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Average new build cost to rise 10.2% further fuelling house price inflation

Average new build cost to rise 10.2% further fuelling house price...

Research by Sirius Property Finance has shown that the average cost of construction for a new-build property is set to climb by almost £18,000 per unit, a jump that could cost UK housebuilders £3.2bn...

Right to Rent – Unlawful discrimination consultation

Right to Rent – Unlawful discrimination consultation...

The Home office has opened a new consultation and code of practice applying only to residential tenancy agreements commencing on or after 6 April 2022. It also applies where a repeat check on an existing...

Tough new measures to enforce remove of unsafe cladding

Tough new measures to enforce remove of unsafe cladding...

Tough new measures that will force industry to pay to remove cladding and protect leaseholders from exorbitant costs have been unveiled by Secretary of State for Levelling Up Michael Gove. For those in...

Appeal to rural Scottish landlords – Consultation process into New Deal for Tenants

Appeal to rural Scottish landlords – Consultation process...

One of Scotland’s leading country property experts has issued an urgent appeal to rural landlords to become involved in the consultation process which has just begun into the Scottish Government’s...

227,000 new private rented homes required per year to meet government targets

227,000 new private rented homes required per year to meet government...

The UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year to meet government housing targets across the UK, according to a new report by the economics consultancy, Capital Economics. The report, commissioned...

Homes for 2,900 rough sleepers

Homes for 2,900 rough sleepers...

Rough sleepers across the country will be supported off the streets and into long-term homes with £174 million funding boost, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has announced. The...

New HMO Article 4 announced while HMO is being built?

New HMO Article 4 announced while HMO is being built?

What do you do if an Article 4 is announced before you have built your HMO? A popular HMO Article 4 question we get asked a lot is while your HMO is under construction, we are regularly asked “How does...

Shelter warns of cost of living consequences

Shelter warns of cost of living consequences...

Shelter warns in their latest press release that more renters are likely to get into financial difficulty in the coming months as living costs continue to rise. New government figures show that 14,123...

Increased demand from renters mismatching a fall in supply

Increased demand from renters mismatching a fall in supply...

Demand from tenants in the rental market continued to rise, according to a net balance of +64% of respondents, representing the strongest on record since 1999, whilst landlord instructions remained in...

NRLA want councils to use all of the powers at their disposal

NRLA want councils to use all of the powers at their disposal...

New research published by the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) reveals that a majority of local authorities in England do not accurately record the number of private rented sector tenure...

Belvoir CEO warns of continuing rental increases in 2022 and beyond

Belvoir CEO warns of continuing rental increases in 2022 and...

Belvoir’s rental statistics reveal the highest rental increases since records began in 2008. Belvoir CEO Dorian Gonsalves warns of further challenges to come, as years of flawed government policies continue...

89% of local authorities built zero council homes in 2021

89% of local authorities built zero council homes in 2021...

Using the most recently published data by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Admiral Home Insurance analysed which parts of England have seen the most and the fewest new homes being...

EPC targets are a threat to the PRS

EPC targets are a threat to the PRS...

Specialist Buy to Let and commercial bank Shawbrook has released a report concerned about the threat to the rental market posed by a future C rating EPC target. Click here The headlines of the report indicate...

Shuffled in – Yet another new Housing Minister

Shuffled in – Yet another new Housing Minister...

In a very minor Cabinet re-shuffle, Chris Pincher was replaced by Stuart Andrew MP for Pudsey as Minister of State (Minister for Housing) in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Stuart...

Meet Mark Smith (Barrister-At-Law) Landlord tax planning strategies – PIN Nottingham

Meet Mark Smith (Barrister-At-Law) Landlord tax planning strategies...

Our Hon. Legal Counsel, Mark Smith, Head of Chambers at Cotswold Barristers, will be presenting an overview of several landlords tax strategies at the pin Nottingham meeting Tuesday 15th February. The...

Pets most commonly concealed from landlords

Pets most commonly concealed from landlords...

It is now the anniversary of the UK government New Model Tenancy Agreement  to give pet owners more freedom to rent, and Quintain Living has released a new study focusing on renting with pets in the UK.

House Price inflation slows in January

House Price inflation slows in January...

The latest Halifax House Price reported growth slowing in January to 0.3%, the lowest inflation figure since June last year, but average prices still hit a new record high of £276,759. The annual rate...

Landlord Incorporation To Pay less Tax for Landlords in 2022

Landlord Incorporation To Pay less Tax for Landlords in 2022...

Hundreds of thousands of property landlords are paying too much tax and in this video, I am joined by Mark Alexander from Property 118 to tell you what you can do about it. Section 24 is a massive tax...

Moneyfacts reacts to Bank Base Rate increase to 0.5%

Moneyfacts reacts to Bank Base Rate increase to 0.5%...

Moneyfacts.co.uk has analysed the average rates offered across savings and mortgages and considers what this decision may mean for consumers moving forward. Rachel Springall, Finance Expert said: “Mortgage...

Landlords are their reducing leverage requirements

Landlords are their reducing leverage requirements...

“Since the end of lockdown, we’ve seen an increasing population of landlords who do not wish to leverage their properties as much as they may have done previously. As a responsible lender, we have...

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