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Three-Year Tenancy Proposal Does Not Take into Account “Diverse and Rapidly Changing” PRS
Published On: July 10, 2018Benham and Reeves Residential Lettings has responded to the Government’s plan to establish three-year tenancies for private tenants as mandatory. …
Landlords Exploiting House Crisis with Sex-For-Rent Property Deals
Published On:Now more than ever, controversial discussions surrounding sex scandals are at the height of their poignancy, and they’re not stopping …
Are Regional Cities the Future of the UK Housing Market?
With the latest official rent price index showing that growth in regional cities is outstripping that in London, some experts …
Rise for Rents in London since December 2016, Landbay Index Reveals
Rent prices in London have increased by 0.1% in the past year to June 2018, according to the most recent …
Government Response Addresses MP PRS Queries
A new report from the Government has now been released, addressing the responses to recommendations from MPs to improve the …
Minimum Three-Year Mandatory Tenancies to be Introduced by Government
A Government consultation discussing the length of tenancies was announced yesterday, calling for three-year tenancies to be made the mandatory …
Three-Year Tenancy Proposal Does Not Take into Account “Diverse and Rapidly Changing” PRS
Benham and Reeves Residential Lettings has responded to the Government’s plan to establish three-year tenancies for private tenants as mandatory. …
Landlords Exploiting House Crisis with Sex-For-Rent Property Deals
Now more than ever, controversial discussions surrounding sex scandals are at the height of their poignancy, and they’re not stopping …
Are Regional Cities the Future of the UK Housing Market?
With the latest official rent price index showing that growth in regional cities is outstripping that in London, some experts …
Rise for Rents in London since December 2016, Landbay Index Reveals
Rent prices in London have increased by 0.1% in the past year to June 2018, according to the most recent …
Government Response Addresses MP PRS Queries
A new report from the Government has now been released, addressing the responses to recommendations from MPs to improve the …
Minimum Three-Year Mandatory Tenancies to be Introduced by Government
A Government consultation discussing the length of tenancies was announced yesterday, calling for three-year tenancies to be made the mandatory …
Property Manager Faces Trial After Toddlers Die in Blaze
Due to the absence of smoke alarms in a rental property, two children, Logan Taylor, 3 years old and Jake …
Letting Agent Ordered by Court to Repay Fees Charged to Tenant
A recent ruling by Belfast County court has meant that a letting agent has been ordered to repay fees to …
Are Letting Agents Mistreating Tenants? Consumer watchdog Which? Investigates
With consideration of the previous story we covered this week, concerning the case of the tenant who threatened to kill …
Lifetime Tenants Could Spend £1m More on Housing than Homeowners
With so much rhetoric within the media and supporting studies suggesting that many young people today will become lifetime tenants, …
Rise in Tenancy Deposit Claims due to Landlords not Using Deposit Protection Schemes
There has been a recent surge in claims being made by agents on their professional indemnity insurance in relation to …
Are Rising Rents becoming too Disproportionate to Monthly Earnings?
HomeLet have released its most recent Rental Index and it is showing a slight increase in rental prices. Rents have …
Landlord EPC Deadline April 2020 – Are You Looking to Prepare?
In March this year, specialist Landlord Insurer Just Landlords commissioned research into the awareness of changes to Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) regulations, …
London Assembly Takes Action to Stop Section 21 Evictions
The motion to abolish Section 21 of the Housing Act 1998 has now been called for by the London Assembly …
New Licencing Scheme for Landlords to be Introduced in Nottingham
Rules are to change for landlords in Nottingham, as a new rental licencing scheme will introduce new conditions within the …
Government Criticised for Failure to act on Improvements to PRS
According to the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) the Government have failed to respond sufficiently to the Housing, Communities …
‘Healthy Homes Zones’ Proposal Comes from Labour Party to Improve Housing
The Labour Party has announced plans for ‘Healthy Homes Zones‘ in order to mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS. Its …
Tories Could Lose Next Election as Number of Renters in Marginal Seats Increases
Due to the growth in generation rent, Conservatives could potentially lose the next election. Falling levels of home ownership must …
Moneyfacts Data Shows Increase in Buy-to-Let Mortgage Products
Recent data reveals that there has been a record number of first-time landlord mortgage products entering the market. This is …
Bank of England May Mortgage Market Data Showing Slight Increase
Data from the Bank of England has revealed that the mortgage market experienced a slightly more positive month during May, …
Second Steppers Relying on Bank of Mum and Dad
Second time lucky? Apparently not. It isn’t just first-time buyers who are faced with the struggle of moving up …
Buy-to-Let Market sees Little Movement, with Mortgage Costs Stabilising
Software company Mortgage Brain has released information from a recent analysis, which shows that the buy-to-let sector may be about …
Five-Year Low for Annual House Price Growth, Nationwide Reveals
According to the latest Nationwide’s House Price Index, there has been a decline in the development of house price growth. …
Lenders and Brokers Failing to Contact Clients About BTL Changes
According to the National Landlord’s Association (NLA), mortgage lenders and brokers are being too silent regarding the Prudential Regulatory Authority’s …
Licensing Scheme Database Scheme from ARLA to help Agents stay Compliant
A new database has been launched by ARLA Propertymark, in partnership with GetRentr, a technology platform created to automatically monitor …
Scotland’s New Tenancy Arrangements call for Letting Agent Qualifications
Scotland has witnessed some major legislative changes to its letting sector, resulting in a lot of movement within the entire …
ARLA Propertymark Gives Evidence to Welsh Assembly for Tenant Fees Bill
Further discussion about the Welsh Tenant Fees Ban has arisen, as ARLA Propertymark gave evidence to the Welsh Assembly on the …
Tenant Who Threatened to Kill Letting Agent Awaits Sentence
Though having an unpleasant relationship with your tenant is possible, it is important to ensure that a level of civility …
Latest National and Regional Trends Revealed in Belvoir’s Rental Index
Belvoir’s first quarter Q1 index, combined with results gathered from a franchise survey regarding tenant and landlord trends, revealed the …
Momentum for May’s Lettings Market
Recent data provided by Property Activity Index Reveals a nationwide growth in both ‘to let’ and ‘let’ properties. The national …
