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News LATEST: Rental properties housing ‘shielding’ tenants can now be visited for repairs and maintenance
Tuesday 28th July 2020
Nigel Lewis; LandlordZone
Updated government guidance has given the green light for landlords to resume maintenance and repairs at properties where tenants are shielding –…
LATEST: More details on Chancellor’s £5,000 green grants for landlords due ‘next week’
Tuesday 21st July 2020
Nigel Lewis - Landlord Zone
Further details of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s £2 billion Green Homes Grant scheme are expected to be released next week, LandlordZONE has been told. David Pierpoint, whose organisation The Retrofit Academy is due to be at the forefront…
Paws for thought - pet-friendly renting is a big growth area
Wednesday 8th July 2020
Graham Norwood
The volume of UK home-hunters searching for pet-friendly rental properties has jumped since the start of lockdown, according to a rental platform. Searches for homes allowing pets have more than doubled according to…
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 be extended…
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 August. The National Residential Landlords Association and Landlord Action…
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…
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 to…
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 UK…
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 2025. Gas boilers are…
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 guidance on working safely in other people’s homes.…