The London Mayor and Westminster Council called for stronger powers to crack down on empty homes, as new analysis revealed an estimated £20 billion worth of property was sitting vacant across the capital. According to the analysis, there are an estimated 30,000...
The Housing Ombudsman has published a roundup of good practice derived from cases concerning ASB and disrepair. For the details, click here.
On 11 May 2023 the DLUHC published statistics which provide an estimate of the number of leasehold dwellings in England, by tenure, dwelling type and region, and the proportion of the overall number of dwellings in England that are leasehold. They show: In 2021-22,...
The Ministry of Justice has published statistics for the volume of civil and judicial review cases dealt with by the courts between 1 January to 31 March 2023. The overall trend in mortgage and landlord possession claims has been decreasing since a peak of 60,000 in...
The House of Commons Library has published a report on building regulations and safety. The full report cam be seen here and in summary: Building regulations set standards for construction and refurbishment work in England. The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 prompted a...
Houses are taking twice as long to sell today as they did a year ago, as rising mortgage rates make it harder for buyers to afford homes. On average, it took home sellers 49 days to find a buyer in May, up from 26 days in the same month in 2022, according to the...
A landlord was devastated to find his tenants caused around £20,000 worth of property damage – including mountains of rubbish, dog urine on the walls, and ripped up floorboards, The Liverpool Echo reports. A family moved into the semi-detached property at Eastham,...
A landlord who was banned from letting properties after repeatedly failing to meet the required standards, has lost an appeal to overturn her ban.Bristol council successfully defended the appeal from Naomi Knapp, a landlord with a large portfolio of properties in the...
British households on prepayment meters face missing out on up to £130m of support for their energy bills if they fail to redeem government vouchers before they expire in a month’s time. Under the energy bills support scheme, which runs until 30 June, all households...
Research by Zoopla has reported that around one in nine (11%) homes listed for sale on their site has previously been rented out. And that former landlord properties had average asking prices around a quarter lower than homes that have been lived in by...
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