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Rigorous government targets to improve EPC ratings in the private rental sector and the wider housing stock won’t be met without...

The latest rental market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests there’s still a significant mismatch between supply and...

The Bank of England will trim base rate to 5% next week, according to a majority of economists in a poll...

Any lingering hope of a pre-election interest rate cut by the Bank of England has been hurt by the government’s Office...

Inflation figures are down - but not as much as many analysts expected. The basic Consumer Price Index figure fell from 3.2%...

The latest RICS UK Residential Survey results suggests that tenant demand continues to lose momentum.  Alongside this, landlord instructions remain in short...

TV property guru and Move iQ founder Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One this year, the trade...

The UK’s largest multi-disciplinary property conference - Propertymark One in association with Rightmove - is in June and the organisers claim...

Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...

Today’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

TV host Jenni Falconer is to reprise her role as compere of Propertymark’s ‘One Conference’ when it’s repeated at London’s ExCel...

Propertymark has stepped into the row over a bank chief’s comments on first time buyers. Sir Howard Davies, chairman of NatWest, responded...

Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...

Inflation figures for the year to October are out this week and are expected to have fallen to 4.8 per cent. That’s...

A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...

There’s a blunt warning to renters this morning from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution...

Most economic and housing analysts believe another base rate rise is on the cards for next month - but the sharp...

Large portfolio professional landlords are in a confident mood, with the majority planning to acquire at least one new asset in...

A prominent group of economists has predicted the measures in the Renters Reform Bill will backfire on the government. Matthew Lesh, Director...

Labour says it will enact a law banning company bosses from contacting staff outside working hours. The Financial Times reported over the weekend that party...

Financial analysts are unanimously warning that Bank of England base rate will rise yet again tomorrow. If they are correct this will...

One of the most respected financial organisations says markets are now betting that the Bank of England base rate will hit...

Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...

There are more Bank of England base rates to come, a group of property finance industry experts has warned.  Personal finance comparison...

One of Connells’ high end branch, Hamptons, is releasing a TV advertisement on Boxing Day.  The advert, in 30 and 60 second...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets again this week with a further interest rate rise likely if base rate...

The volatile economy is forcing small agencies and other modest-sized businesses to put on hold millions of pounds of spending on...

There’s widespread concern that the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, which meets tomorrow, is to unveil a 0.75 per cent...

This is a crunch week for the UK economy - and likely the housing market too - with a meeting of...

The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests tenant demand is rising further with a net...

The residential arm of global property consultancy Knight Frank - one of the highest profile lettings services in the UK -...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...

A prominent economist who has called for a raft of measures to protect tenants during the Coronavirus crisis is now calling...

Private rents are expected to fall across the UK in the coming three months, but stabilise over the course of the...

An economist who previously suggested tenants should live rent-free for three months during the Coronavirus crisis has revised his thinking -...

The Property Academy’s latest webinar, to be held this afternoon, is to be addressed by a behavioural economist and frequent contributor...

An anti-poverty campaigner and tax expert says any private rented sector tenant with Coronavirus should be able to live rent-free for...

The weekly economic and financial research magazine The Economist has made a scathing attack on rent controls. The publication says rent controls...

The right wing Adam Smith Institute is the latest organisation to voice its strong opposition to Labour’s proposed rent controls for...

The Nationwide has bucked the trend of many industry organisations by insisting that the private rental market is still in good...

Analysis of government figures by the Nationwide suggest that the buy to let sector is still growing despite tax changes and...

The Nationwide has set out a comprehensive study of how migrstion impacts on housing demand in the UK, especially in the...

Some 61 per cent of chartered surveyors believe there will be a net exodus of landlords over the coming year thanks...

Analysis of the government's latest English Housing Survey figures shows that there’s been a further decline in the home ownership rate...

A trade group has commissioned a firm of economists to look at how the government’s mortgage interest tax relief change -...

David Miles, a former Bank of England economist, has described the government’s mortgage interest tax relief reform as “terrible” - but...

"A large proportion of 25 to 45 year olds will be permanent tenants rather than buyers" a senior economist has predicted.   Tony...

The long-term aspiration of most Britons to own their home has not been deterred by the Brexit vote, according to the...

Banks approved 45,892 mortgages for house purchases last month - a 20 per cent rise on the February last year, with...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is predicting that rents are likely to increase even faster than house prices in the...

The new three per cent stamp duty on buy to let properties coming into force from next April will effectively redraw...

In the nine months since new Right To Rent immigration checks have been implemented across the West Midlands only seven landlords...

One in four households in the UK will be privately renting by 2025 - that’s the conclusion of research by respected...

In case we didn’t learn the lesson last time around, we appear to be on the brink of a refresher course...

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...