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Rent controls that aren’t so tough landlords sell up?

The Fabian Society, a left wing but not Marxist think tank, has released new research claiming private renters support for rent controls is motivated by more than just saving money, but also to tackle...

Esther McVey speech on supply and demand side housing policy...

Esther McVey, the Minister of State for Housing, has given a speech at the convention for the residential property sector outlining government policy enacted and futures plans in place to increase the...

One third fall in number of vulnerable people sleeping rough...

New analysis shows that the government’s Rough Sleeping Initiative is having a significant impact on reducing the numbers of vulnerable people sleeping rough on the country’s streets. It has provided...

Property118 Landlord Insurance Achieves National Recognition...

Our landlord insurance partner – The Home Insurer – has been announced as a finalist in the 2019 Insurance Times Awards, marking it out as one of the very best landlord insurance brokers in the UK.

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Champagne Shadow Cabinet own multiple homes...

A quarter of the Labour Shadow Cabinet own multiple homes according to the Daily Mail. This is despite the latest attack on landlords proposed by John McDonnell under a planned ‘Right to Buy’...

LTS claim 46% of London agents are not compliant...

London Trading Standards claim more than 46% of 1,922 agents inspected in the 15 months up to June 2019 by local council trading standards officers in London were non-compliant with either the Consumer...

Friday 13th Superstition...

Superstition stalls the property market as completions drop nearly 40% on Friday 13th This coming Friday 13th could put the housing and commercial property markets on pause according to analysis by Search...

Average UK rent now at an all-time high of £970...

THIS August brings with it the label of all-time high rental prices, according to the latest data from HomeLet. The headlines from August 2019’s HomeLet Rental Index are: The average rent in the UK is...

Average Buy to Let makes a return of just £2k a year pre-tax...

The true cost of a being a landlord: Letting platform Howsy has revealed how the profitability of the buy-to-let sector is being squeezed due to the hidden costs of being a landlord, coupled with the financial...

Government approach to PRS is hurting but not working...

Tenants face higher rents as a result of the demand for private rented housing outstripping supply according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). In their latest survey of the housing...

No mention of PRS attacks...

Shelter have issued a press release responding to MHCLG’s latest statutory homelessness statistics. The figures, as reported by Shelter, indicate that a household became homeless every 4 minutes in...

Lib Dem conference agenda calls for abolition of Section 21...

The Liberal Democrats have released the agenda for their 2019 party conference. Click here to download. The Party looks likely from the agenda document below to confirm support for Conservative policy...

Wild west policy changes are damaging landlord confidence...

The August 2019 RICS Residential Market Survey show tenant demand increased for an eighth month in succession, as a net balance of +23% of contributors cited a pick-up (non-seasonally adjusted figures).

Office of Tax Simplification – Landlords Survey...

The government department Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) is seeking views on tax reporting and payment arrangements for self employed people and landlords of residential property owned in their personal...

CGT should be the same rate as income tax and reliefs abolished...

The left wing think tank, Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has released a study titled ‘Reforming the taxation of income from wealth and work‘ which recommends the taxation of wealth...

Former MPC member says government approach to the PRS is “incoherent”...

THE Government’s approach to the private rented sector is “incoherent” according for a former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). David Miles, now a Professor of Financial...

Popularity of HMO investment still strong despite regulation...

Research conducted by BVA BDRC on behalf of Precise Mortgages reports HMO landlords are currently receiving the highest average rental yields in the market at 6.3%. This compares to the overall average...

14:06 PM, 10th September 2019, About 5 years ago | 0

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