by peter littlewood | Mar 16, 2025 | Open News
Housing associations in London are spending nearly 50% more than the national average on maintaining existing homes, partly due to post-Grenfell remediation work, according to the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH). Rising Costs and Regional Disparities The average...
by peter littlewood | Mar 16, 2025 | Open News
Industry research showed the housing market slowed in February as mounting uncertainty started to weigh on demand. According to the latest residential property survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, house prices rose in February. The house price...
by peter littlewood | Mar 16, 2025 | Open News
Landlords frustrated with slow response times and security processes when calling HMRC will soon benefit from a voice recognition system designed to speed up security checks. The system, already used by banks, will convert callers’ voices into encrypted biometric...
by peter littlewood | Mar 16, 2025 | Open News
Summary of Brent Council’s Housing Initiatives HMO Licensing Crackdown Brent Council plans to reinstate a licensing scheme for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) to target rogue landlords and improve housing standards. The new scheme will extend licensing to...
by peter littlewood | Mar 16, 2025 | Open News
Propertymark has just published a report on the key statistics of the property market, with one member in the East Midlands said many older landlords are selling up. systematically selling their properties The member said: “We have several older portfolio landlords...
