The latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders shows that lending to first time buyers in the UK increased month on month and on an annual basis in September. Home owner remortgage activity...
According to data from the HomeLet Rental Index, rents were up 7.5% year on year in London and 3.5% in the rest of the UK in the third quarter of the year. On average...
Currently, the mandatory regime applies to shared rental homes of three or more storeys occupied by five or more people who do not form a single household. From next year however this will be extended...
The Jersey Government has signed contracts with tenancy deposit protection (TDP) scheme, my|deposits Jersey, to protect tenants’ deposits from being unfairly withheld at the end of the tenancy. The new scheme which began on...
Home Office guidance relating to Right to Rent checks does not appear to explicitly state when such checks must be made. Some industry insiders are currently interpreting the requirements as the check must be...
According to a new study by PropertyLetByUs.com, over 90% of tenants say they have tried to hide the damage from their landlord with one in ten admitting to causing more than £500 worth of damage to...
Scottish rents have grown by just 1.7% in the past year – less than a third of the rate experienced in the rest of Britain. These figures are included in the latest Scotland Buy-to-Let...
The Home Office has announced that the Right to Rent scheme will be extended to all of England from 1st February 2016. From this date, all private landlords and letting agents will have to...
New data from HomeLet shows that rent price rises in the UK have slowed after a period of sustained, faster growth. For the three months to September 2015 rent prices are now 8.5% higher...
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has called on councils to drop licensing schemes in light of the government’s new Housing and Planning Bill which makes clear that local authorities can use council tax registration...
