The Telegraph is reporting that ‘One in five landlords in England face paying hundreds of thousands of pounds in death taxes because of a government freeze on allowances, analysis shows. More than half a million buy-to-let investors have a portfolio that exceeds 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...
Zoopla has just published its latest survey and has found: UK house prices have fallen 1.3% in the last 6 months but they’re no longer falling as quickly Lower mortgage rates in the first half of 2023 have supported an increase in housing market activity More...
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...
More prospective house sellers are returning to the UK’s property market, pushing agreed home sales to their highest point of the year in May, according to Zoopla, although it warned that the rebound in activity could be knocked by rising mortgage rates. House prices...
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...
Within the Renters Reform Bill, the government makes a commitment to establish a new Property Portal that would include all the vital information agents, tenants, and landlords need to know. This information would range from legal requirements to rights and the...
This is Money are reporting on a study they have done that shows ‘Hundreds of thousands of UK homes have had boiler 'upgrades' fitted which, instead of saving them money as promised, rack up energy bills by hundreds of pounds. This is Money has learned that...
Empiric Student Property said revenue occupancy for academic year 2023-24 now at 86% and continuing to track significantly ahead of prior year. Like-for-like growth in average weekly rents for academic year 2023-24 is now expected to exceed 7%. "The booking cycle for...
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