House of Lords hand student landlords the power to evict tenants
The House of Lords have altered the Renters’ Rights Bill by giving student landlords more power to evict tenants. An amendment to Ground 4A means landlords of one- and two-…
Social homes to be retrofitted via government-backed fund
Lloyds Banking Group and Peabody have signed a £60m loan agreement to fund the sustainable retrofit of thousands of social homes across London and the Southeast. The loan, partially guaranteed…
House prices remain flat after “pushing affordability to the limit”
Property prices were flat in June after falling by 0.3% in May, Halifax’s house price index has revealed. The long-term trend has still been a price uplift however, as the…
168 lots listed in July auction
A freehold residential investment in Kent, pictured, is among 168 lots listed across southern England in the July auction by Clive Emson Auctioneers. They include 41 Hedley Street, Maidstone, which…
People commonly have claims rejected due to pets
Insurers have rejected £801.8 million worth of home insurance claims for damages caused by pets, as many Brits don’t realise it is often excluded from home cover, research from Go.Compare…
Developer wins landmark cladding case against designer
A developer has won a case against a high-rise building designer – after opting to carry out remedial works. Following the Grenfell Tower disaster developer BDW Trading investigated a number…
Rooftop solar held back, says expert
The lack of a government-backed guaranteed price for selling back surplus clean power to the UK energy grid is discouraging the installation of solar PV systems, according to energy consultancy…
A third of Central London homes are vacant
Some 32.9% of homes in the City of London are vacant, analysis from Compare My Move found. This effect has been worsened by a 27% increase in people leaving London…
First-time buyers neglecting coastal regions
Few first-time buyers are looking to buy property on the coast, with most instead gravitating to the cities over the past decade, Rightmove analysis shows. The number of future first-time…
Mortgage holders waiting for June base rate cut
Online remortgage searches dropped by 10% in June, indicating that many are waiting for an expected base rate cut. That is according to tech firm Twenty7tec, which found that searches…