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88% of landlords will not lower rent to new LHA levels

Since the Emergency Budget in June, there's been plenty of speculation about what effects it will have on the rented property market. Some commentators have expected private landlords to wholesale abandon DSS tenants; others have speculated that lowering LHA will bring down rents across the board, and have celebrated the thought that "greedy landlords" will have to charge everyone less. We... Read more

Posted by Sue @ Upad on August 19th, 2010 in Housing Benefit, Property Market, Property Rental

A short survey about renting

If you're a tenant, please take part in our short (9 easy questions!) survey about renting. You can find it here. We're hoping to find out your feelings about renting accommodation: is it a stop-gap before you buy your own place, an economic necessity or something that suits your lifestyle? Please let us know what you... Read more

Posted by Sue @ Upad on March 16th, 2010 in Upad

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“Landlords insist on referencing tenants – so why not the other way round?”

A Upad.co.uk survey of tenants found that they were overwhelmingly in favour of being able to find out information about their landlord before they rented a property. Last week, Housing Minister John Healey announced that the government would be establishing a "Trip Advisor-style website" on which tenants could leave feedback on their landlord and their accomodation. Our tenants... Read more

Posted by Sue @ Upad on February 8th, 2010 in Landlord Legislation, Legal, Property Rental

Landlords feeling more confident about BTL market

Over half (58%) of the UK’s landlords are feeling more confident about the buy-to-let market in December 2009, than they did last month, according to the latest poll of Upad's landlords. 233 landlords responded to our question ‘Are you more confident or less confident about the buy-to-let market than you were last month?’ One landlord who said they felt more confident told us "The market... Read more

Posted by Sue @ Upad on December 15th, 2009 in Property Market