Estate agents ârip offâ tenants
Private tenants are routinely being âconnedâ by letting agents imposing unjustified fees for providing a poor or nonexistent service, a report from the Citizens Advice said today. It said that…
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Mortgage rescue scheme starts today
A new £200 million scheme to prevent thousands of vulnerable people from losing their homes and avoid repossession comes into force nationwide today. The scheme allows housing associations to buy…
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Letting agents seeing rise in tenants behind on rent
The number of tenants struggling to pay their rent is rising, according to the Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA). Around 65 per cent of agents have seen an increase…
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But could they be in financial trouble?
Moodys, the rating agency, disputes the TSA announcement, having calculated that one-fifth of associations in England could face financial difficulties during a lengthy recession. Moodys said that 22 per cent…
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Landlords could have to pay tenantsâ bills
A government review of water charges has suggested that residential landlords could be made liable for unpaid water bills left by departing tenants. Water companies argue that they are vulnerable…
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Council tenant rent cut causing confusion
While council leaders welcomed the government’s announcement last week that it will limit the level of rent increases for council tenants, many say they are unclear how the shortfall will…
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Unsold properties cause steep fall in rents
The rise in the number of unsold properties hitting the rental market has pushed rents down by as much as 25 per cent across Britain. Average rents dropped to £795…
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Sale of Bovis stock to housing associations
Bovis Homes has been forced to sell hundreds of unwanted homes to the government, through the government’s National Clearing House, in a deal worth £18 million. The clearing house scheme…
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Rents remain stable
Typical rents in the UK remained unchanged in May, after nine consecutive months of falls, findaproperty.com has found, as the average rent remained at £819 a month. This was 5.5…
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Forces’ homes in poor condition
A third of armed forces families in Ministry of Defence (MoD) housing are unhappy with their standard of housing, a National Audit Office report has found. In the past two…