Government rules out rent controls despite Reeves signals

Landlords are being blacklisted by lenders because they fail to schedule their mortgage payments to ensure rent has arrived before the direct debit leaves their account, a respected mortgage broker has warned. Louis Levine (pictured), Head of Mortgages at UK Expat Mortgage, says the issue typically occurs when landlords sensibly maintain separate bank accounts for…

Fixflo and its parent company, Aareon, has announced the acquisition of Help me Fix, an AI-native platform that accelerates innovation in repairs and maintenance. The acquisition comes after a highly successful partnership that demonstrated significant time and cost savings for property managers, with over half (51%) of Fixflo’s new business deals using Help me Fix’s…

Rising costs and mounting red tape are reshaping the private rented sector as it drives out small-scale landlords and properties consolidate in larger portfolios, The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has claimed. The data comes from its Private Rented Sector Review and is based on a survey of more than 1,000 landlords. It shows the proportion…

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A RE/MAX franchisee has been told to withdraw its advertising after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld complaints that claims made about rival estate agents were misleading. A leaflet and Facebook post produced by Billie Dunlop t/a RE/MAX Property Specialists, compared the company’s service with Neilsons, Warners, Thorntons and McDougall McQueen. They included a comparison…