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1331            <p class="display__text">The Renters’ Rights Bill, introduced to Parliament on 11 September 2024, represents the most comprehensive reform to the Private Rented Sector since the Housing Act 1988. With part of the bill expected to become law by Spring 2025, it’s essential for landlords and tenants to understand how it will impact them.</p>
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1435            <p class="display__text">We are quickly approaching peak lettings season and there are certainly signs of a ‘normal’ summer market. Although, similarly to ‘the pandemic’ years, this year is set to have its own nuances.</p>
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1686              <span class="tile__title-inner">What’s driving the property market?</span>
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1689            <p class="tile__text ">Our Managing Director, Polly Ogden Duffy, looks at key factors driving the residential property market as we leave behind a turbulent winter, with the rising interest rate hiccups. Now that the upwards trajectory of property prices has been interrupted, has a degree of normality returned to the market?</p>
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1763              <span class="tile__title-inner">Interest Rate Insights</span>
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1766            <p class="tile__text ">While the Bank of England voted to increase interest rates by 0.25%, some of the largest mortgage lenders reduced their fixed-rate mortgage products by 0.45%. What does this mean for the property market? Our experts at Capital Private Finance share their insights.</p>
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1840              <span class="tile__title-inner">Reasons to remain confident being a landlord</span>
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1842
1843            <p class="tile__text ">81% of our landlords renewed existing tenancies, securing an average of 12.5% increase in rental income at the time of renewal.</p>
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1917              <span class="tile__title-inner">2023: What's in store for the prime property market?</span>
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1920            <p class="tile__text ">New Year, new possibilities. 2023 feels like a year of transition as we adjust to a new normal, living with higher costs and interest rates than recent years. We forecast that London and prime UK locations will still be seen as great places to put down roots, build businesses and make investments.</p>
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1994              <span class="tile__title-inner">Preparing for winter</span>
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1997            <p class="tile__text ">As the temperature drops and people start to put their central heating on, we suggest that before it gets too cold, everyone should test their heating system.</p>
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2071              <span class="tile__title-inner">Market Commentary | Winter 2022</span>
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2073
2074            <p class="tile__text ">As we enter the final quarter of 2022 what has been clear is that tenant demand is still at an all-time high. We are having a lot of conversations about moving before Christmas and have already agreed tenancies for early January.</p>
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2148              <span class="tile__title-inner">Short-term lets | What are they and how do they benefit tenants?</span>
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2150
2151            <p class="tile__text ">A short-term let can offer a flexible solution for those looking for the convenience of a short stay with the comfort of a home.</p>
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2225              <span class="tile__title-inner">How can landlords make their properties more energy efficient?</span>
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2228            <p class="tile__text ">Gas and Electricity bills across the UK are increasing, so what can you do to keep the costs down?</p>
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2832        if (splitCookie[0].trim() == 'logosLogin') {
2833          cookieFromLogos = true;
2834          logosObject = splitCookie[1].split(',');
2835        }
2836      });
2837
2838      // if there was no cookie, look for localStorage item
2839      if (!cookieFromLogos) {
2840        var logosString = localStorage.getItem('logosLogin');
2841        if (logosString) {
2842          logosObject = logosString.split(',');
2843        }
2844      }
2845
2846      if (logosObject) {
2847        var userType = logosObject[0];
2848        var subdomain = logosObject[1];
2849        var timestamp = logosObject[2];
2850
2851        var within24Hours = Math.abs(new Date(timestamp) - new Date()) / 36e5 < 24;
2852
2853        if (within24Hours && (userType == 'Superuser' || subdomain == 'mountford')) {
2854          // custom theme offsets to push content down
2855          if (document.querySelector('.nav-bauhaus')) {
2856            document.querySelector('.nav-bauhaus').style.top = '30px';
2857          }
2858
2859          adminBar.style.display = 'block';
2860        }
2861
2862        var chunkElements = document.querySelectorAll('*[data-content-type]');
2863
2864        function addAdminButton(el) {
2865          var id = el.dataset.contentId;
2866          var name = el.dataset.contentName;
2867          var type = el.dataset.contentType;
2868          var branchId = el.dataset.contentBranchId;
2869          var href;
2870
2871          if (id) {
2872            var app = type == "properties" ? "properties" : "content";
2873
2874            if (type === 'staff' && branchId) {
2875              href = 'https://mountford.' + app + '.homeflow.co.uk/' + 'branches/' + branchId + '/employees/' + id + '/edit';
2876            } else if (type == 'staff') {
2877              href = "https://mountford.homeflow.co.uk/configure/business/" + type + "/" + id + "/edit";
2878            } else {
2879              href = "https://mountford." + app + ".homeflow.co.uk/" + type + "/" + id + "/edit";
2880            }
2881          } else {
2882            href = '#';
2883          }
2884
2885          var editButton = document.createElement('a');
2886          editButton.href = href;
2887          editButton.target = '_blank';
2888          editButton.classList.add('admin-edit-button');
2889          editButton.textContent = 'Edit';
2890          editButton.style.display = 'none';
2891
2892          el.appendChild(editButton);
2893        }
2894
2895        for (var i=0; i < chunkElements.length; i++) {
2896          var el = chunkElements[i];
2897
2898          addAdminButton(el);
2899        }
2900
2901        for (var i = 0; i < chunkElements.length; i++) {
2902          var element = chunkElements[i];
2903
2904          element.addEventListener('mouseenter', function (e) {
2905            e.target.classList.add('admin-editable');
2906            const adminButton = e.target.querySelector('.admin-edit-button');
2907            if (!adminButton) addAdminButton(e.target);
2908            e.target.querySelector('.admin-edit-button').style.display = 'block';
2909            admin_hovered = e.target;
2910          });
2911
2912          element.addEventListener('mouseleave', function (e) {
2913            admin_hovered = null;
2914            var ele = e.target;
2915            ele.querySelector('.admin-edit-button').style.display = 'none';
2916            ele.classList.remove('admin-editable');
2917          });
2918
2919          element.addEventListener('click', function (e) {
2920            if (!e.target.classList.contains('admin-edit-button')) return null;
2921
2922            var el = e.target.parentNode;
2923            var id = el.dataset.contentId;
2924            var name = el.dataset.contentName;
2925
2926            if (id) return null;
2927
2928            var clone = el.cloneNode(true);
2929            clone.querySelector('a.admin-edit-button').remove()
2930            content = encodeURI(clone.innerHTML.replace(/^\s+/g, '').replace(/ +(?= )/g, ''));
2931
2932            var form = document.createElement('form');
2933            form.action = 'https://mountford.content.homeflow.co.uk/site_content_chunks/new/prefill';
2934            form.method = 'POST';
2935
2936            var contentInput = document.createElement('input');
2937            contentInput.type = 'hidden';
2938            contentInput.name = 'content';
2939            contentInput.value = content;
2940
2941            var nameInput = document.createElement('input');
2942            nameInput.type = 'hidden';
2943            nameInput.name = 'name';
2944            nameInput.value = name;
2945
2946            form.appendChild(contentInput);
2947            form.appendChild(nameInput);
2948            document.body.appendChild(form);
2949
2950            form.submit();
2951          });
2952        }
2953      }
2954    }
2955
2956    adminBarLink.addEventListener('click', function () {
2957      // $('.nav-bauhaus').css('top', '0');
2958      adminBar.style.display = 'none';
2959      showAdminLink.style.display = 'block';
2960    });
2961
2962    showAdminLink.addEventListener('click', function (e) {
2963      // $('.nav-bauhaus').css('top', '30px');
2964      e.preventDefault();
2965      showAdminLink.style.display = 'none';
2966      adminBar.style.display = 'block';
2967    });
2968  });
2969</script>
2969
2970
2971<style>
2972  /* admin layout   */
2973
2974  #admin-bar {
2975    position: fixed;
2976    top: 0;
2977    right: 0;
2978    left: 0;
2979    z-index: 5000;
2980    height: 30px;
2981    padding: 5px;
2982    color: white;
2983    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
2984    font-size: 14px;
2985  }
2986
2987  #admin-bar a {
2988    color: white;
2989    margin: 0 10px;
2990  }
2991
2992  #admin-bar .admin-bar__link--right {
2993    float: right;
2994    cursor: pointer;
2995  }
2996
2997  .admin-editable {
2998    position: relative;
2999    opacity: 0.8;
3000  }
3001
3002  .admin-editable:before {
3003    content: "";
3004    position: absolute;
3005    left: -2px;
3006    right: -2px;
3007    top: -2px;
3008    bottom: -2px;
3009    border: 2px dashed #999;
3010    z-index: 2;
3011    background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
3012    pointer-events: none;
3013  }
3014
3015  .admin-edit-button {
3016    font-size: 14px;
3017    position: absolute;
3018    right: 5px;
3019    bottom: 5px;
3020    display: inline-block;
3021    color: #fff;
3022    background-color: grey;
3023    padding: 5px 10px;
3024    cursor: pointer;
3025    z-index: 10;
3026    opacity: 1;
3027  }
3028
3029  .admin-edit-button:hover {
3030    text-decoration: none;
3031    color: #FFF;
3032    background-color: #5B5B5B;
3033  }
3034
3035  #admin-bar .full_environment_details {
3036    display: none;
3037  }
3038
3039  #admin-bar .environment_details {
3040    display: inline-block;
3041  }
3042
3043  #admin-bar .environment_details:hover .full_environment_details {
3044    position: absolute;
3045    display: inline-block;
3046    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
3047    padding: 5px 10px;
3048    margin-top: 7px;
3049  }
3050
3051  #show-admin-bar-link {
3052    position: fixed;
3053    right: 8px;
3054    top: 2px;
3055    color: #fff;
3056    z-index: 10000;
3057    font-size: 14px;
3058  }
3059</style>
3060
3061
3062<style>
3063  /* Custom styles */
3064  
3065  /* /Custom styles */
3066</style>
3067
3068
3069
3070  
3070<script type="module" src="https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/v31edd6df95cf4e85bb4c19e7a9bdbcba1788362987495" integrity="sha512-iIg7k2xntmwu6/uSb5tpc/hySgZc4eoL31yB29W6tJFo2akwjPWcEqnCEdJvGexCL0KEQwVYv5BlowfhVz26hg==" data-cf-beacon='{"version":"2024.11.0","token":"039303c549144f839e5268bb9ad3a54a","spa":2}' crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
3070
3071</body>
3072</html>

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