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What can we do about social housing?

There was plenty of coverage last week – not all of it positive – of the Conservative Party Conference, with its heavy emphasis on ‘levelling up’ and ‘building back better’ (or burger or beaver, depending on your preference). But for those of us in the property indu...

Read    11/10/2021

When are tenant fees deemed unreasonable?

Is £50 a reasonable fee to charge a renter who wants to cancel their tenancy agreement early and replace themselves with an alternative tenant?According to the Tenant Fees Act 2019 (TFA) a fee can be charged by a letting agent where this situation arises due to the a...

Read    08/10/2021

Why is the rental market shrinking?

This week Hamptons is predicting that by next year there could be 300,000 fewer rental homes in England than in 2016. New research from the agent blames rapid house price growth for reduced yields resulting in a level of landlord purchases that is below the numbers n...

Read    04/10/2021

Gas boiler ban: debunking the myths

In 2019, the Government announced a ban on gas boilers to help the UK reach its target of net-zero emissions by 2050. It’s estimated that 14% of all CO2 emissions are produced by our homes, with gas boilers making up the majority of these emissions. The ban was origi...

Read    01/10/2021

IRPM/ARMA merger to go ahead

It’s official - ARMA and the IRPM are to merge. Following votes among members of both organisations last Thursday the two bodies say they will now “work to progress the approved merger to completion”.So what will that mean for their customers? In the short term, prob...

Read    28/09/2021

Is it time to look north for your next home?

The pandemic has turned the housing market on its head. The stamp duty holiday has dramatically increased house prices right across the country, making buying a first home even more out of reach than it was a couple of years ago, while the staycation boom has driven ...

Read    22/09/2021

Planning reform: what will Michael Gove do now?

Michael Gove has been in his new job less than a week and he has already rattled a few cages. The new Secretary of State is heading up the reimagined "Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities", and has called an immediate halt to publication of the G...

Read    20/09/2021

Ground Rent: Victory For Leaseholders

There is good news today for leaseholders living in homes developed by Countryside Properties. Following action taken by the Competition and Markets Authority, they will no longer be subjected to ground rents that double every 10 or 15 years. Instead, the CMA told th...

Read    15/09/2021

Do's and don’ts for Gas Safety Week

According to the Gas Safe Register, one in four homes in the UK has a potentially dangerous gas appliance. That’s a lot of potential damage to property and – far more importantly – to homeowners and tenants. One estimate we’ve seen quotes a massive 700,000 incidents ...

Read    14/09/2021

Is it time to look again at student lets?

According to a report in Letting Agent Today, the student rental market is booming. Yields are up and with pressure growing on supply across the PRS as a whole, demand for student flats and houses is riding high.The article quotes research from buy-to-let lender Para...

Read    01/09/2021

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