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Residential property sales were up by 7% in July compared to the same month year, with 90,630 transactions, official figures show. But...

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has written to one of the key areas he believes vital for achieving Labour’s house-building targets, calling...

One of the largest lettings portals in Scotland is warning that plans by the government north of the border to introduce rent...

Some of the richest people on the world, who use London as one of their bases, are choosing to rent rather...

Leading property website Zoopla has delivered strong results for letting agents in the run-up to the busiest time of year for...

PropertyPal - a portal recently at the centre of a fees dispute - has merged with Propertynews. The two brands, which are...

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

New figures showing no slowdown in the rate of private rental inflation is just additional “misery” for tenants, a leading financial...

One in 10 UK tenants are now spending at least 60% of their take home salary on their rent, according to...

Average rent arrears claims reached £2,092 in the second quarter of this year - a rise of 15% from £1,816 in...

The rise in consumer inflation from 2.0% to 2.2% is “an unfortunate but accepted part” of achieving a stable housing market. So...

Kate Davies, executive director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), says rent controls are not the magic answer to problems...

A charity leader claims spiralling rents are forcing children into what he calls “damp and mouldy B&Bs”. Matt Downie, chief executive of...

The Law Society claims over 29,000 eviction claims in recent months leave “tens of thousands at risk of losing their homes.” The...

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

New figures published by HMRC show a 7% rise in Capital Gains Tax liabilities on the sale of residential property in...

New figures show the average inheritance tax (IHT) bill in 2021/22  rose to a new high of £215,000.  The number of estates...

The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows record-breaking rises. William Reeve, chief executive of Goodlord, comments: “These July figures show...

Zoopla lettings chiefs have told the government it should tighten up its imminent Renters Rights Bill by demanding all lettings agents...

Figures from the National House Building Council show that housebuilding is currently running at only half the rate the new Labour...

New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...

London high end agency Eccord has bolstered its property management team with two experienced new hires. Steve Wilson joins as Senior Property...

David Cox, the former chief executive of ARLA Propertymark and now a senior executive at Rightmove, says it’s unlikely we’ll see...

Data sourced from millions of Barclays current accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages rose just 1.5% year-on-year in June –...

Leading property players and analysts suggest that the lacklustre housing market figures produced by the Halifax over the weekend owe more...

Rents in June 2024 rose by 6.7% year-on-year, according to the latest figures from the Goodlord Rental Index.  The Index, which analyses...

An insurance firm’s analysis of official figures show there are now no fewer than 760,821 vacant properties in England, Scotland and...

Some 8,000 people were forced to sleep rough for the first time in London last year, an increase of 25% on...

This year has seen a two-decade high of 181,000 first time buyers secure their first foot on London’s housing ladder, marking...

A lettings agency that works by giving a fixed rental income to its landlord clients each month, and paying for the...

The embattled short let and holiday let industry has hit out at what it calls the “rampant hypocrisy” of councils when...

People who expect to rent throughout their retirement could need an additional £391,000 in savings compared to those who have paid...

An interview with a figure from one of the many deposit alternative services reveals a significant rise in interest in this...

Outstanding council tax arrears have soared according to new government figures. Data from he Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities shows...

The Bank of England has kept base interest rate at 5.25%. Some industry figures hoped for a cut following yesterday’s inflation news,...

Inflation back on target and following speculation about a summer interest rate cut have prompted Propertymark to insist that the Bank...

A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...

Would-be buyers with a 5% deposit face paying £300 per month more in mortgage repayments than if they continued renting, says...

The number of tenancies ending in a claim for more than five weeks’ rent has risen to 17%, a deposit alternative...

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

Data sourced from millions of bank accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages increased 6.3 per cent year-on-year in May. Barclays data...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows rents hit their highest levels since October over the last month.  Rents across...

A prominent solicitors’ firm says the failure of the Renters Reform Bill to become law may have attracted headlines but the...

The chief executive of Goodlord, the prominent PropTech supplier to the lettings sector, has been revealed as one of the 121...

A charity claims that new official figures on rent rises will “create more worry among private renters.” StepChange charity is referring to...

Letting agents are being invited to two senior Formula 1 figures on how to improve their performance. Neil Martin has held senior...

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

Deposit alternative provider, flatfair, has reported record figures for the first quarter of 2024. From January to March, 56% of tenants chose...

Half of all tenants who moved during the past 12 months found it ‘difficult’ or ‘very difficult’ to secure a new...

The International Monetary Fund has suggested that the British economy could accommodate three interest rate cuts this year, with Kate cuts...

Inflation is expected to drop sharply in the April figures due out this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility and Bank of...

Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...

An Office of National Statistics survey shows that the top three issues facing the UK are still the cost-of-living crisis (89%),...

The Cotswolds is the most lucrative place in the UK to own a holiday let, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages. With annual...

Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...

The pressure on rents for new tenancies in Scotland’s private rented sector have started to ease with all major cities now...

Investment in UK purpose-built student accommodation in the first quarter of 2024 has been described as “robust.” A total of 21 transactions...

Even as he was being elected as Mayor of London for a record-beating third successive time, Sadiq Khan was under pressure...

A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord reveals that rents are now up by 5.7% over the year.  The price per property over...

A politician is claiming that second home council tax premiums, where owners pay up to double the normal rate, is resulting...

Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...

A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...

A new communications log feature has been introduced by a PropTech supplier which allegedly makes it easier to gather evidence for...

Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...

There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...

A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...

Interest rates are expected to stay high despite good inflation news likely to be announced this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...

The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...

The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year.  And looking...

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

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...

Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...

Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...

Asking rents continue to show pos­itive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland.  That’s according to respected property website...

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

Propertymark has again urged the UK government to continue with its target of building 300,000 new homes in England a year...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

Birmingham’s Labour council is considering closing its social housing waiting list to new applicants - and this is likely to trigger...

Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...

The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...

New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

Government figures suggest the UK population could reach nearly 74m as soon as 2036, largely attributed to rising net migration. This is...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...

The average advertised rent for new properties coming to market hits another new record outside of London of £1,280 per calendar...

Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows that the 2024 lettings market in the capital is likely to be more balanced than in...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...