Legal & General's build-to-rent arm reportedly submitted licensing applications for 315 Lewisham properties 744 days after the council's selective licensing scheme began in July 2024. Council corr
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Twenty-six Labour MPs have called on Angela Rayner to introduce rent controls in England, prompting warnings from property lawyers that landlords could exit the market. New modelling estimates tenant
Tenant demand for flatshare rooms has hit record levels, with commuter towns below £500 per month seeing the highest enquiries per room. SpareRoom is lobbying for an increase to the Rent a Room Scheme
Trading standards authorities are refusing to act on letting agent compliance breaches due to budget cuts, reserving enforcement capacity for cases involving vulnerable consumers who have been "specif
A Nottingham landlord's enquiry into whether plug-in solar panels improve EPC ratings has exposed a structural flaw in compliance planning for the 2030 deadline. The Standard Assessment Procedure unde
Plug-in solar panels up to 800W became legal in Great Britain on 27 August, but the government has provided no operational guidance for the rental sector. Letting agents now face tenant requests with
The Fairer Share campaign proposes replacing council tax and stamp duty with an annual property tax of 0.48% of property value, rising to 0.96% for second homes and empty properties. The proposal leav
English councils refused 1,203 HMO planning applications in 2025, more than double the 590 refusals in 2021, whilst approval rates fell from 68.1 per cent to 65.2 per cent. The widening gap between HM
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