The great property sell-off by landlords has continued across Great Britain this year, in particular in Scotland, where the buy-to-let bubble appears to have burst. As the property website Rightmove reported that new seller asking prices dropped by 1.7% or £6,088 last...
Councils will be allowed to double council tax on second homes under plans that have been laid before the Scottish Parliament, says a BBC report. Could it happen south of the border?
Coventry Council used existing legislative powers were used to tackle unlicensed HMOs, bins on footpaths, contaminated recycling bins, excess side waste and inadequate bins. In two streets HMOs were identified and visited, and 5 were found to be unlicensed, with 4 of...
Test Valley Lettings is hosting two open days for new and existing landlords later this month. Its advertising says it offers landlords “ a wide range of tenancy services, customisable to individual needs and always free of charge. With our unique model of using...
Research comes from property lender Octane Capital, compiled from data on the levels of HMO stock across different regions of England, shows that owners of London HMOs rarely put them up for sale, meaning investors likely need to convert a residential home into an...
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has just published its statistics for Mortgage and landlord possession : July to September 2023 - see the full report here. Comparing the same quarter (July to Sept) this year to last year, it says: possessions by mortgage companies :...
RICS has published its latest UK Residential Market Survey, which can be seen here. Previous ones can be seen here. They report that 'For agreed sales, the latest net balance of -25% remains consistent with generally weak activity levels over October. Even so, this...
LocalGov is reporting that Councils across London have added to calls for ministers to raise Local Housing Allowance (LHA) after new research suggested that tens of thousands more could become homeless if the rate remains frozen. See the article here, and follows on...
The Housing Ombudsman has published a new report stating it 'is sharing lessons from damp and mould casework it has investigated in recent months, two years after it published its Spotlight report, It’s not lifestyle. It is an opportunity for the sector The report can...
Real estate group JLL has released its latest forecast the UK housing market. They are predicting outlook for prices in 2023 remains broadly unchanged, the firm forecasts that house prices will fall by 6% nationally in the year to December 2023. In London, prices are...
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