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What's the problem with the current government support for home owners with the cladding crisis? Apr 9, 2021: On the surface, a £5bn fund to help leaseholders to remediate the problem at little or no cost, seems to be a huge help from the government. However, according to George Martin, a leaseholder affected by these issues, the government is only attempting to solve a small part of the overall problem. This goes beyond cladding - it’s a building safety crisis. Read more here.

Any surprises in Rishi Sunak's Budget in 2021? Mar 5, 2021: Yes there were! Lots of things not done that people feared, including, no changes to Capital Gains Tax, no changes to income tax, VAT etc. In reality, this was a pretty good Budget for everyone except tenants in rent arrears and the landlords who are having to deal with a situation where they can’t get rent, can’t evict the tenant and can’t even sell the property to recoup their losses. So, what are the implications of the Budget for people and property in 2021 and beyond?

Current rental market performance - Q3 2020 Dec 9, 2020: When we first started writing about rental reports, there was hardly anyone tracking the market. Now we have some excellent data sources which help us understand what’s actually happening in the market – and it’s probably very different to what the government, MPs, tenant groups and tenants themselves think or feel. Read our latest rental market report here.

Prime and super-prime rental market report - Q3 2020 Dec 9, 2020: The Prime Rental market is well documented by the bigger agents who have some excellent research departments. Here is a summary of their thoughts and analysis, and links to more information.

Rental demand and supply - Q3 2020 Dec 9, 2020: Rental demand remains buoyant versus supply according to most of the feedback from the likes of Rightmove and individual town and city feedback from Belvoir franchise owners. Read my article to find out more.