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MPs return to the Commons today after a substantial Easter recess - and with progress on the Renters Reform Bill on...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Amendments to be made to the Renters Reform Bill when it returns to the Hoise of Commons next week won’t significantly...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
UK house prices grew in March on a quarterly basis, by 2.0%, with annual growth slowing to 0.3%, from 1.6% in...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The government has committed to returning the amended Renters Reform Bill to the House of Commons in mid-April. MPs return from their...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The controversial proposal for permanent rent controls in Scotland, published just ahead of the Easter holiday, doesn’t go far enough for...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Amendments...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A newspaper reports that Housing Secretary Michael Gove is willing to rely on Labour votes to pass the Renters Reform Bill...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
UK house prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in February, up by 0.4 per cent or £1,091 in cash terms,...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A wealthy landlord, who also ran a fake lettings agency, has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - and has looked back on the past 12 months. This year, 2023, ends with...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
London’s ultra-prime rental market has returned this year to pre-Covid levels for the first time, an agency claims. Beauchamp Estates - using...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Another council may be considering a tax on guests staying at Airbnb or other short let properties. North Norfolk council, which covers...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Rental markets near London’s Crossrail stations have seen premiums emerge, a new survey suggests. Areas which have benefitted from the largest reductions...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
New data from Zoopla this morning makes grim reading for landlords, especially those reliant on capital appreciation and with investment properties...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A UK holiday lets firm insists the sector is in good health despite the return of foreign vacations and the end...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Overseas buyers - likely in many cases to be investors - have taken a bigger stake in the wealthy enclave of...
08 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest phase of a new Build To Rent scheme being launched in London is offering a wine bar and electric...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Any landlord quitting the market and selling up may find demand from buyers muted until Easter. That’s the warning from Zoopla which...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
26 November 2022
From: The Big Issues
A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords will be breathing a sigh of relief following a Supreme Court decision delivered just before the Easter holiday. The court refused...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading lettings industry figure is warning politicians that they risk shrinking the size of the private rental sector if they...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord in the east of England says she was unaware of her tenant’s worries over back to back viewings of the property...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Whilst 24% of adults have welcomed a new pet into their home since March 2020, or are planning to before Easter...
28 January 2021
From: Property Investment & Strategy
A £4,550 fine has been upheld after an appeal by the landlord was rejected by a property tribunal. Fenland council served five...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Rents have unsurprisingly dropped over the past month, while the dip in void periods has fluctuated across the UK, the latest...
05 May 2020
From: Breaking News
The weather is set to get warmer as we head into the Easter weekend, but people will not be making the...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News
There has been a sharp rise in letting market activity in Stockton-on-Tees, according to Zoopla. The North East market town has seen...
20 August 2019
From: Breaking News
More than a third of residential properties in southern England are in property markets experiencing house price falls as the slowdown...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Landlords and letting agents have joined forces to campaign against government plans to scrap Section 21, the so-called ‘no fault eviction’. ‘Fair...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been an improvement in the letting market, according to board company Agency Express. The number of new rental property listings...
23 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Overseas investors snapped up more than half of all properties for sale in prime London in the second half of 2018...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News
An unscrupulous landlord who forced a tenant to live in appalling conditions has been ordered to repay more than £1,000 in...
30 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Bexley in South East London has been identified as the most affordable place to rent in London, based on four people...
26 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Landlords in Norfolk claim that they are owed thousands in unpaid rent while tenant deposits were left unprotected by a local...
18 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords who own properties in London that look set to be empty over the Easter bank holiday weekend are being...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News
The number of overseas investors with buy-to-let properties has dropped sharply after a tax and regulatory clampdown, reducing the number of...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News
There has been a notable decline in the proportion of overseas based landlords in the UK as a growing number of...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News
There has been a sharp decline in the number of in EU nationals looking to move to the UK following the...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Holiday home landlords who own property in sought-after locations in the UK can earn up to almost six times the average...
19 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Landlords who own properties in London that look set to be empty over the Easter period are being urged to make...