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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Landlord's horror: hoarder tenant

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The rise of the silver room sharer

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Young see no hope of home ownership

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Preventing trips at a rental property

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Hometrack Cities Index

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Sellers achieving 96% of asking price

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Investment service launches for landlords

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Furness cuts rates on BTL

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Older home owners staying put

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Can Boris get Britain building?

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Prices stuck in 'Brexit limbo'

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Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Possible Help to Buy extension

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Learn to love a bedsit

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Homes above shops

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Scotland's housing inequality

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Tenant fined £100k over Airbnb lets

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Keystone raises cashback offering

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Saturday, July 27, 2019

Friday, July 26, 2019

Penalties for HMO non-compliance

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Boris focused on homeownership

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Thursday, July 25, 2019

Housing Ministers - here today...

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The new Housing Minister

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The new Housing Secretary

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Runnymede landlord forum

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Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Renters will be able to check a landlord's background

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Govt accused of prolonging housing crisis

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Boris Johnson and PRS

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Is the property market Bojo proof?

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Rent controls - drop in supply

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Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Pledge to end 'poor doors'

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Fears landlords monopolising market

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Landlord crammed 7 tenants into a flat

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Landlords - 'we are not bad people'

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Labour vows to end leasehold ownership

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Whirlpool recalls half a million tumble dryers

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Property tycoon loses court battle

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How can we reduce inheritance tax on my mother's property?

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New Universal Credit report

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The rise of the corporate landlord

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Regional ONS house price chart

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Latest Rightmove Rental Data

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Another rise in company landlords

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Property transactions drop by 9.6%

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Monday, July 22, 2019

Property ‘old guard’ bows out

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Tenant demand uplift 7 times the norm

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Khan's rent freeze proposal is laughable

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Tenant's rent payments & credit score

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London's first high-end 'build to rent'

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Professional landlords take biggest share of market

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Renters may get access to rogue landlord database

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Friday, July 19, 2019

16,000 landlords admit to underpaying tax

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What are rent controls?

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London key workers: rent costs

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Property hotspots and lowspots map

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No fault eviction ban will hurt tenants

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Green shoots for London landlords

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Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Landlord message board criticised

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Increase in the average age of FTBs

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Platform cuts rates

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Developers to be banned from building tiny homes

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1 in 6 renters depressed by renting

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Monday, July 15, 2019

Living in a shed

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Lack of homes suitable for older people

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A flat smaller than a taxi

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Tips for landlords going on holiday

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Property prices fall by 0.2%

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Prime London property shows signs of life

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Welsh Govt launch possessions consultation

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Government to shake up Housing Health & Safety System

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This could finish off BTL

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How landlords can refuse to rent to families

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Big drop in leasehold sales - ONS

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Rightmove's latest House Price Index

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Saturday, July 13, 2019

Friday, July 12, 2019

Over-regulation will not solve PRS

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9m2 flat sold under Help to Buy

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Thursday, July 11, 2019

Agents report rise in sales

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Room rents rise 8%

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Treasury to push for 'rent recognition'

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Dealing with anti-social behaviour

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First spike in buyer interest since 2016

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Latest DPS Rental Index

The UK experienced a sharp increase in average rent from £757 to £771 (1.79%) during the second quarter of 2019 according to the latest edition of The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) Rent Index. 

According to the report the increase between April and June is the first significant uplift in rents since the average monthly UK rental price began to decline in the last quarter of 2017.

Daren King, Head of Tenancy Deposit Protection at The DPS, said: 

“The increase in rents during the second quarter of 2019 is striking, after a prolonged period of stagnation in the market.

Many commentators predicted that the tenancy fees ban would drive up rents as letting agents and landlords looked to alternative sources to cover costs but, with the ban coming in late in this quarter, it’s too early to say whether it is behind the hike.

Given the economic factors that were behind the drop in rent prices remain relatively unchanged, it will be interesting to see if the upward trend increases between July and September.”


The DPS report also showed that average monthly rents increased by £7 (0.87%) from £764 year on year.

London saw its first increase in average rent since the last quarter of 2017, from £1,288 in Q1 2019, to £1,319 in Q2 2019 (2.42%).

Outside of London, average monthly rent now stands at £673, an increase of £10 (1.5%) on last quarter, and a marginal increase of £2 (0.25%) compared with the same quarter last year.

While all property types experienced a rise in average rent across the UK, the largest increase was seen for terraced properties, rising from £699 to £731 (4.59%).

On average, the report found that UK renters are spending 32% of their wages on rent.

The full report is available here.

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Homelet Rental Index - June

HomeLet's latest data shows demand for rental properties remains high.

The headlines from June 2019’s HomeLet Rental Index are:
  • Average UK rent is £941, up by 1.8% (£17) on the same time last year
  • Northern Ireland is performing strongest, up 4.7% (£30) on the same time last year
  • London excluded, the average rent in the UK is now £781, up by 1.8% (£14) on last year
  • Average rents in London are now £1,611, up by 0.9% (£15) on last year
  • All 12 of the regions monitored by HomeLet showed an increase in rental values between June 2018 and June 2019
  • The average duration of tenancy for rented properties in June 2019 was 30.7 months, down from 32.1 for the same month last year
Chief executive of HomeLet, Martin Totty comments; 

“Since the beginning of the year we have observed a gradual decline in the year-on-year variations in London rents, which reflects what is also being observed in the London housing market thus far in 2019.

What is most striking about the latest data is the consistency of rental prices we are seeing across the whole UK, with all regions recording a continued year-on-year increase. This is a continuation of the theme we’ve been seeing since mid-2017 as rents have continued to edge up.
One point of interest in the data is that the average duration of a tenancy has reduced to 30.7 months, from 32.1 months in the same month last year. Whilst this isn’t a significant reduction, the drop does coincide with the introduction of the Tenants Fee Act in England and could be a very early indication of more mobility amongst tenants. It will be interesting to observe what prices do throughout the whole country in the coming months.”


The trends reported within the HomeLet Rental Index are brand new tenancies, which were arranged in the most recent period, providing an in-depth insight into the lettings market.

Head to https://homelet.co.uk/homelet-rental-index/ for more information.
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The Japanese Knotweed hotspot

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Builder hiding behind Ltd Co status

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Calls for an England landlord register

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Truth about criminal letting agents

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Right to Rent goes to appeal

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Tuesday, July 09, 2019

Most landlords not looking to grow

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Low wages making rents unaffordable

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Mandatory 12-month contracts for Wales

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Paragon cuts rates

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London price falls spread to regions

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London rents unaffordable

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More over-65s flat-sharing than ever

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Govt need to change tack or face PRS shortage

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BTL pricing sees unprecedented drop

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Labour's leasehold plans

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A stamp duty reversal could revive prime property prices

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Government urged to stop BTL changes

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Monday, July 08, 2019

A co-living apartment block

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Can UC be paid straight to landlord?

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San Fransisco pod living

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My tenant ran off

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Labour plans to cap Ground Rents

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Benefit freeze - squeezing rents

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IHT plans to fast-track FTBs

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Friday, July 05, 2019

Rightmove trials commercial property

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House price continue to drift lower

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Landlords come clean on unpaid tax

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Landlord profiteering from tiny flats

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Vida add more BTL deals

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Halifax reports 5.7% price growth

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Thursday, July 04, 2019

Scrap the Universal Credit 5 week wait

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Freeholders take on rip off management

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Number of new listings falls in June

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Wednesday, July 03, 2019

2 yr fixed rates cut since PRA warning

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London best city to rent with pets

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800,000 faulty dryers still out there

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Landlords call on councils for protection

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A bad month for UK construction

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73% of BTL investors think sector is best

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