Category: Landlord News
Landlord guidance: Fire door safety in HMO’s and flats
Every year, Fire Door Safety Week offers a timely reminder for landlords to pay attention to the vital importance of fire doors – in 2022, the occasion runs from the 31st of October until the 4th of November. Fire doors …
Equity release is booming, new mortgage lending, landlords incorporate, and other UK property news
Recent UK property news highlights a surge in equity release agreements and a significant injection of new mortgage lending. Meanwhile, landlords look to the advantages of operating as a limited liability company although many are also in danger of quitting …
Renters want “bills included”, house price index, landlords may sell if “no-fault evictions disappear, and other UK property news
Current property news reveals some more of the potential fault-lines in the UK housing market. Inflation and the rising costs of living encourage would-be tenants to ask for tenancies with all bills paid. The house price index shows some signs …
Post-pandemic house prices, cost of pet damage, mortgages for repaired cladding issues, and other UK property news
There’s been a mixed bag of UK property news making the headlines. You might want to calculate just how much the value of your home has grown since the start of the recent pandemic, or you could be a landlord …
Leasehold reforms, mortgage affordability rules, UK property market continues apace, and how to attract higher rents
Two major reforms make the UK property news headlines as changes to the law on leaseholds come into force and the Bank of England relaxes the rules on stress testing the affordability of mortgages. This is against the background of …
New Right to Buy scheme, the housing market is cooling, coastal hotspots, and landlords to tenants’ rescue
As the property market begins to cool in the face of rising inflation the government releases new plans for extending the Right to Buy. Other UK property news reveals the latest coastal hotspots for affordable – and dry – places …
House prices slow, Right to Buy revival, beach hut owners under fire, and hefty deposits for first-time buyers
After many months of runaway increases in the price of the average home, the leading headlines making present property news all point to a marked slowing down of a market impacted by the rising cost of living. Other UK property …
House prices, how landlords can help with energy bills, mortgage affordability tests, and buyers fight to buy in Solihull
Recent property news in the UK continues to focus on the runaway increase in prices post-pandemic. But there are also warnings on the horizon about the rising cost of living and the difficulties faced by many tenants in meeting their …
Tenancy supply crisis, the 24/7 landlord, lost bedrooms, and property boom predicted
While the runaway housing market is booming, other UK property news headlines suggest a decline in the potential occupancy rates of homes in the UK, a shortage of rental accommodation, and the need for some landlords to be available around …
No new-build conservatories, interest rates, sought-after air quality indoors and other UK property news
UK property news headlines have revealed attempts to curb overheating in new homes, the likely impact of an increase in interest rates, the impact of benefits cuts on tenants, and the lengths to which some tenants will go to secure …
