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Safety in high-rise buildings: Residents’ Panel
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is calling on residents of high-rise buildings in England to become a part of a Residents’ Panel, ensuring their voice is heard during the development and implementation of the new building safety regime. The...
Noise nuisance complaints: Housing Ombudsman
On 24 October 2022 the Housing Ombudsman published a report, Spotlight on noise complaints: Time to be heard, bringing together learning from a review of more than 800 noise related cases dealt with over three years together with insight from 374...
The role of homes and buildings in levelling up health and wellbeing
On 20 October 2022 the House of Commons held a Westminster Hall debate on the role of homes and buildings in levelling up health and wellbeing. The debate was opened by Jim Shannon MP. For the Hansard record of the debate, click here. For an...
Social Housing Regulation Bill
On 18 October 2022 the Social Housing Regulation Bill completed Report Stage in the House of Lords. The Bill has been amended by enhancing the powers of the Regulator of Social Housing to enforce standards. The Regulator will also have a legal duty...
Legal aid changes
On 17 October 2022 the Ministry of Justice announced reforms to the former Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme by which an extra £10 million per year will be invested in housing legal aid in order to enable people to access legal advice if they...
Landlord says he has to hike tenants’ rent or sell his property under new council rules
The anonymous dad-of-four, who needs to pay £1,090 to register his home in Leicester with a new council scheme, said he is already subsidising for rocketing energy prices A landlord says he will have to either hike his tenants' rent or sell his...
Landlords forced to raise rents to meet mortgage affordability criteria
A number of buy-to-let landlords will be forced to raise their rents to prevent their properties from being un-mortgageable amid rising interest rates, new research shows. Nine in ten respondents to a new survey of landlords 600 have either already...
Number of Buy to Let Companies doubled since 2017
The total number of companies set up to hold buy-to-let property has doubled since 2017 and now stands at over 300,000, according to analysis. The increase is down to existing landlords moving properties into company names for tax benefits,...
Property prices Rise Fastest in Cities
Cities have driven house price growth in the UK this year, leaving the suburbs lagging behind, according to research. Since the start of the year, as people have gradually returned to the office, property prices across Britain's cities have...
Is this the end for the small-time landlord?
The Sunday Times have published an article wondering if the days of the small landlords are numbered. The article can be seen here (subscription might be required) and states “To keep up with the rising cost of buying, maintaining and letting a...
Housing Market: Key Economic Indicators
The House of Commons Library has just released it's regular report on economic indicators in the housing market It can be seen here, and says: Housing Market House prices, as measured by the UK House Price Index, increased by 13.6% between August...
Will the new Chancellor stop a mass exodus of landlords?
Jeremy Hunt’s firm grasp of fiscal policy after the market turmoil of recent weeks won’t stop what one housing expert calls “a mass exodus of landlords” in the near future. Jonathan Rolande of the National Association of Property Buyers says: “The...
Rent freeze will hurt tenants more than landlords, says Scottish agent
Property Industry Eye are running an article on the rent freeze in Scotland. It can be seen here, and says: DJ Alexander in Scotland has reacted with concern at the Scottish government’s emergency legislation to introduce a rent freeze and a...
Coventry landlord fined £60,000 for illegally letting property with ‘no gas or electricity’
A Coventry landlord was fined £60,000 by the council for letting an unlicensed home. The council paid a visit to the property in Monks Road, Stoke, after receiving several complaints from its residents who said they were left with 'no gas or...
Rent increase cap consultation: ARCH submission
ARCH has published its submission to the consultation on the Government’s proposal to limit local authority rent increases in 2023/24 to 5 per cent. It argues that a statutory cap on rent increases is unnecessary because local authorities recognise...
Private renting and local authorities’ obligations: BBC News report
The BBC News has reported that tenants who complain of dangerous or potentially deadly faults in privately rented homes “are being let down by councils”. BBC News asked councils in England how many hazards – classed as either category one or two –...
A council may be facing millions in fire safety remedial costs for relatively new London apartment blocks
IFSEC, an organiation dedicated to fire and saftey, are reporting that Mansfield District Council could be facing up to a reported £20m in costs to fix serious fire safety construction failings at three apartment blocks it owns in London, which...
Help with paying for historical fire safety work: high-rise blocks (England)
The House of Commons Library has published a report on Help with paying for historical fire safety work: high-rise blocks (England) It can be seen here, and says: On 28 June 2022, provisions in the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) came into force to...
Doubts raised over whether Nottingham Licensing scheme is ‘good value for money’
Nottingham councillors have questioned whether the creation of a new licensing scheme to stamp out rogue landlords is good value for money. Labour-run Nottingham City Council set up the Selective Licensing scheme in August 2018 to make rented...
Co-owners and relationship breakdown
The Guardian has reported that, according to the data firm Mortar Research, 95 per cent of co-owning couples who seek to split up spend at least a month in the same home post-breakup. On average the cohabitation with their former partner lasts 1.3...
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Property sales down; property buyers down
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