Why Does Housing Benefit Cost Taxpayers £22 Billion (GBP) A Year?
The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions, (DWP), show there are close to 5,000 families still claiming more than the £400 Housing Benefit cap.
According to a report in the Daily Mail
At least 100 families are living in luxury homes [...]
January figures from a variety of trusted and respected sources offer a major boost for the UK property market as mortgage approvals, first time buyer numbers and residential property sales all increased during January.
Data gathered from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), British Bankers’ Association (BBA), National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) and HM [...]
Despite the exorbitant claims about lower LHA rents and the acceptance of them by private rented sector, (PRS), landlords made by the coalition government Prime Minister David Cameron in Parliament on January 11th. Only a handful of landlords with tenants on Local Housing Allowance are actually accepting lower rents in exchange for getting rent paid [...]
New home builders and property development contractors may be encouraged to build new exclusive rental only housing estates where none of the properties will be for sale.
The UK Government are exploring the idea and it could mean the introduction of a separate planning class for new-build residential property that will be rented out, and [...]
Two Executives have been suspended at the UK’s largest tenant referencing firm, HomeLet, while an investigation into the selling of tenants’ insurance policies is under way.
The investigation follows a crackdown by the Financial Services Authority on the selling of contents insurance policies by HomeLet, which is one of the brands owned by insurance giant [...]
Following a recent High Court decision the new defence to a Section 21 Notice is none compliance with The Housing (Tenancy Deposits) (Prescribed Information) Order 2007
The decision in Suurpere-v-Nice (2011) confirms that the prescribed information must be complied with and if this is not done landlords could be subject to sanction when before [...]
It is widely thought that anyone with an interest in property and business can set up a property management company or a lettings agency. But, are there pitfalls in the process for new letting agents?
Over the last few years, the UK media have run countless news stories about letting agents failing their landlord clients [...]
An excellent opportunity to purchase this BMV investment property which is in good condition throughout. Was marketed at £66,950 and we have secured a deal at £52,000.
Over the past 2 weeks we have been inundated with investment property which have sold within hours of being available.
As we have a waiting list of investors [...]
The British Property Federation (BPF) handed a bit of good news to UK landlords who may have been struggling to make ends meet, after it was revealed that the UK coalition government may review imposing powers forcing landlords to share information on changes of tenancy with water companies, as well as making them liable for [...]
New property instructions coming to market have seen vendors raise the average asking price by 4.1%
The average property asking price for new instructions put on the market within the last 4 weeks is now £233,252.
The almost £11,000 increase is up from January’s average asking price of £224,060, despite a warning that much of [...]
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