26/08/2022
Forty per cent of privately rented homes in England are unlikely to achieve the energy efficiency rating target set to become law in 2028.
Propertymark says its analysis of the latest English Housing Survey shows that 60 per cent of the re...
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19/08/2022
A council has purchased some 40 properties to avoid them becoming holiday homes and Airbnbs.
Highland council in Scotland is spending up to £180,000 on each property; this is slightly under the average price of homes in the regi...
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12/08/2022
MPs on a key Select Committee have been criticised by the letting agents’ trade body for failing to probe how Local Housing Allowance rates could be reviewed to help private tenants.
The Select Committee on Work and Pensions – ...
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05/08/2022
The number of middle-age and later life tenants living in privately rented homes has accelerated faster than those under the age of 35 over the past decade, it’s been revealed.
Between 2011 and 2021, there has been a 110 per cent inc...
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29/07/2022
The Government’s plans on rental reform – published last month – have outlined the biggest changes to England’s private rental market in more than 30 years.
Spanning 82 pages, its long-awaited white paper, entitled&...
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22/07/2022
Government told to lay off landlords by a leading tax and advisory consultancy.
The consultancy says that if the government continues to burden the PRS with its ever increasing legislation and tax rises then it will only end up w...
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15/07/2022
Speculation in national newspapers suggests that the government is considering giving local mayors some powers over parts of the private rented sector.
The Times, Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph both report that Housing Secretary Michae...
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08/07/2022
The Financial Policy Committee is withdrawing its recommendation that borrowers be tested on whether they could cope with a three per cent interest rate rise.
The Bank of England will abandon its ‘stress test’ recommendations...
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01/07/2022
The build-to-rent sector accounts for a third (34%) of all new build delivery across London in 2021, research from rental platform Rentd has revealed.
The capital is a hotspot for build-to-rent, as just shy of half (48%) of the national to...
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24/06/2022
Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech.
Yesterday the government confirmed that it would publish a White Paper ahead of a Renters Re...
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