Labour MP demands Covid rent arrears to be paid by public funds
Labour MP Stephen Timms has asked Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to commit to five measures to tighten controls on the private rental...
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Baroness and rent union chief demand Budget action on arrears
The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has joined forces with tenant activists to demand the Chancellor gives financial support to...
Green Homes Grant farce - landlords may throw in the towel
A call has gone out for the overhaul of the Green Homes Grant scheme, which so far has left thousands of landlords and owner occupiers without...
Landlord shocked at damage from cannabis factory in buy to let
A gas engineer was shocked to come across a large cannabis grow in a rental property after being called to change the meter. He rang the police...
Landlords encouraged to use ‘under-utilised’ homes for council
Owners of apparently empty or under-utilised properties in a prime London area are being asked to bring them into use to help tackle a local...
Insight – can first-time investors really become ‘financially free’ very quickly?
Some self-styled property gurus have courted controversy for offering near-instant financial freedom through their training courses, or arguing...
Growing out - 60% of landlords expand portfolio in race for stamp duty savings
Some 60% of multi-property landlords have expanded their property portfolio since the introduction of the stamp duty holiday in July 2020,...
It’s virtually possible – a BTR virtual top out and resi virtual tours
Virtual tours are to be offered at the Springfields Independent Living facility in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester, as the project delivered by...
London roundup – major new regen schemes in Old Kent Road and Brent
The team of architects who will design plans to transform the Currys PC World site on Old Kent Road into hundreds of new homes...