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Phase two of the Home Upgrade Grant (HUG2) is a UK Government-funded scheme for properties in England that are not connected...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The so-called ‘Boris bounce’ in the housing market after the last General Election failed to materialise, an estate agency chain claims. Winkworth,...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Air quality expert Stuart Smith writes: The average family produces 24 pints of water vapour a day through routine activity but many...
20 January 2024
From: Top tips & guides
The think tank Policy Connect is warning that landlords have reported that sub-standard carbon monoxide alarms are persistently available online, leaving...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s a warning this morning that stricter Energy Performance Certificate measures for the private rental sector may not have gone, after...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove claims that a new record number of sellers came to market on Boxing Day, with a 26 per cent increase...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A lack of Energy Performance Certificate enforcement is putting tenants at risk from high energy costs or cold homes, according to...
23 December 2023
From: The Big Issues
Pipes aren’t normally the first thing that spring to mind when we think of wrapping up for winter, but with an...
16 December 2023
From: Top tips & guides
Rightmove is building the hype ahead of its much-vaunted Boxing Day listing of new properties to the market. The portal claims that...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Private tenants are being encouraged by a local council to report damp and mould issues to their landlords. Shropshire council says private...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter is blaming “skyrocketing rents” for a crisis of homelessness. As part of an appeal for...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
One in four people don’t have enough savings to cover a 25 per cent drop in earnings - and that rises...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
As the dark nights draw in, condensation issues start to emerge, bringing with it the possibility of mildew and mould forming...
25 November 2023
From: Top tips & guides
Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The energy price cap is to rise to an annual average of £1,928 from January. Regulator Ofgem says a typical household paying...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s not just the weather that’s wet and dreary – the outlook looks bleak for landlords too as we head towards...
17 November 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Shelter has issued new claims about homelessness triggered in part by private rents, as it prepares for its annual festive fundraising...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England. According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Airbnb says the large majority of private tenants want to boost their income, including through sub-letting rooms in their homes. In a...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A local authority in London is to buy back over 300 properties it built and sold off years ago under Right...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s peak repairs season according to an analysis of one million tenant requests over recent years. The analysis, by Fixflo, says repair...
21 October 2023
From: Top tips & guides
MPs from a range of opposition parties are pressing the government to reinstate the stricter energy efficiency rules for landlords, recently...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Tenants claiming benefits are likely to get more assistance with court fees under a revised grant scheme starting this winter. The Help...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
How to Achieve Low Season Holiday Let Bookings This year, with families across the UK facing a squeeze to their budgets, we’ve...
14 October 2023
From: Agent Advice
It's that time of the year again – the weather is turning, and the leaves are starting to fall from the...
14 October 2023
From: Top tips & guides
A council has prosecuted four landlords in three days, with convictions secured for seven offences. Harold Mews Management Ltd of Margate was...
03 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Searches for solar panel installations surged 32.85 per cent from 2022-2023, with demand for renewable energy increasing. However one of the biggest...
09 September 2023
From: The Big Issues
Over a third of homes in England are at high risk of overheating as summer temperatures of 40oC and above apparently...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
As UK homeowners commit to more sustainable sources of energy, the number of homes installing rooftop solar panels reached its highest...
05 August 2023
From: The Big Issues
A controversial licensing scheme will come into force this winter with the blessing of Housing Secretary Michael Gove. Nottingham council’s selective licensing...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
According to the latest English Housing Survey there were 495,000 second homes in the UK in 2018/19 – a figure said to...
22 July 2023
From: Top tips & guides
Spiralling interest rates, soaring inflation and rocketing mortgages have created a “perfect storm” which will result in another five per cent...
17 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A group of rental activists in London claims that over 10,000 private rented homes in the borough of Brent have a...
14 June 2023
From: Breaking News
With the cost-of-living crisis causing household bills to increase nationwide, many Britons are worried and concerned about the soaring energy prices...
03 June 2023
From: Top tips & guides
After a winter of record-high energy bills, many will be wondering how efficient their boilers are, and whether the type of...
03 June 2023
From: Lettings PropTech
Activists who until last week were focussing their campaigning on demanding the publication of the Renters Reform Bill have now announced...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The Resolution Foundation has urged the government not to relax its target deadlines for improved energy efficiency in the private rental...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Jo Eccles, director of London-focussed buying agency and property consultancy Eccord, says she is witnessing some landlords willing to quit the...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The Generation Rent campaign has criticised the current government for failing to increase energy efficiency standards in the private rental sector. A...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A think tank says household costs are under more pressure from the cost of living crisis than in the pandemic, with...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Here are five of the most common bad energy habits that people tend to overlook, and advice on how to fix...
21 January 2023
From: Lettings PropTech
Typical household disposable incomes for working-age families are on track to fall by three per cent this financial year, and by...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Campaigning charity Shelter claims that “at least” 271,000 are homeless in England alone. The figure - compiled from a Freedom of Information...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
At LRG we are currently seeing rental properties go within days, and sometimes hours of being placed on the market. Rent is...
07 January 2023
From: Agent Advice
A poll suggests that 58 per cent of tenants would be less likely to look at a rental property if they...
06 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...
06 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Three more social housing landlords have been ‘named and shamed’ by Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The trio - two of which are...
29 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The Generation Rent campaign group says the latest English Housing Survey shows that 23 per cent of private rented homes fail...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A charity claims 15 per cent of private renters believe they face eviction this winter. Homelessness charity Crisis polled 2,000 people -...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest rental market index from Goodlord shows rents down over the past month, with voids inching up. All seven English regions...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Two councillors have successfully used the London Assembly to push London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the government to do more to...
05 December 2022
From: Breaking News
BBC Three is to show a TV programme about tenants facing eviction after being served with Section 21s. It’s an independent production...
05 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has launched an initiative called Home Bank to encourage tenants and landlords to help one another...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Activist group Generation Rent has started a petition calling on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to freeze private rents this winter. As part...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Campaigning charity Shelter claims that last month 482,000 private renters were behind on their rent. It also claims that 504,000 people have...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The government has announced plans for a £1 billion scheme - called ECO+ - which will see hundreds of thousands of...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Scottish landlords have been targeted with a raft of restrictive legislation in recent years but most are staying the course and...
26 November 2022
From: Agent Advice
26 November 2022
From: The Big Issues
Shelter claims government figures show 5,940 households were “threatened with homelessness” in England as a result of Section 21 evictions between April...
25 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The charity Crisis says rising rents are a contributing factor to the homelessness crisis. The comment come as new data from the...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The freezing of Housing Benefit at 2020 levels, announced in the small print accompanying the Autumn Statement yesterday, risks leading to...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The north of England has a home energy efficiency mountain to climb, with poorly insulated homes costing tenants at least £680...
11 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Campaigning charity Shelter is warning this winter could be one of the toughest yet - and it claims high rents are...
10 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Rolling out emergency insulation this winter in the nation’s draughtiest homes could save tenants or other residents £260 a year. That’s the...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Comparison service Uswitch has created a new app which connects to a home smart meter - meaning, according to the firm,...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
With the summer heatwave a distant memory, residents are being advised to check their properties for signs of subsidence. While many landlords...
29 October 2022
From: The Big Issues
Activists got reassurance from Boris Johnson and Liz Truss in the past, and have a supportive politician in the form of...
28 October 2022
From: Breaking News
As the energy crisis gather pace, households are increasingly likely to be in the position where they are unable to afford...
22 October 2022
From: The Big Issues
The so-called emergency rent freeze and eviction ban in Scotland “can serve as a Europe-wide template for protecting tenants rights” according...
18 October 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the many activist groups in the so-called Renters’ Reform Coalition has pledged to “train people across the country to...
13 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The government’s expected U-turn on the future of Section 21 eviction powers has provoked an explosion of anger from Generation Rent...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
As the autumn weather turns colder, many families are proactively seeking ways to reduce their energy use as, even with the...
01 October 2022
From: The Big Issues
We seem to be living in a continuous stream of ‘once in a lifetime’ events. From Brexit, to the pandemic and...
17 September 2022
From: Tax & Finance
Winter can put a strain on our homes and so preparing ahead of the colder, wetter months is a smart move...
10 September 2022
From: The Big Issues
Managing property finances can be hard work, long-winded and stressful. With regulation changes and market volatility, keeping on top of your...
10 September 2022
From: Tax & Finance
An emergency rent freeze in the private and public sectors has been announced this afternoon in Scotland. It will last until...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
If you’re counting the days until you’ll get help with runaway price rises, it helps to know exactly how many days...
03 September 2022
From: The Big Issues
Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent group, is warning that millions of tenants may not be able to pay...
26 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A politician says the long-running series of bans on private rental evictions during the worst of the Covid crisis could be...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
New government figures show 3,405 households in the private rented sector were evicted by bailiffs in England between April and June this year...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News
So the heatwave is over - well, at least this week's heatwave is over. But who would bet against another with...
23 July 2022
From: The Big Issues
Labour wants to bring in a UK-wide licensing system for holiday lets to preserve the “spirit” of costal and rural communities. The...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News
New forecasts from an energy industry consultancy suggests that the average domestic consumer’s energy bills could soar to £3,363 a year...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Simply Business is one of the UK’s biggest providers of small business and landlord insurance. Insuring over 350,000 landlords has given...
18 July 2022
From: Property Investment & Strategy
The latest rentals market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors gives the now-familiar story of how demand is far...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Three projects are underway investigating how a tourist tax, including a levy on holiday let renters, could apply in Wales. The three...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Rents rose by an average of 2.8 per cent during June, taking the average cost of a rental property in England...
04 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Energy bills have increased for around 22 million energy consumers – and they’re expected to escalate again later this year when...
21 June 2022
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance
A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s a new warning that the cost of living crisis facing landlords and tenants could get sizeably worse thanks to yet...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The threat of rent controls in two parts of the country may now be so severe that buy to let landlords...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News
In this feature article, Stuart Kerr from Restorations UK sets out why this could be the worst winter yet for mould...
26 February 2022
From: Top tips & guides
A landlord has been fined for failing to ensure that gas fittings, appliances and associated flues were checked for safety. Edinburgh Sheriffs...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings agent who also acts on behalf of tenants against landlords claims to have received 1,000 enquiries from frustrated private...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
1. Outdoor space: After nearly two years of restrictions, 2022 will see renters continuing to prioritise outdoor space. For residents of...
08 January 2022
From: The Big Issues
Landlords fearing a fall in income and a rise in voids over the festive period have nothing to fear - it...