Tag: RICS

Energy efficiency drive by RICS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st July 2023, 3 years ago | 1

A new consultation has been launched for landlords and industry professionals to give their thoughts on how to make energy-efficiency...

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...

Sellers under pressure after 11 months of falling demand

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th April 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Homebuyer demand has now been down for 11 consecutive months – with new properties and agreed sales also taking a...

RICS says rents will rise as landlords leave the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th March 2023, 3 years ago | 4

Despite rising rents and continued demand from tenants, there will be more landlords leaving the private rented sector, a new...

Landlords continue to sell up and leave the PRS – and house prices fall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th February 2023, 3 years ago | 1

The latest report from RICS makes for grim reading for landlords and homeowners with news that sales and house prices...

House prices and buyer activity continue to fall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th January 2023, 3 years ago | 0

There has been a further weakening in the property market with sales, instructions to sell and prices all declining in...

UK house prices fall – but rents go up

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th December 2022, 3 years ago | 11

House prices in the UK have continued to fall but rents, fuelled by falling supply and increasing demand, have risen,...

RICS says that the EPC scheme ‘needs improvement’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th November 2022, 3 years ago | 20

With residential landlords facing the prospect of meeting an EPC rating of C by 2025 for their rental properties, comes...

Annual Inspection Certificates for HMOs – Am I on the right Track?

Author: Readers Question

18th October 2013, 13 years ago | 3

I have a 6-bed HMO (2 storeys and unlicenced). I was inspected recently by the local authority and all was...

Council of Letting Agents call for Scotland’s dangerous electrics to be outlawed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th October 2013, 13 years ago | 1

The Council of Letting Agents has today called for better electrical safety standards in Scotland’s privately rented properties. Speaking at...

Online advice from building surveyors

Author: Robert Desbruslais

9th October 2013, 13 years ago | 0

I run a website providing online advice from building surveyors. The advice is given by experienced RICS qualified chartered building...

Rant About Scottish Letting Regulation

Author: John Gell

13th September 2013, 13 years ago | 30

As the Scottish Government gets set to embark on the regulation of letting agents – regulation which is badly needed...

Our flat could have caught fire

Author: Readers Question

13th September 2013, 13 years ago | 22

My housemate and I attend Greenwich University in London. We live in a two bedroom flat in Charlton, SE7. During...

Rics want a 5% annual price rise cap

Author: Neil Patterson

13th September 2013, 13 years ago | 13

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) want a 5% annual price rise cap for houses that triggers restrictions on...

Old leases since 1945

Author: Readers Question

12th September 2013, 13 years ago | 12

I am a landlord of an old lease from the 1960s for a Victorian detached property in Surrey – My...

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Key Property (UK) Ltd fined £47k for damp unlicensed HMO

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th September 2013, 13 years ago | 16

A letting agent who rented out a damp, dangerous and dilapidated property received a hefty fine following a successful council...

Planning and building control office discover unused basement room

Author: Readers Question

30th August 2013, 13 years ago | 6

I have a HMO which I bought way back, it is officially licensed etc and above board. They recently discovered...

Retaliatory eviction – possibility of civil litigation?

Author: Anon 68

12th August 2013, 13 years ago | 74

We’re a professional couple with a limited company which provides a technology solution to the NHS. It suits our circumstances...

Electrics tripping issue

Author: Readers Question

27th July 2013, 13 years ago | 9

A flat that has been rented has developed an electrical problem. It keeps tripping intermittently. We have got an electrician...

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Client Money Protection cover now available to all Agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th July 2013, 13 years ago | 11

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme has pushed on behalf of the Lettings industry to make Client Money Protection cover (CMP)...