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Government promises to cut ground rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th November 2023, 3 years ago | 4

The government has announced plans to slash ground rents and save homeowners thousands of pounds. Housing Secretary Michael Gove has...

November 2023 – Property & Housing Market Update

Author: Ranjan Bhattacharya

9th November 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Latest housing & property market update for November 2023, including housing market predictions for 2024. This is a live presentation...

Councils spend £1.74 billion on temporary accommodation for the homeless

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th November 2023, 3 years ago | 5

The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that homelessness has reached record levels, with 104,000 households living in temporary accommodation...

Picturesque towns face housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th November 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Idyllic towns in England are being overrun by second homeowners and holiday lets with some towns declaring a housing crisis...

Ombudsman slammed for council’s £66k fine when PRS landlords would have been fined £2 MILLION

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2023, 3 years ago | 21

The Housing Ombudsman has been slammed by a legal expert after it handed out a fine of £66,441 for poor...

Social housing trust overcharges tenants by £479k

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2023, 3 years ago | 2

More than 180 tenants of a social housing trust have been overcharged by nearly £500,000, the Regulator of Social Housing...

Holiday homeowners trash talk new “bin tax” rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th October 2023, 3 years ago | 11

Owners of holiday lets and second homes in Britain’s most priciest coastal town face new bin and litter rules. Holiday...

Property Investors Awards Finalists revealed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th October 2023, 3 years ago | 0

The Property Investors Awards has announced the Finalists for 2023. This year saw “fierce competition” with property investors from all...

Glasgow braces for “humanitarian catastrophe” as asylum seeker housing crisis looms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th October 2023, 3 years ago | 4

City leaders in Glasgow are warning of a “humanitarian catastrophe” over plans to find housing for asylum seekers. At an...

Council repurchases homes sold under Right to Buy scheme for housing expansion

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th October 2023, 3 years ago | 14

A London council is set to spend millions of pounds repurchasing 310 council homes that were sold off under the...

Sharp decline in house prices grips England and Wales

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th October 2023, 3 years ago | 0

House prices in England and Wales have fallen at their fastest pace since 2009, according to new research. The e.surv...

Social housing complaints soar amid poor conditions and safety issues

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th October 2023, 3 years ago | 1

The Housing Ombudsman has published a challenging picture of social housing complaints with a 323% increase in severe maladministration findings...

RICS survey reveals rising rents and falling house prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th October 2023, 3 years ago | 2

The UK’s housing market is facing a tough time, with the latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors...

England’s empty homes: a £212 billion waste of space

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th October 2023, 3 years ago | 10

As many people face difficulties in finding affordable housing, a new study reveals that England has 676,000 empty homes worth...

Scottish property tax hits record high per sale in August

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th September 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Scotland’s property tax revenues reached a new record high per transaction in August 2023, according to an analysis by a...

Is the landlord exodus as bad as everyone thinks?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th September 2023, 3 years ago | 11

We all hear about the landlord exodus but just how bad is it? New figures from the Office for National...

Sunak scraps Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) targets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th September 2023, 3 years ago | 49

Landlords will be celebrating after the government announced it will scrap the energy performance certificate (EPC) targets for homes. Prime...

Damp guarantee – is it worthless?

Author: Readers Question

15th September 2023, 3 years ago | 7

Hello, I’m hoping for some advice please. I had rising damp treatment carried out beneath the bay window of a...