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22% of all UK households now rent
- By Northwood UK
- General
- October 13, 2015
With the steady rise in house prices, far out-pacing average wage increases, particularly in London and the South East, renting for many people has become the only affordable option. Home ownership, declared a priority for the Conservative Government at their recent party conference,
Read MoreThe reality of renting for most tenants
- By Northwood UK
- General
- October 11, 2015
Against a backdrop of increasing rents (a quarter of tenants have experienced a recent rise), and media stories from campaigning groups arguing for changes to tenancy laws, the results of a recent survey of over 700 UK tenants makes for interesting reading.
Read MoreLabour pledges to build 100,000 new council homes
- By Northwood UK
- General
- October 8, 2015
The Minister of Housing and Planning Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods MP and her department have announced the appointment of Taylor Wimpey Chief Executive Pete Redfern to undertake an independent review to analyse the root causes of this decline and set out the ideas needed for a wide new debate.
Read MoreTenants now better protected than ever
- By Northwood UK
- General
- October 7, 2015
Last week marked the start of a new era in tenant protections in England, as stronger regulations were introduced into the private rented sector (PRS) from the 1st of October 2015 tenants are better protected than ever. The new rules will increase the workload of landlords and agents but will mean that landlords are now required by law
Read MoreAn Analysis of Scotland's private rental sector
- By Northwood UK
- General
- October 6, 2015
The Scotsman newspaper Dan Cookson Head of Research at Lettingweb has produced a detailed analysis of Scotlands private rental sector (PRS) which he claims is often perceived as being dominated by rogues, rocketing rent prices and
Read MoreTrading Standards warning over CO2 alarms
- By Northwood UK
- General
- October 4, 2015
Leicestershire County Councils Trading Standards Service has issued a warning over CO alarms fitted to rental properties as it found several carbon monoxide alarms purchased from small online suppliers are not working.
Read MorePension Freedom will not dramatically increase BTL
- By Northwood UK
- General
- October 1, 2015
New research indicates that only around 5 per cent of landlords plan to use money released from a pensions to fund further buy-to-let (BTL) expansion. The Chancellors plan to give those with pension pots the freedom
Read MoreConcern that profitable buy-to-lets may turn negative
- By Northwood UK
- General
- September 30, 2015
Research carried out by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) shows that planned tax changes for buy-to-lets by the Chancellor in his Summer Budget, far from being restricted to tax hikes for the wealthier landlords, could push small-scale operators with just one property into making losses.
Read MoreThe future of the rental market according to Corbyn
- By Northwood UK
- General
- September 29, 2015
Jeremy Corbyn sees housing as a priority and it's an issue that he is quite vocal on. IN his recently released document Tackling the Housing Crisis" he sets out his plans for the future of housing in Britain."
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