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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…
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…
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…
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…
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 latest Goodlord Rental Index reveals. Rents across England rose by over 1% between April and…
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…
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…
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 analysis of Gov house price data by eXp UK has revealed that an election is unlikely to hurt house…
Sharp rise in Right to Rent checks carried out by letting agents
Wednesday 29th May 2024
Property Eye - Marc Da Silva
There has been a surge in Right to Rent checks carried out by letting agents, new research shows. According to Credas Technologies, there has been a 577% jump year-on-year in the number Right to Rent checks…
‘The next government must treat renters’ rights as a priority'
Tuesday 28th May 2024
Property Industry - Marc Da Silva
In their 2019 election manifesto, the Conservatives promised to ban Section 21 evictions. But passing a bill to implement that pledge has proved problematic, with several of the government’s own…