UK house prices increased by 8.6 per cent in the year to February 2021, up from 8.0 per cent in January 2021.

Centrepoint has published a new report – A Year Like No Other – which reflects on the impact of the last year on vulnerable young people, looking at youth unemployment

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman reported that a Kent teenager was left to sofa surf and live in a tent for almost two months by Medway Council during

A well-known landlord and star of Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire has spent more than a year trying to evict a tenant from his £2.5million home.

Hometree – a UK-wide boiler, heating and home cover specialist – has reported a 12% increase in year-on-year boiler breakdowns from landlords, tenants and owners over the winter.

The most common complaints were

‘a tsunami of corporate failures could be on the horizon. The number of businesses in significant financial distress jumped by almost 100,000 to 723,000 during the first quarter according to Begbies Traynor, the highest increase in seven years.’

AEW UK REIT as announced the successful outcome of its legal action against two well-funded national tenants to recover unpaid rent. AEW UK REIT has announced the successful outcome of its legal action against two well-funded national tenants to recover unpaid rent. It is understood the two companies are Sports Direct and Mecca. The court ruled in the company’s favour and ordered that rent due for the periods claimed must be paid.

It is understood the two companies are

The number of households threatened with homelessness after their landlord served them a so-called “no fault” eviction notice has fallen by around half in a year, figures show.

The temporary adjustments to the right to rent check introduced on 30 March 2020, due to COVID-19, are ending.

Construction News are reporting on the current problem of material shortage in the building industry

The head of an agency is urging landlords to “embrace” tenants on housing benefits, instead of seeking to avoid them.

The Model Tenancy Agreement (MTA) is the government’s recommended legal template for landlords to use with tenants.

Homepoint – with branches in Wolverhampton, Stourbridge, Walsall and Birmingham – is being put into liquidation.

A property company and its sole director landlord have been convicted and ordered to pay more than £50,000 in fines and legal costs.

Francis Investments (East Anglia) Limited, based in Ipswich, and the company’s sole director and owner of the property, Ralph Bernard, were both convicted on 10 charges.