A landmark review of the private rented sector in England
by academics at the University of York has criticised successive governments
for poor policy-making and a lack of strategy that is failing millions of tenants.
The Evolving Private Rented Sector: its Contribution and Potential, funded by
the Nationwide Foundation, is a detailed, independent analysis of who lives in
private rented housing, how their needs are being met and the impact of policy
interventions over the last ten years. It comes a decade after Dr Julie Rugg
and David Rhodes published their original review of the private rented sector –
the first to look in detail at how it functioned. Read more on the
propertytribes website.
Eight in 10 homes in London’s poshest postcodes now sell below asking
price, Coutts finds
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Sellers in areas such as Belgravia and Mayfair face hundreds of thousands
of pounds in losses as property prices fall
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