Tag: Private Rented Sector

Call for LHA to track local rents as landlords struggle with ‘unprecedented financial challenges’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd July 2023, 3 years ago | 3

Propertymark has called on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to reconsider its current Local Housing Allowance (LHA) scheme...

Welsh First Minister rejects calls for a rent freeze – but critics want more

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th June 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Mark Drakeford, the First Minister of Wales, has rejected the idea of implementing a rent freeze in the country. That’s...

Rents and house prices rise in latest ONS data

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd June 2023, 3 years ago | 0

The UK’s private rental market saw a 5% surge in rents in the year to May – with growth now...

Housing experts and charities call for EPC deadline for the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th June 2023, 3 years ago | 21

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has teamed up with a group of charities and consumer organisations, dubbed ‘Warm this...

Revealed: The most affordable regions to rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th June 2023, 3 years ago | 3

The North East is the most affordable region to rent in the UK, according to new data. Figures from Paragon...

Renters Reform Bill is a ‘golden opportunity’ for the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th June 2023, 3 years ago | 24

Property sector leaders say the Renters’ Reform Bill is a ‘golden opportunity’ for the private rented sector (PRS) However, they...

The perfect storm for landlords and tenants has arrived

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th June 2023, 3 years ago | 8

A financial expert is predicting misery for the property market in the months to come with rising interest rates hitting...

PRS landlords feel ‘demonised’ by the media

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th June 2023, 3 years ago | 5

A staggering 81% of landlords believe that mainstream media coverage of the buy-to-let market is unjust and inaccurate, research has...

Landlords warned over new rent review procedures

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th June 2023, 3 years ago | 5

Landlords are being warned that the proposed Renters’ Reform Bill means understanding the new rent review procedure or risk not...

Landlords in Scotland hit by rent cap extension

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th June 2023, 3 years ago | 2

The Scottish government looks set to extend its rent cap for another six months in the private rented sector in...

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...

Call for London’s councils to get MORE landlord licensing powers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th May 2023, 3 years ago | 9

In a call that will cause dismay among landlords in the capital, one organisation is urging for MORE devolved licensing...

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...

Why fixed-term tenancies are actually good for students

Author: Gabriella Van Jennians

26th May 2023, 3 years ago | 11

 As a recent graduate, I know the difficulties of finding a student house and a proposed ban on fixed-term tenancies...

28% of Scotland’s property taxes come from investors and second home buyers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th May 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Investors and second home buyers account for more than a quarter of all Scotland’s property taxes paid over the past...

MPs could be earning £2.2m in rent every year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th May 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Research from a campaign group shows that nearly 20% of Conservative MPs are landlords as the Renters’ Reform Bill nears...

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...

Rocketing interest rates will scupper the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd May 2023, 4 years ago | 0

Landlords will increasingly look to sell up if interest rates continue rising, a round table discussion reveals. The host Phil...

Mould and damp a problem for majority of students

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd May 2023, 4 years ago | 11

More than half of students living in the private rented sector (PRS) are living with mould or damp, according to...

Research into BTL mortgage arrears – University of York

Author: Alison Wallace

7th November 2013, 13 years ago | 16

I head up an independent and experienced team of researchers at the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of...

SEAL – South East Alliance of Landlords

Author: Neil Patterson

23rd October 2013, 13 years ago | 5

Members of the South East Alliance of Landlords (SEAL) are putting together a bedsit task force to go Street to...