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The Rental Market: A Solution For London's Housing Crisis

Housing experts are looking skywards to find a solution to London's acute housing shortage. The capital is facing a severe scarcity of open plots besides the skyrocketing land prices. Several restrictions, like green belts, worsen the prospect of building new homes. ...

Read    27/04/2023

The Rental Market: Meeting Student Demand Though BTR

There is a perceptible increase in purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) all over the UK. There is an increase in investor interest in this sector, and developers are rushing to help meet the demand. Assetz Capital, Northampton, has provided funding of 13.26m to...

Read    27/04/2023

Landlord Legislation: Guide To Fire Safety

After the Grenfell tragedy, the UK government has initiated several measures to improve fire safety, especially in rented homes. Landlords have a moral as well as legal responsibility, to ensure the protection of their tenants from fire hazards.Fire doors and fire do...

Read    27/04/2023

Environmental Social Governance (ESG): Planning and Net Zero Goals

Achieved Research conducted by the Futures Network of the Housing Forum in November 2022 revealed some concerns related to the chances of meeting the Future Homes and Buildings Standards set out by the UK government. The targets have a deadline of 2025. One in five m...

Read    27/04/2023

Industry Update: Rules Introduced For UK Companies

The UK government has introduced new identity verification rules for directors and owners of companies registered in the United Kingdom. These rules, set to be enforced shortly, will impact both existing and newly formed UK companies.

Read    27/04/2023

The Rental Market: The Decline Of HMOs

HMOs vs ColivingA significant drop in the number of HMO properties in England over the last two years underlines the shrinking HMO market. The total number of HMOs across England declined by over 21,000 to 489,701 in the last two years. The yearly rate of decline was...

Read    27/04/2023

Industry Update: Data Science Is Disrupting The Market

Artificial Intelligence and data science are impacting nearly every business sector. The real estate industry has a reputation as a slow adopter of sophisticated technologies, and some businesses have been quicker to embrace technological innovation than others. Virg...

Read    26/04/2023

The Rental Market: Owning Vs Renting

It is not a shock to reveal overall housing costs are increasing notably. On average, there has been a 12% rise in rents this last year for new tenancies as the availability of good quality rental homes continues to decline. On the other side of the spectrum, homeown...

Read    26/04/2023

UK Government News: Expectations Of The UK's Housing Sector

As anticipated, the cost of living crisis continues to be on the UK's top agenda, and the Springs Budget is no exception to this. Most people were not expecting any exciting announcements, but the Private Rental Sector had a few reasonable hopes from the spring budge...

Read    26/04/2023

Environmental Social Governance (ESG): Energy-Efficient Homes Through EPCs

UK's energy assessment training provider Elmhurst Energy is calling for some drastic changes in the EPCs. Whilst their heat is in the right place, (they want Energy Performance Certificates to support net zero efforts and be renewed three yearly) can tax-drained, com...

Read    26/04/2023

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