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New rental homes account for just 16% of the total available

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2023, 3 years ago | 4

Of the total number of available homes to rent in the UK, just 16% came to the market in the...

Janet Finch-Saunders: Welsh tenants are being let down by their Government

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2023, 3 years ago | 11

Not only has the Welsh MS Janet Finch-Saunders branded the new tenancy laws in Wales as a ‘disaster’ for landlords...

Tenant not leaving after eviction notice?

Author: Readers Question

12th January 2023, 3 years ago | 21

Hi all, I am wondering if someone can help me regarding an eviction notice being served to a tenant. My mortgage...

Housing market will be hit by strike action at Registers of Scotland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Scotland’s housing market will slow down at a time when it is already facing delays after the Public and Commercial...

Rocketing rent is ‘number one concern’ for tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2023, 3 years ago | 9

The rocketing cost of rent is the number one concern for renters as they look to the year ahead, a...

House prices drop by up to £315,000 after disastrous mini-Budget

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2023, 3 years ago | 0

The worst hit area after the disastrous mini-Budget saw its house values being slashed by up to £315,000, research reveals....

Petition calling for landlord tax relief to be reinstated hits 20,200 signatures

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2023, 3 years ago | 3

A petition that was launched to reinstate tax relief allowing a landlord’s mortgage interest to be set against rental income...

Shelter says 271,000 people were homeless in 2022

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2023, 3 years ago | 14

The homeless charity Shelter says there were ‘at least’ 271,000 people who were homeless on any given night last year...

Open letter calls for action to deal with ‘housing crisis’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2023, 3 years ago | 7

An open letter has been published urging the government and local authorities to deal urgently with a ‘housing crisis’ in...

New rental scheme for landlords approved to tackle homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2023, 3 years ago | 7

Private landlords are being offered an initiative to rent out their properties to people who are homeless and get a...

Renters’ Reform Bill will dominate the PRS in 2023, says safeagent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Landlords and agents will see the private rented sector (PRS) being dominated by the proposals and progress of the Renters’...

Rents are growing at fastest rate in seven years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th January 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Tenants are seeing rents growing at their fastest rate since 2016 when records began, says the Office for National Statistics...

Landlords warn that energy efficiency plans are ‘dead in the water’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th January 2023, 3 years ago | 55

Landlords are warning that plans to improve the energy efficiency of homes in the private rented sector (PRS) are ‘dead...

Landlord Accreditation Scheme closing?

Author: Readers Question

10th January 2023, 3 years ago | 4

Hello, I’m interested in what your opinions are about this. I’ve received an email from my local Accreditation Scheme, advising...

2023’s housing market will be ‘calmer’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th January 2023, 3 years ago | 0

2023’s housing market will be a lot calmer than has been seen in the last two years because the economic...

Why not pay Housing Benefit directly to Landlords?

Author: Readers Question

9th January 2023, 3 years ago | 22

Housing Benefit is paid to tenants to cover their housing costs (sorry for stating the obvious). There would be numerous...

Homecare maintenance contracts – alternatives to British Gas?

Author: Readers Question

9th January 2023, 3 years ago | 2

Hello, I’ve had BG boiler plumbing and drains homecare contract cover for some 20 years now for a modest portfolio...

Claiming back building insurance excess?

Author: Readers Question

9th January 2023, 3 years ago | 4

Hello, I had someone break into my commercial property (let to a tenant). The Police were called as a passer-by...