An estate agency that bucks the industry trend by selling only tenanted properties to landlords says it’s had a record year. Portfolio, which specialises in selling homes with tenants remaining in situ, has just completed [...]
A councillor has called for all new HMOs to be created with en suite bathrooms, and not shared bathrooms. The call came during a debate on a planning application to turn a shopfront office and flat [...]
A property development consultancy is tipping five regeneration areas in England as potential good investments for the coming year. SevenCapital says they have the common denominator of being relatively modestly priced now, allowing investors in [...]
Many of us will be glad to see the back of 2020 for obvious reasons. For landlords the Coronavirus crisis has been amplified by successive eviction bans and the continuing political campaigning against the private [...]
Insecure tenancies, poor housing conditions and overcrowding lead to health problems and worsen risks in the pandemic, a think tank claims. The Health Foundation says this is why the poor and those from ethnic minorities [...]
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan wants a £3 billion one-off windfall tax on private developers to fund replacement cladding on affected buildings. It is thought there may be many thousands of landlords whose flatted units [...]
The roll-out of a vaccine for Coronavirus could dramatically change the poor rental market performance in prime London in the coming year, a leading agency claims. Knight Frank says the optimism, increased travel and return [...]
Covid-19 restrictions in force across the country for the foreseeable future means landlords must remain cautious in 2021 - and they should be prepared to see arrears rising. PropTech automated payment platform PayProp says it [...]
The government has published official guidance for landlords on how they should operate in the new Tier 4 locations. Since Boxing Day, Tier 4 rules - which mean the closure of all non-essential shops, hairdressers, [...]
Consumer service Which? says it anticipates landlords choosing short term mortgages in the coming year, rather than five year options. The service - which also operates a mortgage advice facility - says a year ago [...]