A former lettings agent who now helps tenants take legal action against landlords says 25 per cent of the complaints he has received this year relate to damp and mould.Ajay Jagota runs Veriwise, which he calls a tenants’ rights organisation. He claims 45 per cent of...
The Government is proposing to mandate second staircases in new residential buildings that are more than 30m high in a bid to boost safety. This is the latest step in updating the statutory guidance on building regulations for new buildings to ensure the safety of...
UK house prices fell for the fourth month in a row this month, according to building society Nationwide, marking the worst run since the financial crisis of 2008. In December, house prices fell 0.1% on a monthly basis, easing from a monthly fall of 1.4% in November....
i News is reporting on a landlord who refuses to make improvements to the rental property. It won’t be long before the landlord gets an improvement notice from the local authority, with a potential fine. The article can be seen here, and says: Thousands of private...
Three more social housing landlords have been named and shamed by Housing Secretary Michael Gove today (28 December 2022) for failing residents, as he urged lawyers to direct tenants to the Housing Ombudsman to save them time and money. Michael Gove has demanded...
It has been the intention of HMRC to transfer all landlords to a scheme so they will have to submit their tax digitally, and on a quarterly basis The implementation date was kept being put back; and has been put back again now being phased in from April 2026, rather...
Three quarters (75%) of landlords operating in the UK have now used a limited company to invest in at least one of their properties, revealed the latest GetGround snap poll. According to the data, this is a fairly recent and rapid-developing trend among landlords —...
The Telegraph is reporting how the rental market in Scotland is being decimated by the policies introduced there. The question is, will it happen south of the border? The full article can be seen here (subscription may be required), and states how the six-month rent...
The English Housing Survey for 2021/22 has just been published and can be seen here. It shows: There are 15.6 million owner occupied households, representing 64% of all households in 2021-22 Since 2013-14 there have been more outright owners than mortgagors. In...
A prominent letting agent has written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt on government attacks on landlords and the rental industry. Theresa Wallace from The Lettings Industry Council and Savills is joined by Ben Beadle from the...
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