Tag: UK

Londoners face homelessness crisis due to housing benefit freeze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th November 2023, 2 years ago | 9

Up to 60,000 Londoners who rent privately are at risk of becoming homeless in the next six years unless the...

UK rents rise as supply falls and house prices remain subdued

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th November 2023, 2 years ago | 3

The UK rental market is facing a supply-demand imbalance with rents expected to rise by 4% in the next year,...

No crash in sight: UK house prices defy expectations of a fall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th November 2023, 2 years ago | 4

Economists have revised their forecasts for UK house prices, saying they will not fall this year as the property market...

Airbnb survey sparks legal warning for UK tenants and landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th November 2023, 2 years ago | 12

A survey by Airbnb, the online platform for short-term rentals, has revealed that most UK renters want to sub-let rooms...

UK house prices bounced back in October after six-month slump

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th November 2023, 2 years ago | 0

The UK’s house prices rose by 1.1% in October to end a six-month slump of price falls. However, the Halifax...

Student accommodation crisis: rents soar as supply dwindles

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th November 2023, 2 years ago | 0

The UK’s student accommodation market is facing a crisis, as rents skyrocket, supply falls behind and demand increases, according to...

‘Devastating rent rises’ for tenants as landlords sell up

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th November 2023, 2 years ago | 8

Private rents have soared in England and Wales over the past year, according to a new report from the Office...

45 Minutes with Mark Alexander on The HMO Podcast

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd November 2023, 2 years ago | 0

The founder of Property118, Mark Alexander, recently appeared on The HMO Podcast to share his 36 years of experience in...

Landlords are ‘being pushed out of’ the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd November 2023, 2 years ago | 8

The Government’s inaction and the rising interest rates are driving landlords out of the rental market, according to a new...

UK rents up by 10% in a year as ‘renters are being priced out’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd November 2023, 2 years ago | 1

The average rent price in the UK has risen by almost 10% in a year, according to the latest HomeLet...

Number of UK’s unincorporated landlords rises to 2.82 million

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd November 2023, 2 years ago | 0

The number of unincorporated landlords in the UK’s private rented sector (PRS) has increased to 2.82 million in 2021 to...

Council launches lettings agency to help homeless families

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd November 2023, 2 years ago | 13

A new lettings agency has been launched by a council to work with private landlords and help homeless families find...

NRLA urges cooperation between landlords and tenant groups on rental reform

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2023, 2 years ago | 11

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has appealed to the Renters’ Reform Coalition, a group of organisations that push for...

UK house prices rise in October – but see an annual fall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2023, 2 years ago | 0

UK house prices rose by 0.9% in October – but the annual rate of house price growth remained negative at...

Renters take on extra jobs to cope with rising rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st October 2023, 2 years ago | 0

Growing numbers of renters are having to work more than one job to make ends meet amid soaring inflation and...

TMW slashes buy to let rates for new and existing customers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th October 2023, 2 years ago | 1

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has announced a series of rate reductions across its buy to let products, effective from last...

Affordable homes to rent are ‘scarce and in high demand’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th October 2023, 2 years ago | 5

Finding a cheap rental home in the UK is a daunting challenge with only 1.9% of the current rental market...

House price falls spread across UK as mortgage rates bite – Zoopla

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th October 2023, 2 years ago | 1

Higher mortgage rates and cost of living pressures have caused house prices to fall in four out of five local...

Ombudsman slammed for council’s £66k fine when PRS landlords would have been fined £2 MILLION

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2023, 2 years ago | 21

The Housing Ombudsman has been slammed by a legal expert after it handed out a fine of £66,441 for poor...

The Renters (Reform) Bill is ‘like a half-baked cake’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2023, 2 years ago | 10

The Government’s plans for the private rented sector (PRS) have been criticised by a leading industry figure as confusing and...