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Tenants agent getting more complaints about mould
A former lettings agent who now helps tenants take legal action against landlords says 25 per cent of the complaints he has received this year relate to damp and mould.Ajay Jagota runs Veriwise, which he calls a tenants’ rights organisation. He...
Will larger buildings have to have a second staircase?
The Government is proposing to mandate second staircases in new residential buildings that are more than 30m high in a bid to boost safety. This is the latest step in updating the statutory guidance on building regulations for new buildings to...
Nationwide Reports 4th Month of Falling Prices
UK house prices fell for the fourth month in a row this month, according to building society Nationwide, marking the worst run since the financial crisis of 2008. In December, house prices fell 0.1% on a monthly basis, easing from a monthly fall of...
Don’t let this be you
i News is reporting on a landlord who refuses to make improvements to the rental property. It won’t be long before the landlord gets an improvement notice from the local authority, with a potential fine. The article can be seen here, and says:...
Housing Secretary shames three more failing social landlords
Three more social housing landlords have been named and shamed by Housing Secretary Michael Gove today (28 December 2022) for failing residents, as he urged lawyers to direct tenants to the Housing Ombudsman to save them time and money. Michael...
Making Tax Digital delayed – again
It has been the intention of HMRC to transfer all landlords to a scheme so they will have to submit their tax digitally, and on a quarterly basis The implementation date was kept being put back; and has been put back again now being phased in from...
Three quarters of landlords operating in the UK have now used a limited company
Three quarters (75%) of landlords operating in the UK have now used a limited company to invest in at least one of their properties, revealed the latest GetGround snap poll. According to the data, this is a fairly recent and rapid-developing trend...
How Nicola Sturgeon’s toxic cocktail of anti-landlord policies killed Scotland’s rental market
The Telegraph is reporting how the rental market in Scotland is being decimated by the policies introduced there. The question is, will it happen south of the border? The full article can be seen here (subscription may be required), and states how...
English Housing Survey published
The English Housing Survey for 2021/22 has just been published and can be seen here. It shows: There are 15.6 million owner occupied households, representing 64% of all households in 2021-22 Since 2013-14 there have been more outright owners than...
Leading agent writes to minister warning of consequences of changes to PRS
A prominent letting agent has written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt on government attacks on landlords and the rental industry. Theresa Wallace from The Lettings Industry Council and Savills is joined by Ben...
More than half of homes do not meet 2025 energy efficiency target
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...
‘We’ll lose £5,000 on just one of our buy-to-lets’: Landlords hit hard by Britain’s mortgage chaos
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...
House Prices Forecast to Fall
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....
Grant Shapps Accepts Green Grants Schemes were a Failure
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...
Council offers cash to landlords
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...
Brighton union calls for action on ‘revenge evictions’
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...
Natural gas-only boilers may be banned
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...
Landlords swoop on housing downturn to snap up bargain properties
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)...
London landlords and letting agents pay £1m a year in fines
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...
Mayor issues warning about Government failing to provide emergency investment to bring homes up to higher standards
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...
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Mortgage Arrears continue to rise
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Some home truths about the plight of the UK’s growing army of renters
Writing in the Law Gazette, Maria Shahid, a freelance journalist gives what she says is 'the low down' It can be seen...
London Mayor announces new rough sleeping services
the London Mayor Sadiq Khan HAS announced a further expansion of services to help rough sleepers. New figures show...
Broadband exit fees in the PRS
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