Industry News

The Government is set to introduce new immigration rules that will involve most international students being banned from bringing their families to the UK with them. A graduate visa currently allows master’s students to bring their partners and children to the country...

Property Industry Eye is reporting that ‘research by BVA-BDRC found that a third – 33% – of private landlords in England and Wales plan to cut the number of properties they rent out. By contrast, just 10% of landlords now say they plan to increase the number of...

A week ago, Michael Gove published his long awaited Renters Reform Bill. Student landlords were immediately concerned that they would be losing the Section 21, whilst also being unable to issue Fixed Term tenancies. This along with the ability of any tenant to give...

A think tank, The Centre for Policy Studies’ says England needs 616,000 extra homes each year to accommodate record numbers of migrants. This is based on analysis of Government modelling that assumes migrants live in households with an average of 2.3 people, in line...

Plunging demand from landlords means under-construction house sales have overtaken flats for the first time since 2007. The fall in off-plan sales of flats risks causing a funding crunch for developers, experts warned, which could reduce housing supply in the future....

Prospect Magazine has published an article stating 'Property ownership—or rather, the impossibility of property ownership—is usually discussed in this country as though it’s perhaps the only remaining source of generation solidarity for millennials. It’s a nice idea'...

Landlord Licensing & Defence has warned about the problem on agents who do not keep abreast of the law. Compliance expert Phil Turtle says: “We have lots of experience in dealing with agents who simply do not know the law when it comes to licensing a landlord’s...

Martin Lewis' MoneySavingExpert.com website has explained how renters can get their deposit and some extra back if their landlord hasn't followed rental rules. He explains how, according to the law, the tenants deposit must be placed in a registered scheme within 30...

The Government have released more information regarding their intentions to allow tenants to have pets in their rental property. The proposals can be seen here, and says: What is it reasonable for a landlord to refuse a tenant having a pet? Landlords will be required...

Paul Shamplina, founder of Landlord Action, says that the scrapping of Section 21, as part of the Renters Reform Bill, will come as little surprise to landlords, many of whom have already started making plans to sell in anticipation. He explained that April was...