Key signatories delivered a copy of a letter calling on Michael Gove to address the unsustainable pressures on the private rental sector to the Department of Levelling Up yesterday. Full details below. The letter has attracted 330 signatures, including Kristjan Byfield, co-founder of The Depositary, William Reeve, CEO of Goodlord, and Marco Sun, director of … Read more
Countryside charity CPRE has identified brownfield sites that it says could support the development of more than 1.2 million homes. The countryside charity CPRE has looked at councils’ registers of brownfield land and found that over 1.2 million homes could be built on 23,000 sites covering more than 27,000 hectares of previously developed land. In addition, it … Read more
Finders Keepers in Oxfordshire has raised more than £50,000 for three local charities. ‘TeamFK’, which comprises around 90 people, have taken part in a real variety of fundraising activities, from bake sales and quiz nights to collection buckets and skydiving. Throughout 2022, TeamFK has been raising vital funds for Dementia Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire Mind and Sobell … Read more
The UK residential market has lost 116,000 buy-to-let properties in the last year, with the number of rental homes dropping from 4,579,000 to 4,463,000. In addition, 70,000 BTL landlords have exited the market in the last year, with the number dropping from 2.82 million in 2020 to 2.75 million in 2021. The figures come from … Read more