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Industry reaction – evictions to restart after current ban ends on 23rd August
Thursday 2nd July 2020
Nigel Lewis
Announcement to begin hearings to progress evictions is made in the House of Lords by housing Minister of State, Lord Greenhalgh. The government has confirmed that the ongoing evictions ban is not to…
Landlords urged to lobby MPs on impact of repossession ban
Monday 29th June 2020
Property Eye
andlord are being rallied to lobby their Members of Parliament to highlight the consequence of the five month ban on repossessions, due to end on 23…
HSBC RE-ENTERS BUY-TO-LET MARKET WITH NEW MORTGAGE RANGE
Monday 22nd June 2020
Houseladder
HSBC has started offering buy-to-let mortgages once again after clearing a backlog of physical property valuations across England and Scotland. The bank stopped all buy-to-let lending during the Covid-19 outbreak due to limitations on physical valuations. But with physical valuations now…
Virtual viewing will help save the planet
Monday 15th June 2020
Eye Correspondent
Pupil , a spatial data company, says that virtual viewings could eliminate 51,500 cars from British roads each year with virtual property viewings, in turn reducing greenhouse emissions by 95.3k tonnes - equivalent…
Data revolution: ‘Number plate’ system for all UK homes gets green light
Friday 12th June 2020
The Negotiator
After July 1st the government is to release its Unique Property Reference Numbers data to both homeowners and non-commercial organisations, creating a system similar to car registration numbers. The…
Government Ban on Gas Boilers 2025 but what are the other options?
Tuesday 9th June 2020
Landlord Zone
In response to the rising impact of greenhouse gas emissions, the Chancellor recently announced a ban on gas boilers in new build homes from…
YOUR GUIDE TO INSPECTIONS, REPAIRS, AND GAS SAFETY CHECKS IN THE POST-LOCKDOWN PERIOD
Thursday 4th June 2020
Goodlord blog
Letting agents and contractors can now visit tenants' homes to carry out a range of essential and non-essential work or maintenance, as long as they are following the…
Rental market rebounds after initial COVID-19 shock
Wednesday 3rd June 2020
Zoopla
Zoopla Rental Market Report, now in its third edition, is a unique, market-leading analysis of trends in the UK rental sector.…
PROPERTY INVESTORS NOT DETERRED BY CORONAVIRUS CHAOS, RESEARCH CLAIMS
Tuesday 2nd June 2020
House ladder
The latest research from Property Hub has revealed that a huge 98% of property investors still consider property to be a good long-term investment. Property Hub, which cites itself as the UK's number one property podcast…
The day approaches when mandatory five-year electrical checks are required
Thursday 28th May 2020
Landlord Zone
Electrical safety inspections and reports will become a mandatory requirement for all new tenancies in England signed on or after the 1st of July this year. Fines will be heavy for those landlords…