by Kamal | Feb 26, 2026 | Property
Regarding the new rules on dual nationals (Report, 24 February), given its standing in the polls, surely the government would prefer not to give voters yet another reason to think they are governed by callous, indifferent fools? Permitting dual nationals to enter with...
by Kamal | Feb 26, 2026 | Property
Record numbers of people slept rough on the streets of England last year, according to the latest official statistics.An estimated 4,793 people spent the night in tents, doorways and parks on a single night in autumn 2025, up 3% year on year, and overtaking the...
by Kamal | Feb 25, 2026 | Property
Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor, has hired Erin Dalton as a new commissioner of the city’s department of social services.The hire comes as the new mayor has faced scrutiny over the city’s handling of its unhoused population following the deaths of at least 20 people...
by Kamal | Feb 25, 2026 | Property
Revisiting Airbnb – What Landlords / Hosts Need to Know » The Landlord Law Blog / Source link
by Kamal | Feb 25, 2026 | Property
Church conversion homes can be found across the UK, from a one-bedroom coastal apartment in a Scottish fishing village to a sprawling 7,000 sq ft hall in Southport Prices start at £185,000 – surprisingly affordable for a genuinely one-of-a-kind home Original features...
by Kamal | Feb 24, 2026 | Property
Local authorities are experiencing some of the highest temporary accommodation bills on record. Councils in England spent £2.8bn last year on homeless accommodation – a 25% increase on the year before and a 100% increase since 2020.How did the bill get so high? The...
by Kamal | Feb 24, 2026 | Property
In the Netherlands, much of which is below sea level, we have not had a single square metre of flooding since 1953 (‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk, 31 January). In that year, a storm surge erupted in the North...
by Kamal | Feb 24, 2026 | Property
The government has been accused of bowing to lobbying by housebuilders, in proposals that would prevent English local authorities from pursuing improvements to low-carbon homes standards.Under a consultation on planning rules, councils would be issued with guidance...
by Kamal | Feb 24, 2026 | Property
A drop in international students coming to the UK has hit the student housing provider Unite Group, which lowered its profit outlook for the third time in four months as weaker demand prompted it to cut rents in some cities.Shares in the FTSE 250-listed company –...
by Kamal | Feb 23, 2026 | Property
Renters’ Rights Act Essential Tips – dealing with the tenant’s right to cancel early » The Landlord Law Blog / Source link
by Kamal | Feb 22, 2026 | Midlands, Property
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by Kamal | Feb 22, 2026 | Midlands, Property
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by Kamal | Feb 22, 2026 | Midlands, Property
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by Kamal | Feb 22, 2026 | Midlands, Property
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by Kamal | Feb 22, 2026 | Midlands, Property
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by Kamal | Feb 22, 2026 | Midlands, Property
DISCLAIMER Your capital is at risk when buying property. The value of property can go down as well as up. Historic performance and forecasts are not reliable indicators of future performance. We do not provide tax, financial, or investment advice. Any general...
by Kamal | Feb 21, 2026 | Property
When the Madrid building where Jaime Oteyza had lived since 2012 was sold to an investment fund two years ago, a local tenants’ union swiftly warned him what to expect.First the tenants would be told that none of their rental contracts – regardless of their expiry...
by Kamal | Feb 20, 2026 | Property
Landlord Law brings you all the latest housing news, let’s see what has been trending in the news this week. Court waiting times increase despite drop in cases Even though that has been 13% fall in the number of possession claims for section 21, the wait time for...
by Kamal | Feb 19, 2026 | Property
Key takeaways: Average monthly mortgage payments were £1,592 in January – that’s £119 (7%) lower than a year ago, despite the average price of a home rising by 0.5% year-on-year in January The average two-year fixed mortgage rate in January was 4.23%, down from 4.99%...
by Kamal | Feb 19, 2026 | Property
Leasehold law in England and Wales is undergoing some of the biggest reforms in decades – and if you’re a landlord, property owner or considering buying a property, these changes could directly affect you.Some parts of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 have...
by Kamal | Feb 18, 2026 | Property
Rough sleeping in Scotland has risen by 106% over the past three years. Record numbers of children are now living in temporary accommodation, official figures released this month show. In Glasgow, the city council leader warned last year that the authority had run out...
by Kamal | Feb 18, 2026 | Midlands, Property
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by Kamal | Feb 18, 2026 | Midlands, Property
DISCLAIMER Your capital is at risk when buying property. The value of property can go down as well as up. Historic performance and forecasts are not reliable indicators of future performance. We do not provide tax, financial, or investment advice. Any general...
by Kamal | Feb 18, 2026 | Property
One in nine new homes in England built between 2022 and 2024 were constructed in areas that could now be at risk of flooding, according to new data.The figures show the number of homes being built in risky areas is on the rise – a previous analysis showed that between...
by Kamal | Feb 17, 2026 | Property
It is disappointing to see the huge urban sprawl at Gilston, north of Harlow, described as rejecting “car‑centric models” (A new town for the 21st century?, 9 February).Big, ultra-low-density developments like this, far from rail-transit networks, are inevitably...
by Kamal | Feb 17, 2026 | Property
A Cheshire council leader is being urged to resign after it emerged he had written a letter backing a new town of 20,000 homes for the area, which led to it being listed on the government’s list of proposed sites and has since sparked a huge backlash.Residents said...
by Kamal | Feb 17, 2026 | Property
After conquering Sicily, Tuscany and a Spanish townhouse in Moclín, Amanda Holden and Alan Carr have packed their tool belts once again. Greece is calling. Alan’s just off the back of winning the first ever UK Celebrity Traitors, and the pair have used the latest...
by Kamal | Feb 16, 2026 | Midlands, Property
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by Kamal | Feb 14, 2026 | Locations, North East, Property
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by Kamal | Feb 13, 2026 | Property
My friend John Donnelly, who has died aged 84, was an architect and teacher. His projects included work in housing, waterside redevelopment and conservation design.In 1964 he qualified as an architect, following studies at Birmingham School of Art, and his early...
by Kamal | Feb 13, 2026 | Property
Should film festivals be more than just screenings and red carpets? Should they prompt us to think about the role cinema plays in the world? Novelist Arundhati Roy certainly thinks so. She pulled out of the jury at the Berlin festival in protest at jury president Wim...
by Kamal | Feb 13, 2026 | Property
RRA 2025: Do Joint Property Owners All Have to Be Named in the Tenancy Agreement? » The Landlord Law Blog / Source link
by Kamal | Feb 13, 2026 | Property
Berkshire Place in north-west Toledo is an unremarkable street of potholes and unembellished single-family homes in a working-class Ohio neighborhood like thousands of others across the US’s industrial heartland.Last July, a three-bedroom, two bath house on the street...
by Kamal | Feb 13, 2026 | Property
Executive Towers boasts a gym, a swimming pool and heated underground parking. Built in 1963 by the country’s top contructor of luxury apartments, its excellent access to Ohio’s downtown Toledo and the neighborhoods beyond made it an attractive place to live.It was...
by Kamal | Feb 13, 2026 | Property
Rightmove has appointed Macclesfield FC owner Rob Smethurst as its Chief Belief Officer, celebrating his remarkable journey from finding the club’s stadium on the platform in 2020 to leading its historic resurgence. As part of the partnership, we’re also supporting...
by Kamal | Feb 13, 2026 | Property
Another week and another Newsround. Let’s see what the team has found this week. Government guidance issued on possessions before 1st May The government has updated their latest guidance to landlords who want to give notice to their tenants before the 1st May 2026...
by Kamal | Feb 12, 2026 | Property
Now in his fourth decade of spreading the word across most of the world’s continents about “Housing First”, an approach to helping homeless people that has convinced governments and non-profits alike to see housing as a human right, Sam Tsemberis experienced a...
by Kamal | Feb 11, 2026 | Property
Even multimillionaires can’t escape Britain’s cowboy builders, it seems. Last week, residents of One Hyde Park, the UK’s most expensive flats, won a £35m court case against the contractor that built their homes. The high court ordered the construction company Laing...
by Kamal | Feb 10, 2026 | Property
Rowynn Dumont, a curator, painter, photographer and writer, lived in about 25 places around the world before settling in New York in 2017.“It’s where my community and the art world infrastructure already were,” said Dumont.Exhibits in Union Square, the Flatiron...
by Kamal | Feb 9, 2026 | Property
After two decades of legal wrangling and planning bottlenecks, the first bricks will finally be laid on a project being hailed by developers as the blueprint for the future of community building in Britain.Gilston in east Hertfordshire will be transformed into a...
by Kamal | Feb 9, 2026 | Property
Discrimination Rules Every Landlord Should Understand » The Landlord Law Blog / Source link
by Kamal | Feb 8, 2026 | Property
When Nicola Whyte first moved into a four-bedroom house share in Balham 16 years ago, she never imagined she would still be living there at 45. But with rents soaring, and ongoing challenges in saving up for a house deposit, she has ended up as a housemate far longer...
by Kamal | Feb 7, 2026 | Property
‘If I could move, I would – to a place without a heat network. But I can’t while this debt is hanging over me,” says Anja Georgiou.The mother lives with her family in a rented flat in the River Gardens development in Greenwich in south-east London where, three years...
by Kamal | Feb 6, 2026 | Property
Welcome to our weekly Newsround. Let’s see what has been in the news this week and we start with some good news for once. Energy efficiency in PRS sees improvement A new survey out this week by the English Housing Survey claims that overall energy efficiency within...
by Kamal | Feb 5, 2026 | Property
More than eight years after the Grenfell Tower fire killed 72 people, the companies, materials and rules that made it possible are still shaping how homes are built, in the UK and around the world.Neelam Tailor looks at how deregulation, industry lobbying and...
by Kamal | Feb 4, 2026 | Property
The purpose of this blog is to provide information, comment and discussion. Please, when reading, always check the date of the post. Be careful about reading older posts as the law may have changed since they were written. Note that although we may, from time to time,...
by Kamal | Feb 3, 2026 | Property
John Harris is absolutely right to draw attention to the tragic lack of council housing provision in the UK, and his visit to the new homes at Rainbow Way in Minehead, Somerset, is a welcome reminder that building genuinely affordable, secure homes is both possible...
by Kamal | Feb 3, 2026 | Property
While your editorial on leasehold reform (29 January) is right to say that action on ground rents is long overdue, as is the abolition of leasehold altogether, and that the right to manage is a key part of leaseholders taking control of their buildings, it misses a...
by Kamal | Feb 3, 2026 | Property
While the anger at the timeline for enforcing the decent homes standard (DHS) in England might be expected, it is also arguable that enforcing decent home standards is not as difficult as campaigners make out (‘Absurd’: decent homes standard for England’s private...
by Kamal | Feb 2, 2026 | Property
Robert F Kennedy Jr announced on Monday $100m in new grants for a pilot program aimed at addressing homelessness and substance use recovery in eight cities, building on an executive order Donald Trump signed last week related to addiction.The funds will be distributed...
by Kamal | Feb 2, 2026 | Property
High streets have been changing throughout my lifetime (I’m 82 and had a high-street business for more than 20 years) and they have somehow survived with precious little government help (Labour risks election wipeout unless it improves Britain’s high streets, study...
by Kamal | Feb 2, 2026 | Property
Are big letting agents shielding themselves from legal challenge? » The Landlord Law Blog / Source link
by Kamal | Feb 2, 2026 | Property
We’ve all experienced that relaxed feeling after spending time next to water, but now science has confirmed that visiting ‘blue and green’ spaces improves our mental wellbeing. Recent research by Rightmove charity partner Canal & River Trust found that people who...
by Kamal | Jan 30, 2026 | Property
Landlord Law Newsround has come round again, here is what we have found for our last Newsround for January. New EPC targets will not increase rents – claim The government has stated that their new EPC C target under their new Warm Homes Plan means that landlords will...
by Kamal | Jan 30, 2026 | Property
Landlord Law Newsround has come round again, here is what we have found for our last Newsround for January. New EPC targets will not increase rents – claim The government has stated that their new EPC C target under their new Warm Homes Plan means that landlords will...
by Kamal | Jan 29, 2026 | Property
A Reform UK council chair has resigned after it was found he was illegally running two unsafe rental properties, according to a neighbouring local authority.Edward Harris, the chair of Warwickshire county council, owned two unlicensed houses in multiple occupation...
by Kamal | Jan 29, 2026 | Property
Changes to lease agreements, leading to steeply increasing ground rents over recent years, are an outrage. An estimated 18% of leaseholders in England and Wales – around 1m households – have a so-called “modern ground rent” lease, with escalating charges that make it...
by Kamal | Jan 29, 2026 | Property
New data from SpareRoom shows that almost four in 10 flatmates now live in multi-generational households, where the age difference between the oldest and youngest adult is 20 years or more.Do you live in a house share where there is a large age gap between housemates?...
by Kamal | Jan 28, 2026 | Property
We look at the areas where house prices have risen the most in the past year, and explore what’s driving demand in those locations. Whether you’re thinking about selling, planning your first purchase, or simply keeping an eye on the market, this gives a picture of how...
by Kamal | Jan 28, 2026 | Property
The government’s promise to make private rented homes fit for habitation will not be enforced for almost a decade, a decision described as “absurd” by campaigners.The timeline means landlords will have until 2035 to implement a decent homes standard (DHS) in their...
by Kamal | Jan 27, 2026 | Property
Green party says government should ‘scrap leasehold altogether’The Green party says the government should be going further on leaseshold, and getting rid of it altogether. This is from Zack Polanski, the Green leader. Time for Government to stop tinkering...
by Kamal | Jan 27, 2026 | Property
Ground rents are to be capped at £250 a year for leaseholders in England and Wales, Keir Starmer has announced, as his government unveiled proposals to ban leaseholds for new flats.New leasehold flats will be banned and existing leaseholders will get the right to...
by Kamal | Jan 27, 2026 | Property
Neurodivergent children living in temporary accommodation (TA) in England are subjected to conditions that amount to “torture”, and the harm it causes them is “psychologically excruciating” and a form of “child cruelty”, a report has found.The report by King’s College...
by Kamal | Jan 26, 2026 | Property
Renters’ Rights Act Essential Tips – choosing tenants for the long term » The Landlord Law Blog / Source link
by Kamal | Jan 26, 2026 | Property
By failing to prepare, you’re preparing to fail – Benjamin Franklin The Renters Rights Act may have received Royal Assent in October 2025 but it is the coming year when each item in this Act will actually begin to be enacted and will change the way we let and manage...
by Kamal | Jan 25, 2026 | Property
“I don’t say this lightly, but I feel traumatised by this,” said Sarah*, a leaseholder who owns a one-bedroom flat in Moseley, south Birmingham. “Every time I open the front door to my house I’m expecting some frightening letter with lots of zeros on it. It has ruined...
by Kamal | Jan 25, 2026 | Property
Schools are regularly referring homeless children to food banks, driving them to classes and washing their clothes, according to research.A survey conducted by the housing charity Shelter and NASUWT, also known as the Teachers’ Union, asked 11,000 teachers about their...
by Kamal | Jan 25, 2026 | Property
I met Carole Guscott, a retired former carer, on a clear winter’s morning in the Somerset town of Minehead. She was walking her whippet, Gracie, on the way back to her new flat, past the local Premier Inn and on to a cul de sac called Rainbow Way. “I knew as soon as I...
by Kamal | Jan 24, 2026 | Property
In an incredibly polarised society, there are fewer and fewer things that seem to unite both sides of the aisle in the US political system. Yet it turns out that an objection to Wall Street’s grand heist of single-family homes has done just that.We might expect...
by Kamal | Jan 23, 2026 | Property
At the end of a long day at school, 14-year-old Na’Kaya Godfrey, and her 12-year-old brother, Junior, returned home to a dark, empty house in Stone Mountain, Georgia, outside Atlanta.On this dreary winter afternoon, she turned on the space heaters that provide the...
by Kamal | Jan 23, 2026 | Property
I was surprised to see Siân Berry (Letters, 9 January) advocate that Labour “buy the supply” of landlord homes as a way of increasing the stock of social housing. Siân may want to pay more attention closer to home. The Labour council in Brighton and Hove is pursuing...
by Kamal | Jan 23, 2026 | Property
Another week and another Newsround with no shortage of housing news this week. Proposed EPC changes announced This week the government has announced that the deadline for rented properties to be at a minimum EPC C level has now been moved to 1st October 2030. This...
by Kamal | Jan 22, 2026 | Property
Ire Gene Grovner stood behind his house on a recent morning, between chicken pens on one side and rows of winter collard greens on the other, holding a knife and skinning a raccoon splayed across a wood post.“The meat is good roasted,” Grovner said. He pointed to the...
by Kamal | Jan 22, 2026 | Property
An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is essentially a health check for your property’s energy efficiency. Since 2008, it has been a legal requirement to have one whenever you build, sell, or let a property in the UK.But what does it actually measure, and how do the...
by Kamal | Jan 22, 2026 | Property
All private tenancies in England and Wales must achieve an EPC C rating by 1st October 2030, following the government’s 2026 roadmap.This single deadline replaces previous plans for a phased rollout, meaning both new and existing tenancies will have the same cutoff...
by Kamal | Jan 22, 2026 | Property
A legal challenge has been launched in an effort to halt the demolition of a 1960s Brutalist estate in south-east London that featured in Stanley Kubrick’s dystopian film A Clockwork Orange.The challenge against Bexley council and Peabody housing association, which...
by Kamal | Jan 22, 2026 | Property
At the weekend, Zia Yusuf posted: “After 7 May 2026, Reform will accept no more Tories.” In other words: all you failed MPs and councillors have a full three and a half months to decide at your leisure whether or not to leave the sinking ship.Taking on politicians...
by Kamal | Jan 21, 2026 | East of England, Property
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by Kamal | Jan 21, 2026 | East of England, Property
DISCLAIMER Your capital is at risk when buying property. The value of property can go down as well as up. Historic performance and forecasts are not reliable indicators of future performance. We do not provide tax, financial, or investment advice. Any general...
by Kamal | Jan 21, 2026 | Property
Housing where shops, schools, public transport and possibly pubs are close by, with green spaces and access to nature, and where heritage is preserved, should be the norm for all new developments, according to guidelines set out by the government.King’s Cross in...
by Kamal | Jan 21, 2026 | East of England, Property
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by Kamal | Jan 21, 2026 | East of England, Property
DISCLAIMER Your capital is at risk when buying property. The value of property can go down as well as up. Historic performance and forecasts are not reliable indicators of future performance. We do not provide tax, financial, or investment advice. Any general...
by Kamal | Jan 20, 2026 | East of England, Property
DISCLAIMER Your capital is at risk when buying property. The value of property can go down as well as up. Historic performance and forecasts are not reliable indicators of future performance. We do not provide tax, financial, or investment advice. Any general...
by Kamal | Jan 20, 2026 | Property
It was built 300 years ago as an almshouse for men who did some of the most backbreaking and dangerous work on the River Tyne.Most recently it provided fun, if chilly, accommodation for students. Now a new chapter is to be written in the history of a building...
by Kamal | Jan 20, 2026 | Property
You find a place that looks right, check the photos, and map your commute. You send off the enquiry and then… nothing.You wait for a call that doesn’t come fast enough, while the fear of that ‘Property Unavailable’ label appearing looms. At this point, you have a...
by Kamal | Jan 20, 2026 | East of England, Property
DISCLAIMER Your capital is at risk when buying property. The value of property can go down as well as up. Historic performance and forecasts are not reliable indicators of future performance. We do not provide tax, financial, or investment advice. Any general...
by Kamal | Jan 20, 2026 | East of England, Property
DISCLAIMER Your capital is at risk when buying property. The value of property can go down as well as up. Historic performance and forecasts are not reliable indicators of future performance. We do not provide tax, financial, or investment advice. Any general...
by Kamal | Jan 20, 2026 | Property
At cabinet last Tuesday the prime minister reportedly made a powerful case for a government that serves the interests of those struggling to get by. He is right. The cost of living emergency is the issue of our time.It is a crisis not months, but years in the making....
by Kamal | Jan 20, 2026 | Property
Angela Rayner has urged Keir Starmer to stick to his campaign pledge to cap ground rents for leaseholders in England and Wales, as cabinet divisions over the government’s plans to rip up the leasehold system come to a head.The former deputy prime minister has...
by Kamal | Jan 19, 2026 | Property
When Shawn Pleasants first heard that the federal government was tearing up almost two decades of homelessness policy, it sent chills up his spine.Pleasants, 58, was brought right back to the moment he lost his car and was forced to start living on Los Angeles’s...
by Kamal | Jan 19, 2026 | Property
Key takeaways The housing market has made a positive start to 2026, with a record January price jump and strong buyer demand The average new seller asking price is £368,031 – that’s 2.8% higher than in December and 0.5% up on last year. Buyer demand rose 57% in the...
by Kamal | Jan 19, 2026 | Property
Broken promises by landlords: what are a tenant’s options? » The Landlord Law Blog / Source link
by Kamal | Jan 16, 2026 | Property
Another week and another Newsround, the team has been busy this week but let’s see what has caught their eye in the housing news. Damp & Mould causes mental stress to tenants A new survey out this week claims that tenants experience anxiety when living with damp...
by Kamal | Jan 14, 2026 | Property
Leading US investors and private equity firms could step up their foray into UK new-build housing after Donald Trump’s move to ban institutional companies from buying single-family homes in the US, raising concerns that investors could “cut corners and increase...
by Kamal | Jan 13, 2026 | Property
With the outdoor temperature still in single figures and darkness before teatime, you might find yourself firmly in hibernation mode this January. So while we wait for longer days and sunnier skies, we’ve taken a look inside some homes that offer the perfect escape...
by Kamal | Jan 12, 2026 | Property
Renters’ Rights Act Essential Tips – avoiding enforcement action » The Landlord Law Blog / Source link
by Kamal | Jan 11, 2026 | Property
At Become, the national charity for children in care and young care leavers, we agree with your editorial that the government’s recent offer of free eye tests and prescriptions for care leavers is a welcome step in strengthening support for those leaving care (The...
by Kamal | Jan 9, 2026 | East of England, Property
DISCLAIMER Your capital is at risk when buying property. The value of property can go down as well as up. Historic performance and forecasts are not reliable indicators of future performance. We do not provide tax, financial, or investment advice. Any general...
by Kamal | Jan 9, 2026 | East of England, Property
DISCLAIMER Your capital is at risk when buying property. The value of property can go down as well as up. Historic performance and forecasts are not reliable indicators of future performance. We do not provide tax, financial, or investment advice. Any general...
by Kamal | Jan 9, 2026 | Property
My heart obviously breaks for distressed buy-to-let landlords (Are UK buy-to-let landlords dying out – and should we care?, 5 January) but, if some landlords are feeling the pinch, a policy I have long pestered the government about is, by chance, tailor-made to help...
