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Property management chief backs Shelter over poor quality homes

A prominent rental industry figure has backed Shelter’s sweeping condemnation of the lettings sector - but insists landlords are not to blame. Mary-Anne Bowring, group managing director at Ringley - a property management and PropTech business - says Shelter’s latest ...

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Shelter: Renters felt unsafe during lockdown

Over half (51%) of private renters in England say their home has made them feel safe during the pandemic, Shelter research has found. A third (35%) live in poor conditions, with electrical hazards, pests or damp-related issues in their home. Meanwhile 43% reckon they...

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PM’s 95% mortgage proposals ‘promising’ but is it too little, too late?

The reforms, which the Conservatives first mooted in their election manifesto last year, are aimed at fixing the broken housing system and helping more young people on to the property ladder. Speaking at the virtual Conservative Party Conference yesterday Johnson sai...

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Ringley: UK has failed to build enough new homes for decades

Research by homeless charity Shelter, which found that only 51% of private renters have been made to feel safe by their home during the pandemic, while 35% live in poor conditions, is evidence of the failure to build enough new homes, according to Ringley. Mary-Anne ...

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A third of private rented homes are sub-standard, claims Shelter

A third of tenants in England live in homes which are poorly maintained, low quality and too expensive for the quality of life they offer, housing charity Shelter has claimed. It paid YouGov to ask just over 5,000 tenants about their private rented homes and found th...

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Half of renters felt insecure in homes during pandemic

Only half of private renters in England say that their home has made them feel safe during the pandemic, Shelter has claimed as it calls for the government to invest £12bn in social housing. The charity’s Building Our Way Out report argues that the lack of social hou...

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Shelter slams landlords for poor conditions within ‘too many’ rented properties

Critics have heavily criticized the Shelter within an inng report into the PRS in which it says over a third of rented homes are sub-standard. Launched today, Shelter’s major report interviewed 5,177 tenants in the PRS last month and was conducted by YouGov. It revea...

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PlanetRent partners with The 360 View to offer virtual tours of rental properties - Property Notify

The partnership with The 360 View allows landlords and agents to create immersive virtual tours that they can attach to the property listing through the PlanetRent platform. PlanetRent added this brand new feature to its platform to help landlords, agents and tenants...

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Boris Johnson promises 95% mortgages for First Time Buyers

Boris Johnson showed his colours as a true-blue Tory at the party’s virtual conference, vowing to give ‘generation rent’ the keys to home ownership. “When Covid struck there were millions of people, often young people, who found themselves locked down in rented accom...

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PlanetRent partners with The 360 View to offer virtual tours of rental properties - London TV

The partnership with The 360 View allows landlords and agents to create immersive virtual tours that they can attach to the property listing through the PlanetRent platform. PlanetRent added this brand new feature to its platform to help landlords, agents and tenants...

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