rental sector
Proposed rent controls in Ireland criticised as being a step too far for landlords
The Irish Government has been accused of interfering for wanting to reduce rent controls in cities where residential rents have been rising fast. It has proposed temporary controls on residential rents which would limit annual rent increases in Dublin and Cork, the country’s two largest cities to 4% but said it may lower this and […] The post Proposed rent controls in Ireland criticised as being a step too far for landlords appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Call for rental housing database in the UK
The British Government should create a central database of house holders in rented properties as an alternative to the current system of tenant funded credit and reference checks, it is claimed. According to a new policy paper from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) the proposed database would hold landlord references and past rental […] The post Call for rental housing database in the UK appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
New rental listings in UK up by almost 7% in November
New rental listings increased by 6.8% in the UK in November, the second month in a row of positive growth, with almost 60% of towns and cities seeing a rise, the latest data shows. Four cities recorded triple digit increases in new rental supply, including Bristol which was up 162.7% compared to October but London […] The post New rental listings in UK up by almost 7% in November appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →