Tag: rental homes

Build to Rent completions climb despite construction slowdown

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd June 2025, 11 months ago | 0

There has been a 15.8% rise in build to rent (BTR) completions, reaching 127,156 homes by the end of Q1...

Just 20% of PRS homes are below the Decent Homes Standard

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd May 2025, 12 months ago | 0

Just one-in-five of England’s PRS’ properties are estimated to fall short of the forthcoming Decent Homes Standard, according to FCC...

Landlords face a £23.4 billion bill to upgrade PRS homes to meet EPC standards

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th October 2024, 2 years ago | 3

The scale of the challenge to improve the energy efficiency of private rented sector (PRS) homes is laid bare as...

John Lewis unveils plans for 215 BTR homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th September 2024, 2 years ago | 4

The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has unveiled ambitious plans to regenerate a disused industrial site in Reading, creating 215 rental...

Record number of rental homes hit the market amid upcoming Labour budget

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th September 2024, 2 years ago | 1

A record number of rental homes are hitting the market as landlords worry about possible tax hikes from Chancellor Rachel...

Rents start falling in major cities as rental inflation slows

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd August 2024, 2 years ago | 1

Rents in major UK cities are beginning to fall for the first time in years – the pace of rental...

Landlords face an uphill battle to meet Labour’s 2030 EPC target – it should be 2042!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th August 2024, 2 years ago | 22

Landlords face an uphill battle to meet the Labour government’s 2030 target of all privately rented homes achieving an EPC...

John Lewis gets green light for its BTR scheme

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th July 2024, 2 years ago | 2

John Lewis Partnership has secured planning permission to transform its Bromley Waitrose site into a new community of 353 rental...

Short-term lets are causing misery warns council

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th September 2023, 3 years ago | 8

A council in London is warning Airbnbs are creating an ‘enforcement nightmare’ Westminster council is calling for new powers to...

Student housing shortage worsens across UK cities

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd August 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Despite a rise in student numbers heading to university this year, there has been a big 24.5% drop in the...

A fifth of rental homes are let within 2 weeks

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th December 2022, 3 years ago | 2

In Britain’s fastest-moving rental markets, up to 30% of homes are being snapped up by eager tenants within two weeks...