Lettings
Housing costs for home owners drop but rise for tenants
Home owners spend 10% of income on housing while tenants spend 27%
Lettings
Lettings
Largest rental licensing scheme in UK goes live
Every single private rental property in Liverpool must be licensed
Lettings
‘Proptech’ start-up says it will shake up status quo in lettings market
Bigger players 'should sit up and take notice' says Movebubble
Lettings
Rents show another annual rise – but fewer tenants in arrears
Rents start the year nearly 3% up on 12 months ago
Lettings
Another London council planning to bring in blanket licensing
Authority asks Eye to help publicise consultation on proposed scheme
Compliance
Spark Energy agrees to pay £250,000 after damning regulator report
Lettings utility specialist used by agents is slated for high charges and dreadful service
Charity
Citizens Advice hits out at letting agents’ ‘inexplicable fees’
Charity very critical after 4,600 complaints about letting agents last year
Lettings
Landlords’ Barometer – #11: Keeping the faith
Welcome to “Landlords’ Barometer #11” – a chance to review the trending topics affecting landlords and the PRS
Lettings
Home owners to be big winners from short-term rental change
Changes to London lettings regime could herald big new market
Compliance
Immigration ‘right to rent’ trials showing discrimination
Early monitoring shows that legitimate tenants are turned away if they don't have British accents
Lettings
Referencing firm expands as it constantly monitors tenants’ credit records
Firm tells letting agents of changes in tenants' potential ability to pay rent
Compliance
Migrants get rental advice after grant from TDS
Right to Rent pages also a good resource for agents
Law
Amendments on tenancy deposits and evictions get through Lords
House of Lords agrees to restrictions on Section 21 notices
Lettings
New rents shoot up nearly 3% in a month, says Countrywide
Demand outstripping supply in private rented sector, says UK's largest agent
Law
Rats! The tenants let them in, claims landlord in court case
Landlord of unlicensed HMO faces £25,000 bill after successful prosecution
Lettings
New tenants’ repair reporting service gets set to launch
Service to be launched by inventory firm after agents 'called out to change a lightbulb'
Law
Police called in after lettings firm ‘disappears with deposit money’
Trading Standards said to be looking at firm, says local newspaper
Lettings
Acute shortage of rental property a challenge for Scotland
Agents and landlords express their concern to government
Acquisitions
Martin & Co revenue shoots up after Xperience acquisition
But firm insists it stays focused on lettings market
Lettings
Rent controls could help decide election, claim
Rent controls could be vote swinger, says Generation Rent