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Inventories can slash landlord-tenant disputes - claim
Thursday 17th November 2022
Many disputes between landlords and tenants - some ending in court action - could be avoided by the use of professional inventories, it’s been claimed. “An…
Minister confirms government will not consider rent controls in England
Wednesday 16th November 2022
Private rented sector figures will no doubt welcome a commitment from housing minister Felicity Buchan that the government is not considering rent controls in England. The mayor of London has this week reiterated calls for an immediate…
Abolishing the Section 21
Wednesday 2nd November 2022
Goodlord
With much talk in our sector of abolishing Section 21, what does that actually mean to the everyday landlord? Is…
Housing Under Rishi - don’t expect much (but be grateful for that)
Tuesday 1st November 2022
Graham Norman
And…breathe. For a while back there, the only certainty for the housing market was uncertainty. That isn’t to say the election of Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister is the solution to all our problems - far from it.…
Spread of Green Mortgages key to improving rental sector EPCs
Monday 31st October 2022
Letting Agent Today
Green mortgage discounts could be a key tool in helping landlords make the energy efficiency upgrades necessary to achieve an…
The rising cost of living has added a new dimension to the energy efficiency conversation.
Tuesday 25th October 2022
Landlord Zone
A new whitepaper – Confronting the EPC Challenge: The Path to a Sustainable Rental Market – analyses the impact of the rising cost of living on…
Sunak is new PM - here's what we know about his housing policies
Monday 24th October 2022
Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out his broad housing policies in the lengthy series of hustings and media interviews held with the then-Tory leadership rival…
Pre-paid meters bill unveiled
Friday 21st October 2022
RYAN BEMBRIDGE
A bill is passing through parliament that will require pre-paid meters to charge the same or lower energy tariffs than via direct debit. Energy Costs (Pre-payment Meters and Social Tariffs) Bill comes from Kenny MacAskill of the Alba Party,…
Times political editor claims Section 21 evictions ban to be ‘shelved’ by Truss
Tuesday 11th October 2022
Landlord Zone
A tweet by the political editor of The Times newspaper has claimed that Liz Truss is about to U-turn on abolishing Section 21 evictions. Steven Swinford took to the social media platform late last night to claim that Liz Truss…
NEW: Shelter and NRLA ‘find common ground’ during joint podcast
Wednesday 5th October 2022
Landlord Zone
Shelter and the NRLA have found common ground in their desire for ending the freeze on Local Housing Allowance and the urgent need for more social housing. Speaking on the…