Mark Channer Political Journalist, Author at London Property News | londonlovesproperty.com https://londonlovesproperty.com/author/markchanner/ Property News Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:49:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://londonlovesproperty.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LLP-favicon.jpg Mark Channer Political Journalist, Author at London Property News | londonlovesproperty.com https://londonlovesproperty.com/author/markchanner/ 32 32 Expect to hear more excuses from Sunak at the end of Parliament, as well as more smoke and mirrors around the delivery of new housing https://londonlovesproperty.com/expect-to-hear-more-excuses-from-sunak-at-the-end-of-parliament-as-well-as-more-smoke-and-mirrors-around-the-delivery-of-new-housing/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:49:16 +0000 https://londonlovesproperty.com/?p=104159 Research from property developer, Stripe Property Group, has shown that the Government needs to deliver an average of 67,500 new homes a quarter by the end of next year if…

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]]> Council pays landlord to halt a legal eviction which is a ‘clear consequence of the lack of social housing’ https://londonlovesproperty.com/council-pays-landlord-to-halt-a-legal-eviction-which-is-a-clear-consequence-of-the-lack-of-social-housing/ Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:55:03 +0000 https://londonlovesproperty.com/?p=104138 As a clear consequence of the lack of social housing, Brent Council, unable to offer any practical alternative accommodation, has paid the legal fees of a private landlord who was…

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]]> Government’s record for meeting their previous target of 300,000 new homes a year is abysmal, to say the least https://londonlovesproperty.com/governments-record-for-meeting-their-previous-target-of-300000-new-homes-a-year-is-abysmal-to-say-the-least/ Wed, 26 Jul 2023 06:28:41 +0000 https://londonlovesproperty.com/?p=104136 On Monday Michael Gove announced that the Government wants to turn their focus to empty retail outlets to help address the housing crisis by converting them into flats to avoid…

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]]> Government are ‘experiencing significant challenges investing’ in housing amid ‘a perfect storm in market conditions’ https://londonlovesproperty.com/government-are-experiencing-significant-challenges-investing-in-housing-amid-a-perfect-storm-in-market-conditions/ Wed, 12 Jul 2023 13:33:34 +0000 https://londonlovesproperty.com/?p=104071 The government has been accused of being “unable to spend a third” of their budget on housing and almost £2 billion has been given back to the Treasury. Under the…

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]]> Renters (Reform) Bill delayed until autumn giving letting agents ‘the summer to get organised and share their views’ https://londonlovesproperty.com/renters-reform-bill-delayed-until-autumn-giving-letting-agents-the-summer-to-get-organised-and-share-their-views/ Tue, 11 Jul 2023 12:20:34 +0000 https://londonlovesproperty.com/?p=104057 With parliament’s summer recess rapidly approaching, the upcoming parliamentary schedule does not have room for the second reading of the Renters (Reform) Bill, when MPs will be able to make…

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]]> Hunt’s mortgage cooling measures which are as much use as ‘a water pistol to put out a fire’ https://londonlovesproperty.com/hunts-mortgage-cooling-measures-which-are-as-much-use-as-a-water-pistol-to-put-out-a-fire/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:39:49 +0000 https://londonlovesproperty.com/?p=103937 The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said he has agreed with banks measures to help cool the mortgage crisis. On Friday morning Hunt met with the bosses of HSBC, Santander and…

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]]> Sadiq Khan warns ‘astronomical rents, bills the cost of household essentials rising’ leaves Londoners at risk of being evicted https://londonlovesproperty.com/sadiq-khan-warns-astronomical-rents-bills-the-cost-of-household-essentials-rising-leaves-londoners-at-risk-of-being-evicted/ Wed, 21 Jun 2023 11:45:54 +0000 https://londonlovesproperty.com/?p=103913 The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today issued a stark warning that an increasing number of Londoners are at risk of homelessness because of rising rents which have now…

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]]> Sunak urged to end ‘mortgage horror show,’ but if homeowners are bailed out then renters ‘will ask for the same’ https://londonlovesproperty.com/sunak-urged-to-end-mortgage-horror-show-but-if-homeowners-are-bailed-out-then-renters-will-ask-for-the-same/ Mon, 19 Jun 2023 15:44:30 +0000 https://londonlovesproperty.com/?p=103905 The government has been urged on Monday to “end this mortgage horror show” as the average fixed two year rate has hit more than 6%. The Lib Dems have said…

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]]> Labour will back ‘no fault evictions’ and renters will be given a legal right to request a pet in their home under the Renters Reform Bill https://londonlovesproperty.com/labour-will-back-no-fault-evictions-and-renters-will-be-given-a-legal-right-to-request-a-pet-in-their-home-under-the-renters-reform-bill/ Wed, 17 May 2023 15:36:07 +0000 https://londonlovesproperty.com/?p=103756 According to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) renters will be given the legal right to ask for a pet and landlords cannot unreasonably refuse. Labour have…

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]]> Mandatory housebuilding targets scrapped following Tory pressure which ‘is astonishingly negligent on the part of the government’ https://londonlovesproperty.com/mandatory-housebuilding-targets-scrapped-following-tory-pressure-which-is-astonishingly-negligent-on-the-part-of-the-government/ Tue, 06 Dec 2022 14:42:46 +0000 https://londonlovesproperty.com/?p=103326 Rishi Sunak has been forced to drop compulsory housebuilding targets in a bid to halt a growing backbench rebellion, prompting Labour to brand the PM ‘weak’ amid criticism he has…

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