The Parliamentary Select Committee tasked with reviewing the tenant fee ban has recommended reducing the amount of deposit landlords can ask from tenants. Patrick Garratt looks at this and its other recommendations.
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by Patrick Garratt - 5th April 2018 
Housing Minister, Heather Wheeler, has announced that letting agents will get a new mandatory code of practice, enforced by an independent regulator. Patrick Garratt has a look at the announcement.
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 3rd April 2018 
The number of international students hoping to attend a UK university has rocketed by 11% in 2018, UCAS says. Where does this leave UK and EU applications? Patrick Garratt casts his eye over the figures.
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 27th March 2018 
The Government has announced the implementation of national minimum bedroom sizes for rental properties. Plus, some good news for landlords worried that local authorities would charge for waste management.
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 16th March 2018 
The UK government has announced that the expansion of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licensing across England, will come into effect from 1st October 2018.
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 15th March 2018 
Buy-to-let investment is still on the rise, according to an analysis of the Ministry of Housing’s latest English Housing Survey. Stephen Haigh runs his eyes of the findings.
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It's unequivocal. Students looking for accommodation are making renting decisions based on whether rent includes utility bills. In this blog, we look at the research that shows this, as well as the benefits for tenants and landlords of offering tenants a bills included package.
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by Nathan Colom - 24th November 2017 
Recent statistics released by UCAS show a significant jump in applications received by their October deadline.
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 1st November 2017 