Another leading research team in a major agency has revised upwards its forecast for the 2021 market. Savills revised its predictions recently and now it’s the turn of Knight Frank. Referring to the mainstream market, Knight Frank research head Tom Bill says: “We...
An upbeat market snapshot for the lettings sector claims that one region of the UK has seen rent increases in excess of 20 per cent a year. The Home website’s latest index shows year-on-year average rent growth reaching 20.5 per cent in the West Midlands. The south...
A council has now approved plans for two of the country’s largest licensing schemes - one is so large it needs government approval before it can be implemented. Oxford’s Labour council has agreed to renew an additional licensing scheme for all HMOs in the city, and...
Research by Hamptons suggests that the increased house prices caused by the stamp duty holiday sales surge has indirectly obliged more tenants to stay renting - because they cannot afford larger deposits. That’s the analysis by Hamptons in the agency’s latest rental...
The House of Commons Library has just released a report summarising the help available for landlords and tenants, and can be seen here. It concentrates mostly on establishing security of tenure for tenants, without mentioning the increasing problem of tenants able to...
Landlords have benefitted from tax breaks, subsidies and a weak eviction ban according to the National Union of Students. Larissa Kennedy, the organisation’s president, has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to claim landlords have been treated far more...
A lead tenant who posed as a landlord has been ordered to pay £9,047.50 in fines and costs and handed a criminal record for breaching housing laws. Brent Council in London originally issued Sonia Nascimento with a £5,000 Civil Penalty Notice but after she refused to...
Mischcon de Reya have just published an article on 'Company Voluntary Arrangements: Guidance for Landlords' It can be seen here, and is also below:- What is a CVA? A CVA is a legal rescue process to enable a company to make an agreement with its unsecured...
The Government have just announced a further extension to the eviction ban. The announcement can be seen here and claims:- Ban on commercial evictions extended to 30 June to ensure businesses are supported as they re-open Six-month notice periods and bailiff enforced...
An inventory supplier to the lettings industry is advising landlords to make sure they spot early signs of pet damage in properties - and to prepare for pets to be a bigger part of the private rental landscape in future. No Letting Go, the UK's largest provider of...
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