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Agent’s aims to ‘disrupt archaic letting
industry’ with tech appointments
Smoke alarms
compulsory by
October
Rent controls needed
like a hole in the head
An impending election has put rent
controls firmly back on the political
agenda for the first time since their
abolition in the 1980s.
Voters would be forgiven for thinking
rental costs are out of control and that
greedy landlords need to be reigned
in, based on what they read. However,
this perspective does not bear up to
close inspection.
When taking into account inflation,
rents are not rising as fast as the
scaremongering headlines would have
you believe.
The assumption made by those who
support rent controls is that the majority
of tenants would prefer to buy than
rent and they have been squeezed out
by greedy landlords. Unable to afford
to save deposits due to high rents and
unable to buy because of high prices –
all caused by greedy landlords.
Landlords may make convenient
scapegoats and bashing them may
prove popular for some, however,
politicians owe the public a duty to
protect the country from populist, knee
jerk policies that fail to address the real
route of the problems.
Yes, there are big problems in the
housing market, but it’s not about who
owns the homes or how they are used, it’s
about how many of them there are. There
are simply not enough homes available.
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in this issue ...
2–22
Industry news including:
• enants let down by
T
poor enforcement
• L eeds agent plans to
reinvent student living
• D eposit scheme hits
£1 billion mark
• E xpert report calls for
10 key changes to sector
What this country needs is a radical
new approach to housing, including a
review of planning and greenbelt laws
aimed at delivering housing to future
generations. According to the Adam
Smith Institute, releasing just 3.7 per
cent of green belt for development
could realise the development of one
million homes.
All of the parties seem to have
left the long-term supply for future
generations to solve – so it’s business
as usual for the UK housing sector.
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Expo March 2015
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Opinion Counts –
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Short-term finance can help
portfolios grow in long run
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