Tag: housing crisis

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...

One council offering payments to landlords to help Ukrainians find housing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd October 2023, 3 years ago | 10

One district council is offering incentives to landlords to help Ukrainians find privately rented homes. South Cambridgeshire district council is...

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...

UK rents continue rising as London leads the surge – ONS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th September 2023, 3 years ago | 2

Private rent prices paid by tenants in the UK have continued growing and have risen by 5.5% in the year...

Rent controls in Wales will worsen housing crisis warns NRLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th September 2023, 3 years ago | 1

One association is warning that introducing rent controls in Wales will have a ‘disastrous impact on the private rented sector.’...

Rising rents are driving tenants to consider moving abroad

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th September 2023, 3 years ago | 3

A survey has revealed that 72% of renters in the UK are either actively searching (46%) for new accommodation in...

Deprived areas hit hardest by shortage of rental stock

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th September 2023, 3 years ago | 6

People living in the most deprived areas of the UK have seen their rents skyrocket this year, according to new...

Students scramble for new housing as ‘luxury’ accommodation is reallocated to asylum seekers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st September 2023, 3 years ago | 27

Around 170 university students in Huddersfield have found themselves in a desperate scramble to secure new accommodation after being abruptly...

Allotment land could help build more homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th June 2023, 3 years ago | 13

England’s allotments could provide space for 200,000 new homes, according to new research. Figures from development site sourcing specialists Searchland...

UK’s rental crisis could be solved by renting out spare bedrooms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th June 2023, 3 years ago | 5

With renters increasingly scrambling to find budget-friendly housing options in the UK’s rental crisis, one firm offers a simple solution....

Landlord Crusader: Why PRS landlords should protect social housing tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd June 2023, 3 years ago | 8

We all know that the UK is facing a housing crisis, and the blame for this is usually placed at...

Boost rented home supply by scrapping mortgage tax relief – call

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th May 2023, 3 years ago | 16

As the UK grapples with a housing crisis, new research indicates that abolishing a tax increase on rented housing could...

Conservative MPs condemn government’s ‘war on landlords’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th May 2023, 3 years ago | 2

Tory MPs fear the soon-to-be-published Renters’ Reform Bill will force more landlords to sell up. According to the Telegraph, there...

Sadiq Khan calls for a London rent freeze – AGAIN!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th May 2023, 3 years ago | 9

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has repeated his calls for a rent freeze to help Londoners in the week that the...

Could the solution to the housing crisis be our empty homes?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th May 2023, 3 years ago | 14

The UK is going through a housing crisis, with landlords leaving the private rented sector in droves and many people...

Record number of landlords are selling up – NRLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Despite record tenant demand for a rented home, the number of landlords quitting has rocketed to a new high, research...

Landlords continue fleeing PRS as tenant demand rises

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Tenant demand in the first three months of the year rocketed by 41%, but fewer rental properties came onto the...

Tenant demand reaches a record high

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th May 2023, 3 years ago | 4

Tenant demand has reached an all-time high, according to new research. A survey of 700 landlords by Paragon Bank reveals...

London leads the way with rent rises

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd May 2023, 3 years ago | 0

England’s rents are on the rise and London is leading the way, one rental index reveals. According to Goodlord, rents...

Is this the real reason for the housing crisis?

Author: Readers Question

25th April 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Hello, On the face of it, it’s very puzzling. Surely the government are well aware of the housing crisis? Yet,...