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Irresponsible scaremongering making baseless accusations against...

Responding to concerns about the application of the Government’s Energy Bill Support Scheme in the private rented sector, Ben Beadle, Chief Executive of the National Residential Landlords Association,

House prices fall for the first time in a year...

The UK’s house prices fell slightly by 0.1% in July compared with June – that’s the first fall seen since June 2021, according to Halifax. The lender says that the average home price in July...

Rental reform should not be distracted by leadership race...

Rental reform should be the focus of any debate about property in the leadership race to find the next Prime Minister, the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) says. The AIIC’s chair,

Sadiq Khan wants landlords to pay ‘tenant relocation payments’...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is urging the next Prime Minister to bring in ‘tenant relocation payments’ when a renter is being moved through no fault of their own. He made the comments to the London...

Outer London’s landlords report a surge in demand...

The proportion of landlords operating in Outer London who have reported increasing demand from tenants has surged since the previous quarter, Paragon Bank reports. The bank says that it has carried out...

Insurer reveals most bizarre landlord insurance claims...

When landlords need to claim against their insurance, the reasons can be mundane – or simply bizarre, as one landlord insurance firm has revealed. Total Landlord Insurance has released details of six...

Shelter warns over landlords keeping a tenant’s £400 energy...

The housing charity Shelter is warning that the government’s £400 energy rebate may see tenants missing out if their rent includes energy bills because the cash will be paid to the landlord. They...

Green mortgage search and filter introduced by Moneyfacts Analyser...

Moneyfacts Analyser has been updated so users will now be able to search and filter for ‘green’ residential and buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages. Currently, the system will provide details for 525...

PRS is ‘unsustainable’ as rents reach record high...

Fears have been raised that landlords could be pushed out of the market if tenants cannot afford to pay fast-rising rents with rising living costs. HomeLet has released data that shows that every UK region...

Fears over student accommodation supply and rising student rents...

The UK’s leading student accommodation search engine says the supply of HMO student accommodation (Houses of Multiple Occupation) will be compromised under planned changes to tenancies as part of...

UK house prices rise by 8.3% says Zoopla...

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s news from Nationwide that house prices had rocketed in value by 11% over the past year, comes news from Zoopla that offers a different figure. The property website...

Voids hit record low – but rents hit record high...

We didn’t just see record-breaking temperatures in July, there was also a surge in high-value student lets to help average rental costs and void periods to break records, according to Goodlord’s...

Tenth monthly house price rise keeps growth in double digits...

Despite the UK’s cost of living crisis, lower affordability and high inflation, annual house prices reached double-digit growth in July, Nationwide has revealed. However, one leading estate agent...

Exodus of tenants and buyers leaving London...

The number of Londoners who are buying property outside of the capital has risen by nearly a fifth when compared to pre-pandemic levels – and tenants are joining them, research reveals. According...

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation plan to kill off the PRS with...

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) is calling for policies that deliberately target reducing the size of the PRS. Apparently, who owns the 25 million homes available now, and who they are available to,

Accessibility standards to be raised for New Builds...

New homes will be more accessible for older and disabled people as the government today (29 July) confirms plans to raise the accessibility standard following full consultation of proposals. The raising...

Rental property repossessions 56% down on pre-pandemic figures...

Industry analysis by Landlord Action has revealed that the number of rental property repossessions carried out on behalf of landlords across England and Wales has increased by 1,487% annually, following...

Building Safety Fund opens for new applications...

More leaseholders in high-rise homes will be spared unfair bills for building safety costs as the government’s £4.5 billion Building Safety Fund reopens for new applications today. Buildings over 18...

DPS report record rent increases...

The DPS has reported average rents rose £66 from £804 to £870 (8.21%) between Q2 2021 and Q2 2022. The organisation added that four of the largest recorded quarterly rent increases since 2007, including...

40% of PRS is likely to fall short of proposed minimum EPC reqiurements...

Propertymark has analysed data from the latest English Housing Survey and is warning the market that 40% of the English PRS are likely to fall short of EPC rating targets currently proposed to come into...

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