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Jul 20, 2022
Leicester to clamp down on rogue landlords
New licensing measures are being introduced in parts of Leicester to help tackle rogue landlords, the city council has said. Selective...
Jul 18, 2022
Northern landlords face biggest hit to house price values
Landlords in the North East will be hit by the biggest house price falls next year. House prices in the North East will fall at the...
Jul 15, 2022
Rents reach new record high
The average rent asked across Britain, excluding London, has hit a record of £1,126 per month. Rightmove says the figure is 12% up from a...
Jul 12, 2022
Scottish Government opposition to rent freezes criticised
A Labour MSP has criticised the Scottish Government after it ruled out bringing in an emergency rent freeze. Mercedes Villalba had...
Jul 6, 2022
Landlords stuck with bills from pet-damaged properties
Landlords stuck with bills from pet-damaged properties The majority of landlords have had to spend hundreds of pounds repairing...
Jul 5, 2022
London postcodes where tenants spend the least on rent
Research on housing affordability by rental platform Ocasa has identified the cheapest postcodes across the capital with South Croydon...
Jul 1, 2022
London prime rents recover from Covid
Prime rents in London have risen by 26.4% over the past year, according to Knight Frank's latest prime global rental index. Of the...
Jun 29, 2022
New rights for tenants in white paper
The Government has published the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper, which aims to create a fairer private rented sector in...
Jun 16, 2022
Rate rise makes it cheaper to rent than buy
Renting a home is now cheaper than buying following the Bank of England's interest rate rise, new figures reveal. Until last week it was...
Jun 16, 2022
Prospective tenants resorting to desperate measures to secure homes
Prospective tenants are resorting to desperate measures to secure rental properties, it has been reported. Rents have soared by up to 14%...
Jun 9, 2022
Crossrail boosts local rental prices
Rents have jumped in some of the areas served by the new Elizabeth line, according to data from JLL. Rents towards either end of the...
Jun 3, 2022
Shortage of homes to rent leads to tenant bidding wars
People hoping to find a property to rent are going to ever greater lengths to secure a home. As well as having to find ever bigger...
Jun 2, 2022
Landlords face £23bn bill to meet Government green energy rules
Landlords will have to pay to upgrade their properties to meet a minimum Energy Performance Certificate rating of "band C", and the new...
May 31, 2022
Landlords evict tenants ahead of Section 21 disappearing
Landlords have started evicting tenants ahead of Government plans to scrap Section 21 "no-fault" evictions this year. In the last three...
May 26, 2022
Retired renters face uncertain future
Soaring house prices have eroded the prospect of home ownership, and there has been a steady rise in renters of all ages. One in 20...
May 20, 2022
Renters dismiss contents insurance to cut costs
New research has found that 44% of renters do not have contents insurance in place for personal possessions to help them save money....
May 19, 2022
Renters opting to stay put
Tenants are opting to stay put rather than risk moving and face higher rents, research suggests. Outside London, the average monthly rent...
May 17, 2022
Lack of properties pushing up prime London rents
A lack of properties in London’s most prestigious postcodes has pushed rents up by 28.3% over the last year, it has been revealed....
May 12, 2022
Rate rises risk killing profits for higher-rate landlords
Further interest rate rises of two percentage points would eradicate the profits of landlords paying the 40% income tax rate on a...
May 6, 2022
Professional body raises concerns over Scotland's rented sector
Scotland’s rented sector reform must be balanced and address the “needs and rights” of letting agents and their landlords, a professional...
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