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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…
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Rate of rent rises expected to out-pace house price increases
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…
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NRLA calls for rental sector ‘reset’
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…
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Time running out for Durham landlords to obtain licences
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…
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Rent rises trigger affordability warning
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…
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Landlord exits confirmed by housing survey
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…
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Pet damage costs suffered by most landlords
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…
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Housing market has defied expectations
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…
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Turmoil in Parliament raises questions over Renters’ Reform Bill
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…
