Nationwide: Housing market “extremely uncertain” in 2022
The housing market’s performance will be extremely uncertain next year, according to Nationwide.
Land & New Homes
Investor opportunity – housing supply limited in Leicester
Just 29.73 homes were constructed per 100,000 people in the city, the lowest of any region,
Homes England partners with with green housebuilder
The UK government’s housing agency has partnered with Etopia Group, a modular housing and technology company backed by businessmen the Reuben Brothers. They will…
Government funding ignores 78% of homes under minimum EPC standards
Funding of £4.3m was offered to just 59 councils in the Autumn Budget, ignoring 281 local authorities that collectively account for 78%, or 83,208, non-compliant properties.
Propertymark urges government – use delay to White Paper to sort out possessions
The White Paper should include the abolition of Section 21 ‘no fault’ eviction notices, which has sparked concerns from landlords across the sector.
Wales records highest rental growth in UK
Wales has experienced the highest rental growth across the UK.
London rents predicted to increase by 5.5% in 2022
Rents across London fell by -3.4% between 2019 and 2020 before rising by 9.4% from 2020 to 2021, meaning they are now 5.7% higher than before the pandemic.
Harrogate council fines landlords over £100,000 and wins every appeal
The biggest fine was to Jamshid Jalali-Ghazaani, who was ordered to pay £25,000 for failing to comply with an improvement notice to resolve issues of excess cold, structural issues and kitchen safety.
Rough sleepers handed £66m of winter support by government
The cash will be spent on providing warm and safe accommodation, as well as treating issues like drug and alcohol dependency, in a bid to break the cycle of addiction.
Market softens as sales over asking prices fall
This likely signals the end of bidding wars stoked by the stamp duty holiday, which meant no tax was paid on the first £500,000 of property purchases until the end of June.
