Government to hand landlords £5,000 heat pump incentive
Grants will be made through the £450m boiler upgrade scheme spanning three years
EPC rating push could cut value of older homes
Mortgage lenders will be required to have a typical of EPC rating of C across their portfolio by 2030.
Investor opportunity – 23 rented properties in the South being auctioned
There is a high-yielding mixed-use investment with sea views in the heart of Brighton’s fashionable The Lanes.
1% of England’s Green Belt could supply 2.3 million new homes
England’s Green Belt land currently covers 1.7 million hectares, equivalent to almost 17 billion square feet.
Tenant demand hits all-time high
69% of landlords reported increasing levels of demand from tenants
Rogue landlord fined for dumping rubbish while tenants had no bins
Environmental enforcement officers found the bags in November 2019 and traced them back to the landlord’s property.
EPC ratings still low priority for buyers
Only 15% of buyers see having an EPC rating of C or above as essential.
Wolverhampton unveils build-to-rent development on former Brewery yard site
The development sits on Cambridge Street, home to the former Springfield Brewery yard which was vacant for the past 25 years.
Cambridge Building Society reintroduces ‘top slicing’
Landlords can take out loans between £20,000 and £750,000, while top slicing is available on rental homes up to 75% loan-to-to-value.
Landlords rally against HMO council tax ‘disaggregation’ rules
If councils charge per individual unit rather than the whole building – in what’s known as ‘disaggregation’ – the total cost of the tax can skyrocket.
