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How would the Monopoly board look in today's property market?

Even if festive cheer is in short supply this year, many of us will still enjoy playing board games over Christmas. Have you ever wondered how the Monopoly board would look if it reflected today’s property market? Barratt London has the answers!

Read    22/12/2020

Beware - these plants could stop you selling your home!

Most homeowners know that Japanese Knotweed is a serious issue, but it’s not the only plant that can impact property value. Certain plants and trees can cause severe structural damage, make it harder to sell your home, and even put you at risk of lawsuits if they spr...

Read    18/12/2020

Who is going to rent your property in 2021?

Fewer international tenants post-Brexit, more tenants in arrears due to post-pandemic job losses and the possibility of oversupply in the rental market. This is the grim prediction of one industry commentator in the property press today.But there is one bright spot o...

Read    08/12/2020

How effective are your fire and smoke alarms?

New regulations on smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in rented homes are coming soon. The government has launched a consultation to gather opinions before these stricter laws take effect.

Read    04/12/2020

Could Build-to-Rent transform suburbia?

As if the property industry didn’t already have enough confusing acronyms, here’s a new one to keep track of: SBTR, which stands for Suburban Build to Rent. While Build to Rent (BTR) has been rapidly growing in urban centres, SBTR could mark the beginning of a signif...

Read    18/11/2020

New tax threat could hit landlords hard

A rather un-conservative report has been released today by the Government that, if acted on, threatens to double the tax on the sale of second homes and rental properties. This is likely to hit the Conservative party’s own voters hard but could raise £14 billion in m...

Read    12/11/2020

Evictions halted - again!

For landlords cheered by the resumption of the courts hearing possession cases from 21 September, there’s bad news. It was only to be expected that, following the stop on bailiffs acting in areas already facing Tier 3 restrictions, possessions in the rest of the coun...

Read    06/11/2020

Could 2021 be a happier new year for pet owners?

At Ringley we like to think we’re ahead of the curve in the ways that affect our clients and customers most. We’ve even won awards for innovation in the way we run our business and for our development of proptech solutions.Momentum has been building for some time for...

Read    05/11/2020

Is regulation for landlords on the horizon?

Comments made in the press today point to the future likelihood of mandatory licensing of landlords – yet another burden for buy-to-let property owners to shoulder. Mark Hayward, chief executive of Propertymark, who sat on the Government's Regulation of Property Age...

Read    30/10/2020

Will the Chancellor pay out to help out?

Following on from yesterday’s blog about rent arrears, today we hear that the National Residential Landlords Association is lobbying Chancellor Rishi Sunak to include support for landlords in his upcoming spending review. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak there will be no...

Read    29/10/2020

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