by Admin | May 16, 2020 | All | 0 Comments

Secretary of State for Housing  has made the highly unusual move of penning a column for a property portal in which he reveals that the government always intended to make property the first industry to be allowed back to work. His comments within the 450 word column,...

by Admin | April 7, 2020 | All | 0 Comments

Newly elected Labour party leader Keir Starmer has revealed his front bench team including his Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Thangam Debbonaire. The 53-year old is well known for being one of a tranche of Labour MPs who resigned in June 2016 after losing...

by Admin | March 19, 2020 | All | 0 Comments

The government has published details of its plan to ban all evictions during the Coronavirus crisis and also revealed that landlords are to be given the same three-month mortgage holiday as residential property owners. Yesterday Boris Johnson told parliament during...

by Admin | February 25, 2020 | All | 0 Comments

Twenty-two consumer and industry groups and companies with involvement in the ongoing cladding scandal have joined forces in an unprecedented show of solidarity in order to campaign together. Property managers, residents, freeholders and cladding campaigners have...

by Admin | January 15, 2020 | All | 0 Comments

Lettings agents will soon have to complete electrical checks on all rented properties they manage for electrical safety or face fines of up to £30,000. The proposals are outlined in the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations...

by Admin | December 20, 2019 | All | 0 Comments

Yesterday’s Queen’s Speech included the government’s promised property sector measures that will turn its campaign promises into law. These include a Renter’s Reform Bill which will abolish Section 21 eviction notices to ‘protect tenants’ and local discounts for first...

by Admin | November 25, 2019 | All | 0 Comments

The Conservative party launched its manifesto yesterday which confirms the major housing policies that it has been leaking to the media over the past week. But the manifesto was overshadowed by Boris Johnson, who had earlier announced that overseas residents buying UK...

by Admin | October 25, 2019 | All | 0 Comments

The exodus of landlords from the private rented market is rapidly turning into a crisis as the government’s ‘failed’ policies wreak havoc, it has been claimed. The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) claims more landlords are now selling up than those who are...

by Admin | September 11, 2018 | All, News | 0 Comments

The latest data and analysis of the UK housing market from Halifax has revealed that during the three months to August this year, average house prices increased by 3.7% when compared to the same period a year earlier. Russell Galley, Managing Director, Halifax, said:...

by Admin | August 14, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

The latest research from quickmovenow.com has suggested that, despite the threat of a 'no-deal' Brexit, the majority of the British public remain upbeat about the future of the UK property market. According to the figures, only 23% of the public said they felt Brexit...

by Admin | August 7, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

Across the capital, new listings of homes on the property market dropped by 12.7 per cent in July compared to June. Meanwhile, in Newham, the only borough where the supply of housing on the market rose in July, new property listings went up by 11.9pc compared to June,...

by Admin | July 18, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

What are the property improvements that give the best and worst returns? A new tool, created by GoCompare Home Insurance, with the assistance of property expert Henry Pryor, shows the home improvements which add value to a property and those which could end up leaving...

by Admin | July 10, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

The government launched a new version of the How to Rent Guide, updated as of the 26th June. The 2018 guide now called: How to rent: the checklist for renting in England, must be issued to tenants at the start of a new or renewal tenancy. Download the updated guide...

by Admin | July 3, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

Ambitious plans by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Mayor of Newham, Rokhsana Fiaz, for the £314 million regeneration of the Royal Docks in east London over the next five years have been given the green light. The Royal Docks has the potential to generate 35,000...