£600 Million Boost for Housing in High-Demand Areas
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid has announced over £600 million of new investment to support the building of 50,000 new homes in ...
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Rents Increased in the Last 12 Months Despite Long-term Slowdown
Rents in the UK’s private rented sector (PRS) increased by 1.3 per cent in the 12 months to July 2019, unchanged since May ...
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Semi-detached Home Values Grow the Most Since Financial Crash
Semi-detached homes have proven the most profitable residential property type in the UK, with price growth of 35.07 per cent over the last ...
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Homeowners Would Rather Build an Extension Than Move
Roughly two in five homeowners in the UK would rather build an extension than move homes, following recent changes in planning law, according ...
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Chickens Come Home to Roost in the Rental Market
I would be the first to concede that not all predictions are correct. The great economist JK Galbraith once said that economic forecasting ...
RICS Publishes Pioneering Guidance for Land Measurement
A newly-developed draft guidance report of best practices for the measurement of land has been published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ...
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Home Office Guidance on Right to Rent Could Lead Landlords to Break Law
Landlords are being warned that guidance recently published by the Home Office on the Government’s Right to Rent scheme could lead them to breaking ...
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Lodger Landlords Association Launched to Give Greater Protection
A new body called the Lodger Landlords Association (LLA) has been launched to drive forward greater protection and regulation for individuals in the ...
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UK House Price Growth Remains Subdued
Annual house price growth in the UK remained below 1 per cent for the eighth month in a row in July, rising just ...
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Airbnb Host Fined £100,000 for Letting His Flat to Tourists
A council tenant who illegally sub-let his council flat through Airbnb in Victoria, London has been evicted and issued a record £100,000 fine, ...
