AN MP has hit out at plans to slap landlords with a £700 charge for a property licence in Southend. James Duddridge, Tory MP for Rochford and Southend East, said the planned selected licencing scheme for parts of Southend. The council is pressing ahead with the plans...
Owners of empty or under-utilised properties in Kensington and Chelsea are being asked to bring them back into use to help tackle the borough’s housing shortage Kensington and Chelsea council will be contacting landlords of empty homes to encourage them to offer the...
Three-quarter of tenants (75%) describe relationships with their landlords as “good” or “very good”, according to Mashroom – and 89% of landlords feel the same way. The letting agent alternative found that 59% of tenants cited strong communication as the reason for...
Letting agents and landlords within the student rental sector are being urged to act with greater vigilance, as changes to the model tenancy agreement could lead to an increase in the number of students opting to have a pet while at university. Lockdown has caused a...
Retailers, hospitality firms and landlords will have to wait until later in 2021 for the government to publish a final report on its review of business rates. Due to the ongoing and wide-ranging impacts of the pandemic and economic uncertainty, the government said the...
Propertymark has slammed government energy efficiency proposals as being “unrealistic, too simplistic and could deter people from moving home.” A formal consultation process from government closed earlier this month. It proposed to introduce strict new targets...
An announcement from Propertymark this afternoon says: The Board of Propertymark has accepted the resignation of its CEO, Tim Balcon. Following four months in the role Tim has decided, and mutually agreed with the Board, that he will stand down as CEO of Propertymark...
A gas engineer was shocked to come across a large cannabis grow in a rental property after being called to change the meter. He rang the police having smelt a strong smell of the drugs from a house in Blidworth, Nottinghamshire. Officers were alerted and managed to...
Some 60% of multi-property landlords have expanded their property portfolio since the introduction of the stamp duty holiday in July 2020, according to research from Direct Line for Business. The report shows landlords have been strategic with their purchases; 43%...
Property Master chief executive Angus Stewart has called on the Chancellor to offer landlords more support by revamping its Green Homes Grant scheme. The grant offers funding of up to £5,000 per property, though applying for the grant is difficult and locating an...
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