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Eco-Improvements demanded by most tenants - new bank survey
Friday 14th June 2024
Graham Norwood
A small survey by a bank suggests that almost 100% of buy to let investors surveyed have received requests from tenants for…
Word-for-Word - Conservative Rental and Housing Manifesto Pledges
Wednesday 12th June 2024
Graham Norwood
The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and related issues. Here are the contents of the two pages, word-for-word: "We will deliver…
WARNING: 'Bashing landlords will make PRS as bad as social homes'
Monday 10th June 2024
Helen Gregory
Standards in the PRS will soon fall to those in the social sector if regulation and licensing continues to push smaller landlords out, a leading letting agent and landlord has warned. Landlords leaving the market are…
Tenants rent for longer according to latest government survey
Wednesday 5th June 2024
Graham Norwood
Tenants today spend 12% longer in the same property before switching, than they did a decade ago. Analysis of the English Housing Survey shows the…
RICS guide for investors, landlords and other users at auctions
Wednesday 5th June 2024
Graham Norwood
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched what it calls an “impartial” guide for landlords, investors and others buying or selling property at auction. The guide, produced by the RICS Real Estate Auction Group, has been updated in response…
Rents may be rising again over the summer - new prediction
Wednesday 5th June 2024
Graham Norwood
The latest Rental Index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows rents hit their highest levels since October over the last month. Rents across England rose by over 1% between April and May. This means rents are…
Rents hit new six month high with levels not seen since October
Monday 3rd June 2024
The Negotiator - Robyn Hall
Average rents went up by 1.4% during May, hitting the highest levels seen since October with year-on-year rents for up 6.4%, the…
OPINION: Weak policing of bad landlords is the problem – not Section 21 evictions
Monday 3rd June 2024
The Negotiator - Nigel Lewis
Section 21 evictions have been blamed for the UK's rising homelessness problem, but in reality they are just the symptom of weak enforcement of existing rental sector laws. Few of us care…
The Renters Reform Bill Is Dead (Section 21 Lives To Fight Another Day)
Thursday 30th May 2024
Property Investment Project
I know this isn’t a “NEWS FLASH” kind of place – the likes of LandlordToday and LandlordZone manage all that mundane guff well enough – but honestly, I just can’t help myself on this glorious occasion. The sun…
General election unlikely to impact property market revival
Wednesday 29th May 2024
Property Industry Eye
This July’s election is unlikely to halt the positive property market momentum that has been building in recent months, research suggests. Fresh…