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Tenants prepared to pay more for energy efficient homes

Tenants prepared to pay more for energy efficient homes...

Tenants are willing to pay a 13% premium for an energy efficient home as low carbon homes with sustainable features become more important than the size of the property, research reveals. Legal & General...

Rents begin to cool down – but voids start to rise

Rents begin to cool down – but voids start to rise...

It wasn’t just the weather that cooled down in November as research reveals that rent prices across England also dropped – but voids began to rise. That’s according to Goodlord who point...

EXCLUSIVE: New renting laws in Wales are a ‘disaster’ for landlords

EXCLUSIVE: New renting laws in Wales are a ‘disaster’ for...

From today, landlords in Wales will see the biggest change to housing legislation in decades coming into force with the rules affecting both landlords and tenants. But the new laws have been slammed as...

Shelters warns 941,000 tenants are facing eviction

Shelters warns 941,000 tenants are facing eviction...

The homeless charity Shelter is warning that one in 12 private renters in England is threatened with eviction. The charity says that is the equivalent of 941,000 people. The results of polling, funded...

House price growth slows to lowest in two years

House price growth slows to lowest in two years...

The UK’s annual house price growth slowed to 4.4% in November, down from 7.2% in October, data from Nationwide reveals. The 1.4% month-on-month fall in prices is the biggest fall since June 2020...

How much landlords will pay under new CGT rules revealed

How much landlords will pay under new CGT rules revealed...

Changes to capital gains tax (CGT) announced in the recent Autumn Statement will see the average landlord pay up to £1,764 more if they exit the BTL sector in the 2023-24 tax year, research reveals. That’s...

Rents will continue rising as landlords ‘withdraw’

Rents will continue rising as landlords ‘withdraw’...

A lack of rental stock because landlords are leaving the PRS and continued tenant demand will continue pushing up rents, researchers reveal. The data from TwentyEA also highlight that the average asking...

Housing Ombudsman urges social landlords to deal with mould

Housing Ombudsman urges social landlords to deal with mould...

All social landlords are being urged to tackle complaints relating to damp and mould – and not blame a tenant for their ‘lifestyle’ as being the cause of the issue. The call has been...

Buy-to-let product choice for landlords begins to recover

Buy-to-let product choice for landlords begins to recover...

Landlords searching for a new BTL mortgage will find product choice within the lending sector is recovering, research reveals. According to an analysis by Moneyfacts.co.uk, the overall buy-to-let product...

Councils are ‘trying to catch landlords out’ with licensing schemes

Councils are ‘trying to catch landlords out’ with...

Licencing schemes are inconsistent across the country with the chair of the Lettings Industry Council accusing councils of ‘trying to catch landlords out’. Theresa Wallace spoke to the Telegraph...

Agents can access new model Occupation Contracts ahead of Welsh renting law change

Agents can access new model Occupation Contracts ahead of Welsh...

One organisation is providing its letting agent members with access to new model Occupation Contracts ahead of the introduction of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016. That’s when agents, landlords...

Skipton offers £11m to help landlords with their EPC needs

Skipton offers £11m to help landlords with their EPC needs...

Skipton has announced it will give 10 free EPC Plus reports for buy-to-let customers with property portfolios – even if just one property is mortgaged with the building society. At a time when energy...

Home sellers slash prices to find a buyer

Home sellers slash prices to find a buyer...

Since September, 10% of homes for sale have had a price reduction of 5%, as buyer demand slumps by 44%, Zoopla reveals. The property platform also highlights that nearly a third of homes in the South East...

Eviction advice and recommendations?

Eviction advice and recommendations?

Hello, We are just starting an eviction and are looking for the experience of others who have been through this process. A local solicitor has issued the S 21 notice but we expect it to be ignored by our...

Greens demand rent freeze and eviction ban

Greens demand rent freeze and eviction ban...

An immediate cap on rent increases and a ban on no-fault evictions until at least the end of March 2023 are being demanded by the Green Party. The party says the government must urgently bring forward...

Property Investors Awards Winners 2022

Property Investors Awards Winners 2022...

This year, the Property Investors Awards (organised by the Property Investors Bureau) returned to hosting a physical ceremony for its 10th year anniversary with celebrations consisting of an illustrious...

Why private landlords despise politicians when they target us

Why private landlords despise politicians when they target us...

Unlike the Millwall football chant, ‘No one likes us, we don’t care’, I’d just like to say that while no one apparently likes landlords, I do care. However, I despise the tenant...

Shelter call on public support for its frontline services rather than actually house anyone

Shelter call on public support for its frontline services rather...

From new government figures Shelter claim Section 21 evictions have risen by 76% to 5,940 households in a year following the end of the eviction ban in May 2021. To be classified as ‘threatened with...

50,000 landlords have left the PRS since 2019

50,000 landlords have left the PRS since 2019...

It has been revealed that the UK has 2.74 million unincorporated landlords and in 2020-21 they earned £41bn from rents, but the data also shows that 50,000 landlords have left the private rented sector...

Housing supply rises by 10% in England

Housing supply rises by 10% in England...

Housing supply in England for 2021 to 2022 has risen by 10% when compared with the year before, or by 232,820 dwellings, the latest government figures show. According to the Department for Levelling Up,

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