Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Liverpool offers up to £20,000 to reopen empty rentals
Liverpool City Council is offering grants of £5,000 to £20,000 to bring long-term empty homes back into use, with successful owners required to let at…
empty homes
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Vacant home renovation bill hits £34bn as finance gap narrows
The cost of bringing Britain’s vacant housing stock back into use has climbed sharply, with new analysis from BuildLoan putting the bill at £34bn –…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Propertymark calls for empty homes reform as 359,000 properties sit vacant
Propertymark has called for coordinated action to tackle the UK’s 359,000 long-term empty homes, warning that financial penalties alone will not solve the problem. A…
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Bridging loans surge 95% as investors target million empty homes
Bridging loan volumes have surged 95 percent since 2022 as investors target empty and derelict properties that traditional lenders will not finance, according to specialist…
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Coalition urges national empty homes strategy as voids hit 310,000
A cross-sector coalition has called on the government to develop a national strategy for bringing empty homes back into use, as the number of long-term…
Buy-to-let Property News
Welsh grant scheme to help bring empty homes back into use
A grant of up to £25,000 is to be made available to Welsh home-owners to bring their empty properties back into use. The money, to…
