Propertymark is backing a Report and an Open Letter sent from a cross-party group of over 35 MPs and peers who have joined together with leading pet charities and organisations to explore how the Tenant Fees Act is impacting on renting with pets.  The new “Heads for Tails” report, published yesterday 2 September 2021 by […]

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) statistical briefing for 2020/21 reported on the most common reasons for tenancy deposit disputes with cleaning leading the way at 49% of the total disputes handled, up from 42% in the previous reporting year. Click here for the full report. Damage disputes rank second with 35% of disputes, down significantly […]

Borrowers in a position to invest in buy-to-let to take advantage of a rise in staycations will find more choice of holiday let deals and according to the analysis by Moneyfacts.co.uk, more lenders have entered this niche arena over the past few months. Mortgage options for borrowers looking at holiday lets have more than doubled […]

Hi, I’m a Landlord of 25 plus years. Registered under the Wales / Cymru scheme. However, I’m here as a Dad of a full-time student. His property was not fully ready at the commencement of the contract, but no one was in a rush to move in a month ahead, although two others on the […]

Finally, some good news for landlords and property developers! District planning authorities in England issue the fewest number of enforcement notices since records began September 1, 2021. District planning authorities in England issued fewer than 3,000 enforcement notices in the year to March 2021, government data has revealed. The 2,996 enforcement notices issued was down from […]

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One of the comments we hear from landlords and their advisors is that District Judges are not prepared to make an Order allowing a possession claim to be transferred to the High Court for enforcement.  However, our growing body of research on this point confirms that at least 10% of the District Judges, or just […]

Rental demand and hence the average price of UK rent is at an all time high and continues to sky-rocket, but why? Well, we predicted this six years ago when the UK Government first announced the introduction of the Section 24 Tax. If you don’t know what that is, then you’re probably not a landlord, […]

Thousands of people will be helped onto the housing ladder as funding worth £8.6 billion is allocated across the country. Part of the largest single investment in affordable housing in a decade, the Affordable Homes Programme funding will deliver around 119,000 homes, including 57,000 for ownership, 29,600 for social rent and 6,250 affordable rural homes. […]

My tenant who is over 18 months in arrears promised she would return to the UK from an EU country at the end of June once she has been granted settled status in the UK. She has not returned, and I warned her in May that I would change her locks if she did not […]

This shows how backwards and imbecilic this Government, Generation Rent and Shelter are. They called for the banning of an extra £100 to £200 deposit etc. for tenants with pets, so the government banned Landlords from charging an extra deposit for pets. Now they want us to charge extra again, as tenants with pets are […]

The Bank of England has appointed Huw Pill as Chief Economist, Executive Director for Monetary Analysis and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee. Huw joins the Bank of England from Harvard Business School, where he has been senior lecturer since 2018. He had previously been Chief European Economist at Goldman Sachs, prior to which […]

I’m a Director of a small Right to Manage (RTM)  3 flat building and have been trying to sell my one-bed flat in London SW16 for 2 years. I cannot seem to get interest from anyone who wants to take on the RTM and my Co-Director is not in the least bit interested, as I […]

As predicted, UK Property Prices are continuing to rise despite the end of the Stamp Duty Holiday, but why is property still booming? Join me in today’s Property Breaking News as I, Ranjan Bhattacharya and Andrew Roberts discuss this and more pressing articles from the last week to help you invest as a savvy entrepreneur […]

First Minister for Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, has appointed the Green  MSP for Glasgow. Patrick Harvie, as the Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights Minister. Harvie will lead on delivering a new deal for tenants, and ensuring building standards are fit for purpose. This appointment comes after the announcement of a coalition between the SNP […]

Generation Rent wants landlords to cover the moving costs of tenants if they are looking to gain possession to sell or return back to the property as their main residence. They claim these types of unwanted moves cost private renters in England £229m per year and are also calling on the government to introduce open-ended […]

As it stands, there are currently 288,539 empty houses in the UK and 68% of Brits believe they should be used to help target the nation’s homelessness crisis1; new research reveals. The research, conducted by  GoodMove using data from Gov.UK 2, reveals how many empty houses there really are in the UK, as well as […]

The latest Nationwide House Price Index report for August shows market inflation month-on-month at 2.1% and year-on-year inflation recovering to 11%, up from 10.5% in July. The average UK house price as reported by the Building Society now stands at £248,857. Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s Chief Economist, said: “House prices are now around 13% higher than […]

Hi, I recently received a letter from my property management company. They informed me, as I was aware, that they want to replace the two balcony’s waterproofing of my 3rd floor flat, of which I’m happy to oblige. The problem is the company that is doing the work has told them they need to remove […]

The end date for the temporary adjusted checks has now been deferred to 5 April 2022 (inclusive). We have made the decision to defer the date following the positive feedback we received about the ability to conduct checks remotely. We initiated a review of the availability of specialist technology to support a system of digital […]

New statistics based on Rightmove searches shows that interest in rental properties that allow pets has increased year-on-year this July by 120%. This would correspond with anecdotal evidence that many people bought pets while they were locked down in the pandemic. Increases in overall tenant enquiries were up by 13% showing the shift in demand […]