The Scottish Conservative leader, Ruth Davidson has urged the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, to adopt proposals put forward by the industry body Homes for Scotland to reform the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT)....
The lettings industry has reacted angrily to an announcement made by Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, that the party would introduce rent controls if the party enters government. ARLA Propertymark chief executive, David Cox, said,...
A survey of 400 agents in the UK has found that 42% of them consider the looming lettings fee ban to the biggest challenge that their business will have to deal with in the...
A monthly report published by Acadata shows that house prices in the UK fell for a fifth month in August. This has resulted in the weakest annual gain since 2012. The report states that...
A new industry report commissioned by tenant referencing and insurance agency Landlord Secure has found that landlords and letting agents in the UK are failing to complete sufficient financial checks on new tenants. The...
Croydon Council, which introduced landlord licensing in 2015, is facing a shortage of properties for their social tenants. To address this their staff have hit the road, promoting landlord incentive schemes such as rent...
It has been announced that a debate on adding rental payments to tenant credit histories has been scheduled for the 23rd October in the House of Commons. A debate had originally been scheduled for...
Whilst purpose-built blocks of rental homes are common in other countries such as US, Germany and France, they are a relatively new phenomenon in Britain. Property developers however are now eager to tap into...
Properties in central London are now only affordable by the ultra wealthy or those living in what social housing remains. With this in mind, developers are resorting to building tiny homes in order to...
In addition to the traditional, shared student house, many other forms of student accommodation are now available to property investors. These include en-suite ‘pods’ to studio apartment and ‘cluster flats’. Such blocks offer an...
