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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…
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…
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 the carbon footprint…
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 housing market is to…
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…
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,…
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. This quarter’s report illustrates a sector better able to adjust to shocks such as COVID-19…
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…
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…
HMRC finally allows letting agents to register for anti-money laundering
Tuesday 26th May 2020
Letting Agent Today
The HMRC’s long-awaited online register for letting agents to register their anti-money laundering activities has opened - almost six months after the regulations came into effect. The Money Laundering Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 came into…