Council tries to woo private landlords

Test Valley Lettings is hosting two open days for new and existing landlords later this month. Its advertising says it offers landlords “ a wide range of tenancy services, customisable to individual needs and always free of charge. With our unique model of using...

HMOs are rarely sold

Research comes from property lender Octane Capital,  compiled from data on the levels of HMO stock across different regions of England, shows that owners of London HMOs rarely put them up for sale, meaning investors likely need to convert a residential home into an...

Evictions up, waiting time up

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has just published its statistics for Mortgage and landlord possession : July to September 2023 - see the full report here. Comparing the same quarter (July to Sept) this year to last year, it says: possessions by mortgage companies :...