Will house prices keep falling? Author Georgie Frost Published in The Times Money Mentor 1st December 2023Updated December 1, 2023 House prices rose 0.2% in the month to November, according to Nationwide, but still remain 2% lower than a year ago. Forecasts from Lloyds Bank and property website Zoopla expect prices to keep on falling throughout 2024. We explore where house prices could head next. The evidence that the UK property market is strugg...
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Published May 12, 2020Trending News, UK Housing Market-Eleanor Harvey On Sunday, Boris Johnson revealed the UK government’s “lockdown easing plan”. Some things will be changing from tomorrow, but how will this affect the property sector? Boris Johnson’s speech at the weekend was unsurprisingly met with a range of reactions from members of parliament, business leaders and members of the public. Much of the criticism pointed to a lack of ...
Residential Market Outlook: Week Beginning 6 April 2020Written By: Liam Bailey, Knight Frank Assessing Covid-19’s impact on the UK housing market Summary The UK government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has utterly transformed the current economic and housing market landscape. The big question is what will its longer-term impact be?The outlook we set out below confirms a sharp fall in activity. Looking beyond the shor...
Property Intelligence 2019Findrs Keepers - published October 2019 Renewals – a new normalAcross all offices we have seen an increase in the number of tenants renewing. In Quarter 1 we reported a change in behaviour with tenants negotiating more on rent or length of tenancy. With the same thing happening in Q2 and Q3 it’s safe to say that this seems to be the new ‘normal’. As with new tenancies, the landlords who are being sensible and ...
Article by guildy | 27 Sep 2019 | 2020, New Legislation Landlords Urged to Sell Now to Beat Higher CGT Bills Buy to let landlords who have rented out a home where they once lived are urged to sell up quickly to avoid higher tax bills. Capital gains tax rules are due to change from April 6, 2020 that will take a larger bite from their sell-on profits. CGT will impact landlords selling homes by – Scrapping lettings relief that allows each owner to ...
TUESDAY 04 DECEMBER 2018 ARLA ON LINE ARTICLE The Minister for Families, Supported Housing and Child Maintenance, Justin Tomlinson has issued some valuable advice for landlords (or managing agents) to help their tenants better understand Universal Credit and minimise problems with unpaid or late rent.Justin Tomlinson, MP said: "I understand that Universal Credit has felt like a huge cultural change for many private landlords, their staff and tena...
ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON ARLA WEBSITE FRIDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2018 In England on 1 October, the criteria for what kind of House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) needs a mandatory licence is being extended and agents will need to ensure they’re keeping landlords up to date with the incoming change in legislation and making sure that applicable properties are licensed. The UK Government announced in May 2015 that it would be changing the criter...
ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON ARLA WEBSITE MONDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 The Deregulation Act 2015 made changes to prevent ‘retaliatory evictions’ and all new tenancies starting on or after 1 October 2015 had to adhere to new guidelines as to when and how a landlord can serve a Section 21 notice.This October all remaining Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs) will be subject to these rules, regardless of their start date. With the new rules,...
Article published on ARLA website MONDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2018 The controversial Bill that will ban most charges set by landlords and letting agents to tenants in England has started its journey through the upper chamber. The Tenant Fees Bill was introduced into Parliament in May of this year, and it has since completed its stages in the House of Commons and moved swiftly into the Lords for further scrutiny. The First Reading in...
Article written by Robert Booth, appeared in Gaurdian 10th September 2018 One in three homes in England at lowest rents are classed as non-decent, analysis shows A quarter of a million families bringing up babies and infants in England are living in privately rented accommodation that fails to meet the decent homes standard, it has emerged. The number of households bringing up children aged under four in squalid conditions, which c...
ARTICLE PUBLISHED BY RESIDENTIAL LANDLORDS ASSOCIATION REPRODUCED BY AII JULY 2018 What documents do I need to give to my tenant?I have protected my tenant's deposit, what documents do I need to give my tenant? Each deposit scheme requires you to give your tenant and anyone who has contributed to the deposit, the following documents: Copy of the deposit protection certificate/receiptPrescribed InformationThe deposit protection scheme leaflet for ...