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Handing over keys in front of modern apartments, symbolizing 2025 leasehold reform changes

2025 will be crucial for leasehold reform as secondary legislation takes shape

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th December 2024, 1 year ago | 0

Despite positive news regarding the Leasehold Reform Act, more work needs to be done in 2025, claims one firm. The...

Rising house prices and stamp duty changes forecast for 2025 housing market

Stamp duty changes and budget uncertainty will impact housing market in 2025

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th December 2024, 1 year ago | 0

Budget uncertainty and the stamp duty hike are set to cast a shadow over the housing market in 2025, says...

Students walking through a colorful street near a university campus highlighting rising rent costs.

Students face an 88% rent premium to live near campus

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th December 2024, 1 year ago | 0

Students are facing a double whammy of rising tuition fees and exorbitant rent costs, according to research. Zero Deposit says...

Row of colorful houses with a “To Let” sign highlighting rental property demand

Rents to rise by 3% as tenant demand exceeds pre-pandemic levels

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th December 2024, 1 year ago | 2

The UK’s private rented sector remains competitive, with demand for rental properties outpacing supply, Rightmove says. Its research reveals that...

Reeves inflationary budget puts mockers on Bank Base Rate reduction

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th December 2024, 1 year ago | 4

With inflation now running above the 2% target rate at 2.6%, the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), voted...

Cardboard house model with blurred homeless person in background, highlighting housing crisis in Edinburgh

Shelter Scotland slams council for stripping homeless households of ‘human rights’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th December 2024, 1 year ago | 2

In an unprecedented move, Shelter Scotland has urged Scottish Ministers and the Scottish Housing Regulator to intervene and remove the...

Families in a shelter eating food while facing homelessness funding cuts.

Homeless sector faces £60m hit from Budget’s national insurance changes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th December 2024, 1 year ago | 1

Homeless charities are warning of the “final nail in the coffin” due to the Chancellor’s national insurance hike in the...

Shopping cart filled with model houses symbolising growing property portfolios.

Portfolio landlords are eyeing expansion not exit – Claim UTB

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th December 2024, 1 year ago | 6

Portfolio landlords are increasingly looking to expand their properties rather than sell, according to research from United Trust Bank Mortgages....

Business meeting discussing Renters’ Rights Bill and landlord compliance support

Letting agents will help landlords stay on top of new regulations in 2025

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th December 2024, 1 year ago | 0

Letting agents will offer more services to landlords in the New Year as the Renters’ Rights Bill looks set to...

Rising stacks of coins topped with houses showing UK rent increase of 9.1% according to ONS.

Rents surge by 9.1% despite slowdown – ONS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th December 2024, 1 year ago | 3

Private rents in the UK have risen by 9.1% in the 12 months to November – that’s up from 8.7%...

Council officer inspecting empty property with 'To Let' sign

Labour cracks down on landlords forcing them to rent out empty properties

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th December 2024, 1 year ago | 28

Landlords could be forced to rent out empty properties under new powers announced by the Labour government. The English Devolution...

New homes under construction in Northern Ireland housing development

Propertymark says NI housing supply strategy lacks ‘ambition’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th December 2024, 1 year ago | 1

Propertymark has welcomed the Department for Communities’ housing supply strategy for Northern Ireland but has criticised its lack of ambition....

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London council cracks down on unsafe HMOs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th December 2024, 1 year ago | 2

A London council has launched a rigorous inspection programme to crack down on unlawful and unsafe Houses of Multiple Occupation...

For sale sign outside a house as landlords exit rental market amid tax concerns

Landlords sell unprofitable properties amid tax fears

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th December 2024, 1 year ago | 0

Landlords across the UK are continuing to sell off their least profitable properties, boosting the sales market but reducing the...

Model house on stacked gold coins symbolizing rising property prices and rents in 2025.

Rents and house prices will rise in 2025 – Jackson-Stops

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th December 2024, 1 year ago | 0

The estate agency Jackson-Stops is predicting a 2-3% rise in rents across its network in the next 12 months. However,...

Easier landlord licensing schemes ‘Makes no sense’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th December 2024, 1 year ago | 13

Local authorities in England and Northern Ireland are to get powers to implement selective licensing schemes without seeking approval from...

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Fewer PRS homes in 2025 as BTL lending set to fall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th December 2024, 1 year ago | 3

A predicted decline in BTL lending to private sector landlords may reduce the number of homes to rent in 2025,...

Castle Point Borough Council has been slammed by the Regulator of Social Housing

Council slammed over tenant safety risks

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th December 2024, 1 year ago | 3

A council has been slammed by the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) for “serious failings”. Castle Point Borough Council in...