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Associations & Bodies
Property industry trade association giant to launch on 1st January
After months of discussions and member votes, three key commercial property bodies including the BPF are to become one and be named RE:UK.
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Rental market
Up to 30,000 build-to-rent homes needed every year, BPF says
The British Property Federation calls on the next government to take action to attract investment into the build-to-rent sector.
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Housing Market
Renters’ Reform Bill: Industry reaction
No-fault evictions will be abolished and tenants will allowed to have pets with a new landlords ombudsman appointed to provide quick resolutions to disputes.
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Latest property news
BPF paints a stark picture of housing supply
The British Property Federation says lack of impetus is holding back house building.
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Latest property news
New smoke alarm laws passed
The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations have finally been passed in Parliament, giving Landlords and Managing Agents until 1st October 2015 to comply. Following final scrutiny of the measures in the House of Lords last week, landlords and Managing Agents now have less than two weeks to ensure that all tenancies have a smoke alarm fitted on every floor of their property where there is a room used wholly or partly as living accommodation. They will also be required to put a carbon monoxide alarm in any room where a solid fuel is burnt. Failure to do so could result in a fine of up to £5,000. Baroness Williams of Trafford, the Communities and Local Government Minister, insisted that the aim of the regulations are to “save lives and not catch landlords out.” But while many professionals in the housing sector have welcomed the aims of the regulations, there are concerns that the Government has ignored calls from across the Private Rented Sector (PRS) to reconsider the timeframe for its implementation. David Cox (left), Managing Director of the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA), commented, “Whilst these measures are entirely sensible, ARLA is concerned that landlords will not…
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Housing Market
Housing completions soar in England
House building in England is now at its highest level since 2008 following a significant rise in the volume of new homes being developed, new Government figures show. In the year to June, 131,060 residential properties were completed, a rise of 15 per cent on the same period a year ago. The latest quarterly house building statistics from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) show that between April and June, the number of completions rose by 22 per cent year-on-year. The Housing Minister, Brandon Lewis (right), welcomed the figures, but admitted there was more to do, vowing that the Government would “deliver 275,000 affordable homes by the end of this Parliament”. However, the number of new homes being started dropped by 1 per cent over the year, to 136,320, and by 6 per cent on a quarterly basis. The data was described as “encouraging” by Henry Gregg (left), the National Housing Federation’s(NHF) Assistant Director of Campaigns. But he also said that it was crucial that we as a nation continue to increase our efforts “to build the homes that are desperately needed”. He commented, “Last year alone we built less than half of the homes needed, pushing house…
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Features
Will UK housing transactions hit a million in 2013?
The property market recovery is underway, with many experts projecting that UK housing transactions could hit the one million mark for the first time since the 2007 peak.
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Features
The Montague Review
The Montague Review proposes encouragement of build-to-let to boost to the Private Rented Sector.
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