The case of a London leaseholder facing potential forfeiture of her flat due to unpaid service charges, despite her ongoing dispute over the legitimacy of those charges, has once again brought attention to the predatory tactics employed by some freeholders in the...
Latest UK Finance figs. Number of people in arrears on their mortgage increased by 5,750 in the final three months of 2023. Total now 93,680 – up 25% over the past year. Buy-to-let mortgage arrears up by 124% year on year. Except these numbers to keep rising say AJ...
Writing in the Law Gazette, Maria Shahid, a freelance journalist gives what she says is 'the low down' It can be seen here, and starts: The low down 'Problems in the private rented sector regularly hit the headlines. Rents have soared as home ownership figures have...
the London Mayor Sadiq Khan HAS announced a further expansion of services to help rough sleepers. New figures show that more than 1,200 rough sleepers were helped into emergency accommodation through the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) in January – this is...
Uswitch reported the results of a study which found that nearly half of UK renters (47 per cent) wish broadband contracts were better suited to their needs. Just over 4.6 million households live in the private rented sector in England, representing 19 per cent of all...
Angela Rayner said that a future Labour government would compel landlords in the private rented sector to eradicate mould and household hazards in a strict timeframe. The current proposals, on which the government is consulting, would apply only to social housing...
Haringey Borough Council is investing over £3 million to support street homelessness in the area. The funding, provided by the Mayor’s Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme (SHAP), will be used to acquire additional homes and provide revenue funding for...
The DLUHC has launched a consultation seeking views from local housing authorities, social housing landlords, tenants and applicants on proposals to amend social housing allocation rules. The Government’s proposed changes would prioritise those ‘who have a strong...
The BuyAssociation have published an opinion piece with their views on the changes experienced in 2023. The article can be read here, and is of the opinion that the UK rental market has seen a rise in average monthly rents, with an increase of 7% from January 2023 to...
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