New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert. David Alexander -...
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10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Data from the English Housing Survey suggests that the number of English owners of second homes in Europe has fallen again. The...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The current Housing Ombudsman, who presides over redress within the social housing sector, says private landlords should not fear the extension...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A substantial majority of agents say sellers are being unrealistic about the asking prices of their homes This includes landlord sellers quitting...
24 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords are in danger of losing the narrative again. With rental inflation hitting record levels, much of the noise we see in...
11 June 2022
From: The Big Issues
Another report has highlighted how landlords feel intimidated into putting investment plans on ice because of red tape in the private...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Proposals to impose strict controls on Airbnb and other short lets - including possibly requiring planning consent and licensing - will be...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s a new call on the government to get its act together on the Green Homes Grant, which has failed to live...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord leader has hit out at a council’s selective licensing scheme, suggesting it is “bureaucracy for bureaucracy’s sake” and nothing...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The recommendation for a national register of landlords in the government’s review of selective licensing published today would prove ‘unnecessary’ and...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Our new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, looks like a considered man and one hopes that he will be able to ‘kick away’...