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A regional agent says the fear of further taxes on the private rental sector may lead to a spurt of landlords...

New figures show the scale of the rental supply slump in recent years. The respected Home website, which produces a monthly lettings...

In an unusually outspoken intervention into the election campaign, Rightmove has criticised the absence of debate over housing. The issue has not...

As a result of an announcement back in March, in the government’s final Budget, a major change to stamp duty comes into...

A prominent housing market analyst says people shouldn’t bother reading election literature but instead study interest rates if they want to...

A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...

A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...

UK consumers feel worse off than a year ago, but remain relatively optimistic about the property . That’s the conclusion of a...

A new survey throws light on the scale of the supply shortage hurting the rental market - and in addition shows...

“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index.  Indeed, the industry...

An end-of-year assessment by Zoopla suggests the price of flats across the UK have underperformed the rest of the market and...

Rightmove forecasts average asking prices will drop two per cent in 2023 - meaning they will remain higher than after the...

PropTech firm PayProp UK claims actual rent rises may be well below those suggested in some surveys. In response to the Scottish...

The latest Rightmove asking price market report suggests that the biggest victim of the current market mayhem is the first time...

Asking prices of homes coming to the market continue to rise, even before the expected surge in demand following the government’s...

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has announced that base rate is rising from 1.25 to 1.75 per cent. The rate is now...

Staging a home during the selling process could boost a sale price by up to £47,000; meanwhile lettings asking prices could...

One of the capital’s largest lettings agencies says business is recovering well, although ironically rents are down 10% and increased activity...

Despite criticism from some within the industry about the effects of short lets, the high-end agency Knight Frank has spoken of...

The LonRes data consultancy says the lettings market in prime areas of the capital is now characterised by increasing rents and...

One of the most respected buying agencies says it believes that with well under a year before the UK quits the...

Asking rents rose 3.0 per cent outside of London in 2016 - but will rise 4.0 per cent in 2017. That’s the...

Across the UK as a whole there has been a slight increase in the number of tenants who agree to pay...

Financially-stretched landlords may want to think seriously about selling their investment properties - and quickly, advises Rightmove. In its latest monthly report...