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Local Housing Allowance is Failing

The local housing allowance which was intended to promote fairness, choice and personal responsibility among claimants by paying money directly into [...] read more »
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Busy Christmas in Residential Letting Sector

Research showed that more tenants are looking to move into new rental accommodation by the end of 2010.

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Homeowners Move Due to Disputes with Neighbours

Almost 100,000 homeowners decided to move due to disputes with their neighbours during the last 2 years. read more »
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Government aims to Crackdown on Council Sublet Cheats

A national crackdown on social housing tenancy cheats is launched by the Government with the aim to recover up to 10,000 council and housing associat[...] read more »
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1.3 Million Households Struggling with their Finances

Charities urge the Government to help low-income tenants as researches showed that 1.3 million low-income households are currently struggling with th[...] read more »
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Buy-to-let investors are avoiding the purchase of new build properties

Although investors are becoming increasingly optimistic about the recovery of the buy-to-let property market, the demand for new built flats has fall[...] read more »
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Good News for the Buy-to-Let Market

Research from Paragon Mortgages revealed that the proportion of landlords obtaining a buy-to-let mortgage in order to extend their property portfolio[...] read more »
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New Regulations for Social Housing to be launched in April

The Tenant Services Authority (TSA) was appointed by the Government to regulate the new approaches and standards of the social housing sector in Apri[...] read more »
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Asking Prices Fell in November

Property asking prices fell in November for the first time in 3 months as owners aimed to sell by the end of the year. read more »
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Landlords will suffer from delayed student loan payments

Thousands of student in England are still waiting to receive their student loans and grants weeks into the start of term. read more »
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Burglaries on the rise as the recession hits

As the economy has not fully recovered from the recession, the number of burglaries increases with the high level of unemployment rate. read more »
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Tenants are Further Warned over Bogus Landlord Scams

Tenants looking for rental accommodation in Oxfordshire are warned about the money transfer scams conducted by bogus landlords who advertised their “[...] read more »
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Expected Increase in Landlords Facing Rent Arrears

The majority of residential landlords in the UK face the challenge of dealing with their tenants falling into rental arrears, according to the statis[...] read more »
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Expected Rent Reduction for Housing Association Tenants

The Government will announce that 5 million housing association tenants will get their first ever rent reduction starting from next year. read more »
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Property Market Reviving?

Latest reports showed increasing enquiries from first-time buyers and significant growth in landlords and buy-to-let investors’ demands. Is the UK pr[...] read more »
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