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Six out of 10 landlords would rather sell properties than make them energy efficient
EPC targets could lead to shortage of rental properties as landlords would rather sell up than make costly changes to existing properties despite energy savings.
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Crackdown on insurance commissions could ‘devastate managing agents’
Property litigator Richard Glover warns agents could face disqualification from both the FCA and RICS for taking ‘secret commissions’.
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Michael Gove: Private landlords are ‘vital’ for the rented sector
Housing Secretary says landlords provide tenants “with flexibility and choice, and the value for money options that go with them”.
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Features
The great reformer
The Renters (Reform) Bill is intended to make private sector renting fairer. Robyn Hall reviews the proposed legislation as begins its journey through Parliament.
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Government blamed as new build approvals slump 10%
Official statistics from DLUHC reveal 269,000 homes were granted permission in the last year.
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Landlord jailed for letting hazardous and rat-infested properties
Martin Ambler, 58, who owned properties in Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire and Bolsover is behind bars after Judge takes no nonsense approach to rogue landlord.
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Section 21 WILL be abolished as Renters’ Reform Bill finally published
Government introduces landmark reforms to deliver fairer Private Rented Sector for tenants and landlords who will be able to recover their properties more easily from anti-social tenants.
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Government ‘to cap ground rent’ as plans to scrap leasehold abandoned
New rules on leasehold to be introduced after Michael Gove forced to U-turn on his pledge to scrap the system.
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Housing Market
People need homes and we need to address the problem once and for all
Glentree International boss Trevor Abrahmsohn says that whilst everyone likes the cosy, utopian, fully upholstered idea of 'homes for everyone', a burgeoning population cannot live in three-bedroomed semis in the sky.
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Renters Reform Bill stuck at final hurdle before publication
Sources at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities have confirmed to The Neg that that the Renters Reform Bill will be published sooner rather than later.
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