Research by Shawbrooks Bank has shown that Since March 2020, residential landlords estimate they gave up £6.5k in rent reductions and a further £7.5K on payment holidays More than a third of landlords proactively offered a rent reduction or payment holiday On average,...
On 11 May 2022 the DLUHC published Help to Buy statistics showing: 355,634 properties have been bought with a Help to Buy: Equity Loan since its launch in 2013. First-time buyers account for 83 per cent of total purchases. The total value of Help to Buy: Equity Loan...
On 12 May the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman reported that Bromley council has agreed to pay a family £6,000 after it did not do enough to help them when they were threatened with homelessness. The family had been given an eviction notice by their landlord...
The House of Commons Library has published a paper data on housing supply for district-level and unitary local authorities in England. It can be seen here and says: Data is available on housing stock broken down by tenure, net supply of new housing, and supply of...
Home improvement business Screwfix will create 800 retail jobs by January as part of plans to open 80 new shops across the UK and Ireland. The retailer's sales were boosted during the pandemic as locked-down Britons hired tradespeople to spruce up their properties and...
Money is so tight for Amy Jones that she asked her private landlord to evict her and her son so she can be considered for social housing. The 29-year-old will risk homelessness after cutting back on food and heating to pay the deficit between her universal credit...
The Mirror is running an article on a landlord who was confronted by the most unbelievable state in his flat. If you have a strong stomach take a look here, and be pleased you don't have this tenant.
The independent expert advisers to government on tax simplification, the OTS, says there has been a strong response to its consultation process ahead of a forthcoming property tax review. The Office of Tax Simplification has had almost 1,000 responses so far to its...
This is Money are reporting that earnings at Grainger have more than doubled thanks to a large rise in rental income and soaring growth in the valuation of its investment properties, when profits climbed to £75.6million in the six months to the end of March from...
The Health and Safety Executive is urging landlords to check the credentials of gas fitters following a case heard recently in Southwark Crown Court in London.The court heard that Valentin Pauliuc, trading as VP Plumbing & Heating, was hired in February 2019 by...
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