Renters’ Rights Bill passed to the Lords for report stage and some Lords have grave concerns.
Members of the House of Lords started their further examination of the Renters’ Rights Bill last week and unsurprisingly some Labour Peers who are landlords are finding some of the proposals are not to their liking. Labour Peer Lord Hacking started by declaring “my wife and I own five one-bedroom flats in the next-door house […]
Estate Agents sales exceed the 200-day mark for the first time.
Research carried out by property market data specialists TwentyEA, shows the average number of days to sell a home in the UK now stands at 205 – the first time the 200-day mark has been broken. The longest time to sell is in inner London and the South-East at 222 days, closely followed by outer […]
Almost two decades after it was first proposed, HS2 is in tatters.
In giving the go ahead to the project the then Chancellor, George Osbourne, promised us a high-speed line between London, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield with trains travelling at up to 248mph. There would be connections to Heathrow and potentially to the Channel Tunnel. The cost was to be a mere £32.7 billion. Despite repeated […]
Labour MPs rebel over the Planning and Infrastructure Bill due to environmental concerns about protected habitats and wildlife.
Around two dozen Labour MPs have called for ministers to force developers to build over a million homes which have already received planning permission before legislation is changed around environmental protections. Part three of the new bill will allow developers to achieve their environmental obligations by paying into a central nature restoration fund which would […]
Planning change to make installing heat pumps easier in an effort to improve take up rates
A key planning restriction that heat pumps need to be one metre from a neighbour’s property has been lifted as the government seeks to accelerate the take up of the low-carbon technology. The change, which is part of the government’s Warm Homes Plan to lower household bills and cut planet warming emissions, means it could […]
The Federation of Master Builders welcome plans by Labour to ‘level the playing field’ for smaller house builders
Last week the Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary, Angela Rayner, unveiled planning reforms to make the system ‘simpler, fairer and more cost-effective.’ She announced sweeping planning reforms to help smaller housebuilders deliver more homes as part of the Government’s drive to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029-30 saying that ‘decades of unfair treatment’ […]
Investors are increasingly switching from residential to commercial property
According to a report from German lender Handelsbanken, property investors are switching from residential to commercial assets, largely as a response to the government attempting to rebalance the power between landlords and tenants. The report found that 46% of investors expect to grow their commercial assets, compared to just 17% intending to extend their residential […]
Check out our Summer Newsletter
We are pleased to announce the publication of the Robinson + Hall Summer Newsletter, packed with topical information, thoughts and advice including articles on the relaxation of the green belt, the Renters Rights Bill, the importance of a ‘Red Book’ valuation for inheritance tax, the impact of Universal Studios in Bedfordshire and top tips for […]
Landlords urged to ‘fast-track’ evictions through High Court
A coalition of property sector groups and bailiffs, led by bailiffs’ group the High Court Enforcement Officers Association (HCEOA), and the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA), is advising landlords to consider going straight to the High Court for possession orders, and miss out overloaded and backlogged county courts. Landlords have the option to ‘transfer up’ […]
Steep Rise in Storage Space Rental
There has been an explosion of storage units around the world and the UK has more storage units than any other country in Europe. Perhaps we’re a nation of hoarders, but a Royal Institute of British Architects survey found that we also fold ourselves into smaller homes than the rest of the continent. As houses […]
