The annual rate of house price growth in London has reached a seven-year low and could be in negative territory by the middle of this year, research from Hometrack claims. In contrast, regional cities...
There has been a sharp rise in the number of over 60s renting privately, according to new research from the Centre for Ageing Better. The study found that the number of older people privately...
A recent storyline in Eastenders saw the landlord Masood Ahmed attempt to cheat tenant Carmel Kazemi out of her tenancy security deposit by spoiling a carpet with coffee and then claiming she had forfeited her deposit. Unfortunately,...
Activity of transactions in Scotland’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) exceeded £100 million in 2017, according to recent figures for GVA’s Student Housing Review show. Scotland also saw an increase in applicant numbers for PBSA...
Recently published figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that rents paid by tenants in the UK private rented sector increased by 1.1% in the year to February 2018. The figure remains...
Key provisions relating to Client Money Protection (CMP), as published by the Government in February, have come into force this week. Although full details of how and when the system will work have not yet...
Housing Minister, Heather Wheeler, has presented plans to Parliament which detail how the British Government intends to crackdown on landlords in the private rented sector who rent out overcrowded and dangerous homes. The measures...
The Residential Landlords Association has said that new figures published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) show that the government’s recent tax increases are choking off investment in rented housing. The OBR’s Economic...
The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power in the country – echoing a similar pledge by national party leader Jeremy...
New research from landlord insurance specialists Just Landlords has exposed a nationwide ignorance to a new law that will come into effect on 1st April for all new lets and relets, and for all existing...
