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Shelter says 271,000 people were homeless in 2022

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2023, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 years ago | 4

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, 4 years ago | 4

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

Work not completing on time?

Author: Readers Question

9th January 2023, 4 years ago | 3

Hi, I have provided a job for bathroom renovation. The guy took a huge advance of £3,000 two weeks starting...

House sale profits exceed £100k for the first time

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

Despite a slowing market and a recent drop in prices, it has been revealed that house sellers are racking up...

Rents fall by £1 but tenants look set to struggle

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2023, 4 years ago | 2

The rents for new tenancies in the UK fell in December for the first time in more than a year,...

NRLA unveils tie-up with YourRepair

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2023, 4 years ago | 1

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has launched a new partnership with a leading provider of flexible boiler and emergency...

Landlords: Give this article about future renting problems to your tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th January 2023, 4 years ago | 26

As the headline says, landlords who want to explain just how difficult life is right now to their tenants should...

The UK’s house price hotspot is revealed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

According to Rightmove, average asking prices for homes were 5.6% higher across Great Britain at the end of 2022 than...

Letting agents predict 2023 will be tough for tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

The private rented sector (PRS) will endure a tough 2023 with rising rents and more tenants falling into arrears, the...