A report from UniHomes, has indicated which universities are seeing the greatest rental demand from students for the new academic year looking at the UK’s top 100 universities, highlighting which are currently seeing the highest demand for student rentals. This demand...
We have received the following request for help:- On-bill Finance for Energy Efficiency in The Private Rented Sector University of Edinburgh Research Study Study My name is Alex Brown, and I am a masters degree student at University of Edinburgh. I am completing this...
Eco issues are increasingly important for landlords, a mortgage lender claims. Hodge Bank says a new survey shows 82 per cent of landlords, investors and brokers stated energy efficiency was in the top three considerations, along with broader green credentials about a...
A Birkenhead landlord says that a long-running row with the local authority over iron bars in front of his apartment windows is threatening the personal safety of his tenants. Mark Holt, who rents out residential flats in Hamilton Square, received a letter from Wirral...
Chichester District residents could be entitled to a free grant of up to £10,000 to make their homes warmer and more efficient this winter. As part of the Government's Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Scheme, people in homes with low energy efficiency and a...
Retailer John Lewis is preparing to become a large private landlord after unveiling plans to build 10,000 new homes on land it owns across the UK. The new homes will be build over the next 10 years on land currently used as car parks and above Waitrose supermarkets....
Paragon Bank has expanded its range of green buy-to-let products with the launch of four further advances exclusively available for properties with an EPC rating of A, B or C. The four new 80% LTV further advances are available for landlords who have four or more...
Jeni Browne, Business Development Director, Mortgages for Business, has contributed the following to the debate:- Every year, energy-inefficient housing emits 64 million tonnes of CO2, accounting for almost 14% of the UK’s carbon emissions. Besides Government...
Property Industry Eye have just published an interesting opinion on the potential change to Ground Rents in the future. It can be read here.
The Property Ombudsman, Rebecca Marsh reviews the case of an agent who failed to weed out some very dodgy tenants. COMPLAINT A case that The Property Ombudsman (TPO) was asked to review came from a landlord concerned over the agent’s referencing of tenants and their...
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