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

The result of the election isn’t likely to be a gamechanger for the housing market, a prominent business consultancy says.  An analysis...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HM Treasury raked in £6.3 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the 10 months from April 2023 to January 2024 according...

Renters are less financially resilient than recent remortgagers according to an analysis by business consultants Hargreaves Lansdown. It says over two thirds...

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

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

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

All eyes are on HM Treasury this week ahead of the next inflation figures, to be released on Wednesday morning. Analysts suggest...

Almost six years after her departure as chief executive of Countrywide, Alison Platt has been appointed to a new senior position. She...

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

There’s growing optimism that tomorrow’s Bank of England monetary policy committee meeting will see base rate held for another month -...

At a time when the agency industry is being wooed by new self employed business models, a new survey suggests most...

More people are struggling to pay their rent according to a new government survey. The study, by the Office for National Statistics,...

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

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

The property market could be emerging from the downturn, Zoopla says.  Annual house price growth remains just 3.0 per cent according to...

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

A prominent business analyst has given a bleak warning about the prospects for property investors and other home owners in 2023. Sarah...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today to decide on its base interest rate amidst shock at the latest...

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

Over the last decade, the proportion of people aged 24 to 64 living in their own home has fallen and the...

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

A financial expert says the latest house price index, showing the biggest monthly fall for over two years, is the “first...

There’s a warning that renters are likely to endure a less affluent retirement than owner occupiers.  Business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown says 16.3...

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

A new survey by business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown suggests that out of the 20 per cent of households who now rent...

Renters are amongst the three groups likely to suffer worst as the cost of living crisis unfolds, an analyst has warned.  Sarah...

A business consultancy is warning that buy to let sellers in the current market are likely to be squeezed - and...

Agents, landlords and tenants alike face the prospect of higher bills because of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. In terms of energy costs, an...