24/04/2009 The local housing allowance was meant to nudge claimants towards financial independence. Struggling tenants and landlords beg to differ, writes Emily...

Check tenants for previous rent arrears, agency...

From Mr Gideon Amos and others. Sir, The chancellor has a unique opportunity in his Budget today to take advantage of the European Union decision on March 10, which allows member states to reduce VAT on services, and cut the current rate of VAT from 15 per cent to 5 per cent for all private housing repair...

The construction industry has united in its call to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to cut VAT to five percent for property refurbishment in his Budget next Wednesday. A coalition of interests including the Construction Products Association (CPA), the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), the Royal Institute..

By Neil Merrick Government moves to reform housing benefit by making tenants more responsible for paying their rent are being thwarted by private landlords, a survey...

Condensing boilers should count as a...

The property industry is broadly supporting a joint campaign recently launched to protect tenants who face sudden homelessness because their rented accommodation is repossessed, but issued a reminder that it was often the non-payment of rent that caused landlords financial problems in the first...

As the number of people opting to live in rented accommodation continues to increase, Payment Protection Insurance lobbyist Sara-Ann Burgess is calling upon tenants to ensure they have the means to pay bills should they lose their salary through accident, sickness or...

So called accidental landlords, a new breed of landlord that lets out their property to avoid selling at a loss, are providing a welcome boost to the supply of housing at a time of very high demand for private rented homes, according to buy-to-let specialist Paragon...

Since then more than 25,000 homes have been repossessed. That's the equivalent to one home in every seven minutes - the same amount of time it takes Darling to grill fresh oysters in one of his four homes and less than it takes to listen to Led Zeppelin's Stairway to...