Category: Property News

The average house price plunged -2.3% to £285,579 last month, the biggest monthly drop since October 2008. Halifax’s November house price index reports that the rate of annual growth slowed…

Portfolio landlord and property educator Rick Gannon insists his ‘warts and all’ social media posts are a good way to reflect a true picture of the sector. A recent video…

Three Derbyshire councils are sharing a £1.21 million government hand-out to help them crack down on enforcement in poor quality private rental homes. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing &…

A new property platform aims to revolutionize the buy-to-let sector by connecting property sourcers and investors. Invesourced has been launched by self-taught property sourcer Williams who met partner, investor Kelly…

Just over half a million people are “at risk of being of being kicked out of their home this winter”, Shelter’s Chief Executive Polly Neate told ITV last night. This…

In a landmark decision, the Court of Appeal has ruled that a landlord was wrong to serve notice on a commercial tenant who hadn’t told him he had assigned the…

Portsmouth is to go ahead with its contested additional licensing scheme but has promised to reward good landlords by charging them a lower licence fee and doing fewer inspections. Landlords…

Middle-income households are to be eligible for grants worth up to £15,000 to make their homes more energy efficient says Grant Shapps, the business secretary. Shapps is to announce the…

The long awaited renting reforms first muted in 2019 will be implemented next year, promises Housing Secretary, Michael Gove MP. Admitting that the Government should have “moved more quickly” on…

A landlord battling to evict his nightmare tenants using a Section 8 order is exasperated that county court bailiffs encouraged them to stay put. The Cumbrian-based landlord had been granted…