Demand for UK Rental Property continues to soar, with lettings agreed within a record low of 12.7 days and up to 5 tenants competing for each private sector (PRS) rental property. Since the beginning of 2011 there has been a significant increase in tenant demand for private rented sector property. UK residents are adopting the […]
Read MoreLatest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny The Chancellor yesterday showed his commitment to the private rented sector through new plans to remove restrictions and barriers from private investment and directing it towards similar tenures as seen in Europe. What appears to be the coalition’s drive to address the housing crisis in the UK has come […]
Read MoreLatest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny. Landlords may well ask themselves where they can find the perfect tenant. If there is a factory creating clones of the perfect tenant – tenants who always pay the rent, sort out building, electrical and plumbing problems themselves, never ask for anything, are respectful, in gainful employment and treat their homes […]
Read MoreLatest landlord News by: Madalena Penny 2011 is yet to see the entire role, which will be placed on the private rented sector. A report by the National Housing Federation, who represents national Housing Associations, shows a bleak picture of social housing and affordable home-ownership. The ‘Home Truths 2010’ report has revealed that house-building levels […]
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Growing Number of People Expect Lifelong Renting Latest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny A recent piece of research by website, MyVoucherCards revealed 58% of people they surveyed do not think they will ever own a property. Just under 67% of this group believed they would never be able to afford the 25% deposit and 77% […]
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By: Colin Campbell With temperatures plummeting in Britain an icy chill is also drifting around Europe. Governments across the continent are fighting off an infection that some hoped landlords and property developers in the private rental sector would help find the cure for; the ‘European contagion’. A symptom born out of the banking crisis and […]
Read More‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ An Englishman’s home is his castle. These are the fine, noble sentiments us Brits grew up with. Any child of the 80’s will have grown up with Thatcher’s aspirations of home-ownership for the masses, thus conceiving the home-ownership trend that has revolutionised the property industry and dominated a social and cultural mindset for the […]
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