by peter littlewood | Sep 17, 2025 | News
New research from Santander suggests that collapsed property chains are costing the UK economy at least £1.5 billion annually, a figure significantly higher than government estimates. The report, based on analysis from WPI Economics and a survey of over 2,000...
by peter littlewood | Sep 17, 2025 | Open News
The Renters’ Rights Bill is set to return to Parliament on October 14th for its final stages before becoming law. The bill will enter the “ping-pong stage,” where it will be passed back and forth between the House of Lords and the House of Commons to...
by peter littlewood | Sep 15, 2025 | Open News
A new phenomenon is unsettling the private rented sector: so-called ‘stopover tenants’ – renters who commit to six- or twelve-month agreements but leave after only a few months. Letting agents warn this short-stay behaviour is on the rise, creating unexpected voids,...
by peter littlewood | Sep 15, 2025 | Open News
New data from Hamptons shows that newly agreed rents across Britain fell by 0.4% year-on-year in August — the largest annual drop since the pandemic and the joint second-largest fall since records began in 2011. This marks the ninth consecutive month of rents rising...
by peter littlewood | Sep 15, 2025 | Open News
A leading insurance assessor has warned that the drive to raise Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings could leave landlords and homeowners seriously underinsured if they fail to update their policies. RebuildCostASSESSMENT estimates that 76% of UK properties...
