5th Apr 2018
A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of the solution to the housing crisis - not part of the problem itself.
Lord Howard Flight, who in the past has spoken out against his own party’s fiscal measures against the private . . .
5th Mar 2018
Average rental values in prime central London fell 2.1 per cent in the year to February according to Knight Frank - and the letting agency says rents in that area have been dropping now for two full years.
“The prolonged nature of the adjustment in prime . . .
5th Mar 2018
The government has pledged to begin a review of the selective licensing across the private rental sector once MPs return from their Easter recess next month.
Heather Wheeler MP, the Housing & Homelessness Minister, had told the Housing, Communities and Local . . .
2nd Mar 2018
The number of properties available to rent in London is now 46 per cent below the national average according to ARLA Propertymark.
Its figures refer to the end of January - the latest data available - and suggest that because landlords are increasingly priced . . .
2nd Mar 2018
The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members to tell landlord clients that they have only a month to ensure their properties comply with the government’s new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards.
From April 1 all rented properties on . . .
12th Feb 2018
High end agency Strutt & Parker is warning that older properties in prime central London are getting harder to let, with achievable rents falling as a result.
The agency’s head of residential lettings, Kate Eales, says rental stock levels in prime London are . . .
12th Feb 2018
For the second month running, rental growth in London has outstripped the rest of the country according to data released today by Countrywide.
While the rate of rental growth across the UK for January remains the same as in December, stabilising rents in . . .
