has been five years. The claim comes from Money.co.uk which…
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Demand for HMOs moves up market
Houses in Multiple Occupation are moving up the value chain as tenants demand better amenities, research by Paragon Bank has suggested. Paragon’s survey of HMO…
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Social Landlords Get ‘Name And Shame’ Reminder
Birmingham City Council and the London Borough of Hackney are among a list of social landlords to be ‘named and shamed’ by the Government. Both…
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Students Win Rent Repayment
Eight students have been successful in claiming a rent repayment order of over £22,000 for an unlicensed HMO they rented in Birmingham. The First-tier Tribunal…
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HomeLet Issues Rental Market ‘Unsustainability’ Warning
After Covid-created doldrums, London’s rental market regaining the wind in its sails. HomeLet’s latest Rental Index for July show average London rents of £1,868 per…
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Bank Rate Hike Brings House Price Uncertainties
Noting ‘some early indications of a slowing in housing demand’, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has chosen to dampen the fire further by…
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New Rules On Carbon Monoxide Alarms Explained
New rules on carbon monoxide alarms will come into force on 1 October 2022. From that date there must be a carbon monoxide alarm in…
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Scotland backs tighter holiday let controls
Edinburgh is to become Scotland’s first ‘Short-Term Let Control Area’, after the Scottish Government approved the City Council’s proposed tightening of holiday let planning rules….
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Renters may find mortgages easier to get
Rental tenants who apply for mortgages costing less than the rent they are paying have been turned down on the basis of affordability. That could…
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House sales ease but rental demand continues to soar
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…
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Khan pushes on with revived council house programme
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…
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Propertymark calls for energy efficiency re-think
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…
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Support for rates change for holiday lets in Wales
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…
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New property listings information guideline
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…
