A South London council will be the first in the country to be inspected in-person by the Housing Ombudsman because it is failing to deal properly with complaints from residents. The Housing Ombudsman, which deals with complaints about local authority landlords, will...
City AM are reporting on an exclusive interview with Jonathan Rolande from the National Association of Property Buyers, who has warned that the potential imposition of these rules by the government is causing much concern to property owners, landlords especially. The...
The Guardian is reporting The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is is handing back £1.9bn to the Treasury originally meant to tackle England’s housing crisis after struggling to find projects to spend it on. The article can be seen here, and...
A Labour MP wants the government to include private landlords in the Building Safety Act’s leaseholder protections scheme. The government introduced the Building Safety Act in 2022 in a bid ensure that leaseholders do not have to pay to fix safety failures in...
More than a third, or 36%, of all tenants would both renew their contract and accept a rent increase if they had a positive relationship with their landlord, research from price comparison website Uswitch has found. The survey of more than 2,000 tenants also revealed...
Despite expectation of a mass exodus from the rental market, many landlords are buying even more properties to expand their portfolio, according to the latest Landbay landlord survey. Results of the lender’s quarterly survey revealed that more than four in 10, or 41%...
Student accommodation provider Unite updated on its recent trading, noting "record levels" of reservations for 2023/2024 academic year have persisted, with 98% of rooms now sold. This is up from 91% a year ago. Unite UK Student Accommodation Fund's property portfolio...
DLUHC are looking for anyone who has bought or sold recently who is happy to share their experience. See below: Home buying and selling improvement: take part in research The Department of Levelling up Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is looking at ways it can help to...
John Bird, founder of the Big Issue has published an article calling for tenants to receive a share of the profits enjoyed by landlords. It can be seen here, and fails to mention that the landlord takes the initial risk and has to maintain the property. The tenant...
Property sellers are being forced to slash their asking prices in droves as the housing market struggles under the weight of surging borrowing costs. A third of all homes for sale in the fourth week of June were listed with discounts on their asking prices - up from...
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