More than half of all rental homes in the UK do not comply with new energy efficiency standards that are set to come into law in just three years, revealing the massive bill that is set to face landlords. New data shows that 56% of properties in the country do not...
The Telegraph are reporting the problems of Section 24 tax amendments, now being shown up by rising interest rates. The article can be seen here (subscription may be required) and looks at a buy-to-let landlord near Bristol, that when one of her fixed-rate mortgages...
UK house prices may be set to drop by as much as 8% in 2023, according to Halifax, after a rise of £55,000 in average values between March 2020 and August 2022. Such a decline would return them to roughly £258,295, where they were in April 2021. Savills meanwhile...
At a recent session of the BEIS Committee (toward the end of the session on 13 Dec.(16:33:30) , Grant Shapps accepted that previous Green Grants for homes had been a failure. He confirmed that the schemes had been too short with insufficient time for the supply chain...
A council says it is looking to work with more private landlords to help reduce homelessness.Over recent years Shropshire council says it has seen an increase in households approaching the authority for housing assistance and as a result it is appealing for private...
Community union Acorn has urged councillors to back a motion being presented in a meeting Friday December 15th, which would allow Brighton and Hove City Council to start issuing formal notices to landlords to stop evictions being made in retaliation for tenants making...
New natural gas-only boilers are facing a ban within four years under net zero proposals for the grid to use hydrogen instead. All boilers installed after 2026 would have to be hydrogen-ready under the plan, which the Government announced in a consultation on Tuesday....
In another article in the Telegraph, Melissa Lawford is reporting that Buy-to-let investors are swooping to snap up property bargains as buyer demand disappears amid the housing market downturn. It can be seen here (subscription may be required) and says: Between...
Melissa Lawford is reporting in the Telegraph that London’s landlords and letting agents are being charged £1m a year in fines as councils attempt to tackle rogue traders, new analysis has revealed. It can be seen here (subscription may be required), and says: Local...
Mayor calls for emergency Government investment as 343,000 London families living in social housing below minimum standards The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today issued a stark warning about the consequences of the Government failing to provide emergency...
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