by peter littlewood | Nov 20, 2025 | Open News
A Harrow Council tenant has received £115,000 in compensation after the local authority unlawfully ended his secure tenancy and re-let his home. The tenant, Mr Nagar, returned in December 2023 to find his property had been let to someone else without warning, leaving...
by peter littlewood | Nov 20, 2025 | Open News
New analysis suggests thousands of second home owners already paying double council tax could also be swept into Rachel Reeves’s proposed mansion tax. Hamptons estimates around 4,300 second homes currently charged the second home premium are likely to cross the new...
by peter littlewood | Nov 20, 2025 | Open News
Wealden District Council’s Majors Planning Committee has unanimously approved the reserved matters application for a 58-house development in Framfield. The scheme, proposed by Hawridge Strategic Land, will be built on a greenfield site behind Old Nursery House....
by peter littlewood | Nov 20, 2025 | Open News
The ONS has just published its ‘Private rent and house prices, UK: November 2025 which in summary says: Private rents: Average UK private rents rose 5.0% in the year to October 2025, reaching £1,360 per month. This marks a slowdown from 5.5% in September and is...
by peter littlewood | Nov 20, 2025 | Open News
London house prices fell for the second month in a row in September, dropping £7,000 to £556,000, as buyers hold back amid fears that the upcoming Budget could introduce a “mansion tax”. It remains the only UK region with an annual price decline, down 1.8%, according...
