Cost of Living

Cost of Living

Some 51% of tenants aged 18 to 34 are dealing with significant stress ...
Like the rest of us, tenants are having to pay extra this Christmas ...
Many parents hold back on gifting to their children because of cost of living issues. ...
Barclays says higher costs have not translated into inability to pay ...
PropertyPal - a portal recently at the centre of a fees dispute - has merged with Propertynews. ...
Just as the prospect of tax rises in the Budget is causing uncertainty in the prime London sales market, so Labour’s revival of the Renters Reform Bill is doing the same thing in the lettings sector. ...
A new agency - which describes itself as a “disruptor company” - says it will charge an all-in lettings and management fee of 6%. ...
The low supply of rental homes continues to put upward pressure on rents, reports Hamptons.   ...
A boycott of a major property portal has been called off after a settlement has been reached over fees. ...
Any lingering hope of a pre-election interest rate cut by the Bank of England has been hurt by the government’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) data showing wages rising at 6% annually over the last quarter.  ...
As a result of an announcement back in March, in the government’s final Budget, a major change to stamp duty comes into effect tomorrow, June 1. ...
A council-run lettings agency called YorHome is offering new incentives to woo private landlords away from conventional agents. ...
An online lettings platform claims to have launched the first “end-to-end self-service lettings platform” which could save landlords around £3,800. ...
A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. ...
The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it was lacklustre and a missed opportunity. ...
It appears Knight Frank was involved at one stage...
The mansion tax will take effect from April 2028....
The theft took place over a one year period...
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