by peter littlewood | Apr 18, 2023 | Green issues
Research from Mortgage Advice Bureau shows that almost two-thirds of landlords would consider selling their property due to not being able to afford the changes needed to meet the potential minimum energy efficiency standard (MEES) regulation minimum level. Almost...
by peter littlewood | Apr 18, 2023 | Green issues
The Guardian has recently published the following letter: Your report (UK insulation scheme would take 300 years to meet government targets, say critics, 9 April) is bad climate news, but the situation is actually worse. Even if we did speed up insulating our leaky...
by peter littlewood | Apr 18, 2023 | Industry News
According to research from estate agent Hamptons, around 140,000 landlords sold up and left the market last year after reaching retirement age, and almost 100,000 a year are expected to follow them for the next half decade. This has been hastened by ‘Baby Boomers’ now...
by peter littlewood | Apr 18, 2023 | Industry News
Six in 10 landlords support the introduction of a minimum set of property standards for the private rented sector, according to Paragon Bank . The specialist buy-to-let lender surveyed over 500 landlords and found that 34% strongly support the measure, with 28%...
by peter littlewood | Apr 15, 2023 | Industry News
The managing director of a major holiday lets firm is urging landlords to make their properties dog friendly if they want top boost bookings. Harry Roberts of My Favourite Cottages says there are five ways landlords can make their properties more attractive to the...