Jun 13, 2022 | Market Forecasts, Other News
13 Jun 2022 A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing associations. Council tenants in England have been able to buy their homes at a discount since October 1980, when the...
Jun 6, 2022 | Market Forecasts, Other News
06 Jun 2022 The clearest indication of the rate at which the private rented market is shrinking is revealed in new research by Propertymark.It shows the number of properties available to rent through letting agents in the month of March halved between 2019...
May 19, 2022 | Other News, Planning Enforcement, Regulation
19 May 2022 Landowners are claiming that the negative stereotype given to private landlords in recent years by government contributes to the overall housing crisis. Scottish Land & Estates, representing landowners, says: Aspirations to improve housing volume and...
May 16, 2022 | Eviction, Other News
16 May 2022 Guest post by Marc von Grundherr, Director Benham & Reeves The property industry has this week remonstrated at the video that housing charity Shelter has published and in which they portray letting agents as dodgy spivs with no conscience. It’s...
Nov 19, 2021 | Other News
19 Nov 2021 Shelter – so often critical of the private rental sector – has instead turned its fire on the government over what the charity claims is inadequate social housing construction levels. It claims that government statistics for March 2020...
Oct 7, 2021 | Legislation & Regulations, Other News
07 Oct 2021 The White Paper on rental reform may still be some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and colleagues “are still in the middle of meetings and consultations”. “We want to get this right. For example if we start...
Oct 4, 2021 | Eviction, Other News
04 Oct 2021 The chief executive of Shelter says the experience of Scotland shows that the scrapping of S21 eviction powers produces benefits that far outweigh disadvantages. Polly Neate, speaking on BBC Radio 4, says that Scotland effectively scrapped its equivalent...
Apr 23, 2021 | Other News
23 Apr 2021 Another lettings agency has been found to have unlawfully discriminated against a tenant receiving benefits. Worthing County Court declared that Michael Jones & Company unlawfully refused to show Hayley Pearce a potential rental property...
