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Landlords should meet decent homes standard, says Labour Party economist 10 Aug 2012 | 07:51 pm
Kitty Ussher, economist and former Labour Party economist, has written an essay published by the Fabian Society thinktank, in which she calls for regulation to ensure that private landlords meet the d...
Inventory clerk discovers back garden slum 9 Aug 2012 | 11:03 pm
Inventory clerk Pat Barber was shocked to discover that a routine call led to a 'beds in shed' property – literally. The property, which was located at the rear of a terraced house, was nothing more ...
UK buy-to-let outlook good, says Moody's rating agency 9 Aug 2012 | 12:12 am
Moody's, the New York bond credit ratings firm, has endorsed the UK buy-to-let industry by stating that the sector is continuing to grow. The research, which looked into the performance of Residentia...
Amendments to Housing Act could protect Scottish social housing tenants 7 Aug 2012 | 01:22 am
Changes to the Housing Act (2010) have been approved by the Scottish Parliament. The changes require social landlords such as housing associations and local authorities to jump through a number of ad...
Lack of finance for housing could limit growth 4 Aug 2012 | 12:01 am
A new report claims that a lack of finance is 'imposing a straitjacket' on the UK housing industry. The report, which comes from property consultants Jones Lang LaSalle, forecasts 0% growth for the h...
Pensioners increasingly turn to letting 3 Aug 2012 | 07:29 pm
The number of pensioner landlords has risen by a third since 2009. A survey from Insurers Simply Business has found that the number of over-65s letting out property has increased dramatically in the ...
EPTAG and Shelter campaigns are misguided, says leading UK letting-only portal 31 Jul 2012 | 06:17 pm
According to Lettingweb, the increasing press coverage and media activity from various campaigns aiming to redress the issue of ‘tenancy fees’ is not helping to alleviate the problems that the private...
Hard Times for Single-Property Landlords 31 Jul 2012 | 12:40 am
Landlords with just a single property in their portfolios are struggling, with the percentage making a net loss doubling in recent months. This gloomy picture has emerged from new figures released by...
Council Tax could become payable as soon as homes fall empty 26 Jul 2012 | 11:34 pm
The government has put in place plans to extend the powers of local authorities, enabling them to choose to remove the mandatory 6-month period before council tax is charged on empty properties. The ...
Property firm kicked out and fined £10,000 by industry watchdog 26 Jul 2012 | 12:37 am
West Yorkshire Lettings, a company operating out of Keighley in Yorkshire, has been hit with a £10,000 fine after being unable to meet a punishment dealt out to it by The Property Ombudsman. The firm...
