11/01/2024
Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims over the past year for fires started by lithium-ion batteries.
These are commonly found in rechargeable devices like mob...
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10/01/2024
A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system to “enable providers to demonstrate compliance with safety and quality requirements.”
Anyone who lets out what ...
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24/04/2023
The proportion of landlords reporting increasing tenant demand has hit an all-time high of 62 per cent.
Research undertaken on behalf of Paragon Bank has revealed that the strong tenant demand seen during last year has contin...
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10/02/2023
Some early 2022 property market forecasts have stood the test of time better than others.
At the start of the year, anybody making a spread bet on the UK having five housing ministers, three prime ministers, and two monarchs during 2022 wo...
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03/02/2023
One of London’s leading property management figures has said the Government’s plans to abolish section 21 evictions is a ‘sledge hammer to crack a nut’ and not an effective solution to the issue of bad landlords within the p...
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27/01/2023
The NRLA has backed the growing number of student landlords ‘panicked’ by the Government’s plans to bring in periodic or ‘open ended’ tenancies across the private rental sector.
Concern is widespread within th...
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20/01/2023
A landlord in the Midlands has launched a parliamentary petition calling on the Government to reverse its Section 24 tax changes for landlords, which since 2017 has gradually removed their ability to claim mortgage interest rate against their tax l...
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13/01/2023
A document released by a London First Tier Tribunal outlining a judge’s recent decision over a contested tenancy deposit looks – at first glance – like any other property squabble.
But for me, it’s much more than th...
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06/01/2023
Over two thirds of tenants are satisfied with their private rental accommodation, a new survey shows.
The finding comes in the results of a TDS Charitable Foundation research project with 2,002 participants aligned with the household types...
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30/12/2022
Propertymark backs government plans to introduce a social housing-style to the Decent Homes Standard in the private sector.
But it says there must be a huge boost in government funding to allow councils to enforce the standard adequately.
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