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New Rules For HMOs

New Rules On HMO Licensing Now In Effect

As of October 1st 2018, new rules are in force regarding licensing for HMO properties. HMOs, or houses in multiple occupation, will now be subject...

High Rents Drive Tenants Out Of London

High Rents Drive Tenants Out Of London

14 February 2023 – Record numbers of tenants in London are leaving the capital due to high rents, with 90,370 renters having left in 2022....

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Rocky Road Ahead For Landlords Of Student Homes

Many properties currently let as student digs could end up empty as freshers’ weeks are cancelled and universities plan to move lectures online. As students...

Help to Buy issues

Help To Buy: Issues Persist In The Market

Hailed by the Government as the fix for first time buyers entering the property market, the scheme is apparently not making property more affordable, making...

New Instructions Increased By 5.84% From Last Month

New Instructions Increased By 5.84% From Last Month

According to the latest Homemover Pulse by TwentyCi, the stock levels continue to increase steadily, with currently 227,949 residential properties up for sale across the...

Country house

Has The Country House Price Boom Hit Its Post-Covid Peak?

There are signs that the country house boom has now peaked and buyers are returning to urban life as price growth spikes in city locations....

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70K Homes Built In Flood Zones In England Since 2009

Surprising though it may seem, 70,000 homes that may be ineligible for Flood Re insurance have been built in the highest risk flood zones (type...

Landlords EPC Legislation

Landlords Appear Unprepared For New EPC Legislation

Landlords across England and Wales are risking fines of up £5,000 by failing to prepare for a new law that comes into effect next month....

Student house

Best Locations For Highest Yields In Student Rental Sector

Landlords of student accommodation have encountered a challenging 18 months, facing a slump in tenant demand and falling yields as students were compelled to stay...

Housing market in crisis

Housing Market In Crisis As Sales Collapse

Property sales are failing at their fastest rate in two years, obstructed by logistical delays, economic chaos and cladding. As the disruption caused by the...

Social Housing Reform

Social Housing Tenants To Be Given New Rights To Buy

The Government has announced new proposals designed to help rebalance the relationship between social housing tenants and landlords. The social housing green paper asked residents...

Wood Burner Pollution

Plan To Ban Polluting Open Fires And Wood Burners

The Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced an ‘ambitious strategy’ to tackle air pollution in the UK, in an attempt to reduce exposure to particulate...

Rent and inflation climb as first homes slip further away for young people

Rent and inflation climb as first homes slip further away for young people

If you are in your 20s or 30s, and renting, you are not imagining it. Getting onto the property ladder has become harder again this...
Bird feeders

Landlords Voice Their Views On Future Of Buy-To-Let

The majority of buy-to-let landlords own between two and four properties and 10% now use a limited company structure for their investments. Research conducted by...

How to sell your home during the coronavirus pandemic

How To Sell Your Home During The Coronavirus Pandemic

It’s an outbreak that’s helped to bankrupt airlines, shut down borders, and self-isolate entire countries. But, what does the COVID-19 mean for those wanting to...

Whitby

UK Tourism Boom Fuels Holiday Home Market

Many property investors are considering buying a UK holiday home at a time when mortgage experts forecast a boom in the purchase of ‘staycation’ properties...

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