17/10/2022
The Times says some Build to Rent investment has been paused as a result of the rent freeze imposed by the Scottish Government earlier this month.
Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says the emergency rent freeze and eviction ban will...
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14/10/2022
The cost of living crisis could have a ‘catastrophic’ impact on homelessness unless an immediate eviction ban is introduced.
That’s the view of a group of experts from the housing, homelessness, health and political secto...
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10/10/2022
The Belvoir Group is warning that the housing crisis within the Scottish private rental sector is rapidly worsening, thanks to the emergency rent controls introduced north of the border.
Dorian Gonsalves, chief executive of the Belvoir Gro...
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07/10/2022
Private renters’ average floor space per person in England has fallen by 16 per cent over the past 20 years while rents as a share of income have remained high, according to a survey by the Resolution Foundation.
The study claims tha...
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03/10/2022
A controversial database which will allow widespread access to the identities of rogue letting agents and landlords has been backed by trade body Propertymark.
Its head of policy and campaigns, Timothy Douglas, says: “Propertymark ha...
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30/09/2022
No fewer than two thirds of the lettings agents surveyed by Goodlord say they expect more landlords to exit the private rented sector before Christmas.
In a survey of 2,600 agents, landlords and tenants in Goodlord’s State of the Let...
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23/09/2022
The landlords’ main trade body is directly challenging a Tory MP who has called for a rent freeze.
Natalie Elphicke – in an article on the Conservative Home website – says she wants to see “a newly shaped Department...
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16/09/2022
The number of ‘bills inclusive’ tenancies has plummeted, just as energy prices soar.
That’s the claim from PropTech firm Vouch, which says there’s been a steady collapse in the number of properties offering fixed co...
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09/09/2022
London faces a possible homelessness spike this winter due to the cost-of-living crisis and increases in private rents, a group of councils has warned.
The cross-party group called London Councils claims that its research shows fewer than ...
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02/09/2022
Rent regulation is a popular idea among tenants but some critics say the policy could worsen the supply crisis.
Pressure is mounting on ministers to address housing affordability across the UK after an emergency rent freeze was announced i...
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