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Renting artists and gamers strive to portray landlords in a bad light

Renting artists and gamers strive to portray landlords in a bad...

The housing crisis has sparked a wave of ‘creative resistance’ from renters who are using music, video games and novels to vent their anger and frustration, the Guardian reports. In Manchester, a record...

City’s rents soar as council licensing schemes backfire, landlord claims

City’s rents soar as council licensing schemes backfire,

A landlord who provides homes to hundreds of homeless benefit tenants says council licensing schemes are making rents rocket and forcing people onto the streets. Mick Roberts, Nottingham’s biggest...

Industry expert says the Renters (Reform) Bill faces uncertain future

Industry expert says the Renters (Reform) Bill faces uncertain...

The government’s flagship legislation for the private rented sector (PRS), the Renters (Reform) Bill, is still in limbo, with many amendments and challenges ahead, says one industry expert. Neil...

The places with the highest and lowest house price growth in 2023

The places with the highest and lowest house price growth in...

Huddersfield has emerged as the UK’s house price hotspot in 2023, with an average increase of 8.7%, according to Halifax. The West Yorkshire town saw its average property value rise by £22,137 to...

House prices down 1.8% over 2023

House prices down 1.8% over 2023...

The last Nationwide House Price index for 2023 shows a fall in the market of 1.8% over the last year with the average Uk house price for December at £257,443 However, outperforming the rest of the UK,

Confidence returns to the UK’s prime housing markets after a turbulent year

Confidence returns to the UK’s prime housing markets after...

Nearly all prime housing markets in the UK have experienced an easing in price falls over the final quarter of 2023, Savills reveals. This comes after a turbulent year when prime regional house prices...

Call to unfreeze LHA immediately to reduce homelessness in London

Call to unfreeze LHA immediately to reduce homelessness in London...

A homeless charity is urging the Government to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates immediately in a bid to reduce the rising number of homeless people on London’s streets. The Single...

TSB targets renters with first-time buyer mortgages

TSB targets renters with first-time buyer mortgages...

With many renters in the UK struggling to become homeowners, the TSB has unveiled first-time buyer mortgages to help. The lender has carried out research and found that 35% of non-homeowners had no plans...

Brighton and Hove council crackdown on landlords

Brighton and Hove council crackdown on landlords...

Landlords in Brighton and Hove face a £500 fine if they fail to carry out work to improve their properties. Brighton and Hove council will issue ‘improvement notices’ to any landlord in the area...

Landlords optimistic about PRS performance in 2024

Landlords optimistic about PRS performance in 2024...

Three-quarters (74%) of residential buy to let landlords say they are confident about the performance of the private rented sector (PRS) over the next 12 months, a survey reveals. The findings from The...

UK mortgage approvals look set to slump by 24% in 2023

UK mortgage approvals look set to slump by 24% in 2023...

UK mortgage approvals are expected to decline by 24% in 2023 compared to the previous year, research reveals. According to a study by GetAgent.co.uk, the research analysed monthly mortgage approvals over...

City issues more than 1,000 enforcement notices to landlords

City issues more than 1,000 enforcement notices to landlords...

More than 1,000 enforcement notices were handed to landlords under one city’s selective licensing schemes. In three areas where 1,515 private rented properties are licensed, 500 compliance inspections...

Abolition of section 21 is the biggest concern of landlords in 2024

Abolition of section 21 is the biggest concern of landlords in...

A new survey reveals that landlords in England and Wales are worried about the upcoming changes in the rental market – and the abolition of Section 21 evictions is their biggest fear for 2024. That’s...

Charity claims illegal evictions in England hit record high

Charity claims illegal evictions in England hit record high...

A housing charity claims that the number of illegal evictions in England has hit a record high but less than 1% of landlords are convicted, the Observer reports. The article says that landlords are increasingly...

Spring Budget will take place on March 6 – but landlords look like missing out (again…)

Spring Budget will take place on March 6 – but landlords...

The Spring Budget has been scheduled for March 6, 2024; Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced. He has now commissioned a fiscal and economic forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) for...

Buy-to-let turmoil as interest-only mortgage payments skyrocket

Buy-to-let turmoil as interest-only mortgage payments skyrocket...

Landlords using interest-only mortgages have experienced a soaring 283% increase in their monthly interest costs since 2021. The research by Octane Capital reveals the damage high interest rates have caused...

Londoners leave capital as affordability challenges impact home purchases

Londoners leave capital as affordability challenges impact home...

The number of homes bought by Londoners outside the capital fell to their lowest levels in nine years. According to research by Hamptons, Londoners spent £28.7bn on homes outside the capital this year,

How to evict a tenant in Scotland

How to evict a tenant in Scotland...

In Scotland, the rules differ from England and Wales when trying to evict a tenant, with the rent eviction ban still in place until March 2024 some landlords may be puzzled about the regulations. Evicting...

Christmas struggles for renters seeking pet-friendly rental properties

Christmas struggles for renters seeking pet-friendly rental properties...

Finding a pet-friendly rental property during the festive season is proving to be a tough challenge for renters. According to research by Zero Deposit, only 9% of rental properties in England are listed...

Property market ends on a high note with surge in sales – Zoopla

Property market ends on a high note with surge in sales – Zoopla...

In a mixed year the property market ends on a high note, Zoopla reports. According to its latest House Price Index, the final weeks of 2023 have recorded above-average levels of new sales with a 17% increase...

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