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Propertymark says the new Labour leader in Wales, Baroness Eluned Morgan, should make an early stand against rent controls for the...
30 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Some 51% of young first-time buyers are willing to consider so-called ‘non-traditional routes’ to move out of renting and onto the...
25 July 2024
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London high end agency Eccord has bolstered its property management team with two experienced new hires. Steve Wilson joins as Senior Property...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The resignation of Labour’s First Minister of Wales has raised alarm with Propertymark. Vaughan Gething quit yesterday after the Welsh Housing Secretary...
17 July 2024
From: Breaking News
An insurance firm’s analysis of official figures show there are now no fewer than 760,821 vacant properties in England, Scotland and...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Leasehold reform still has a long way to run, according to the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP). The major party manifestos...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest residential market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is raising a red flag over what it calls...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Young people in London are taking on second jobs to get onto the property ladder, it’s claimed. Of the first-time buyers in...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Tenants today spend 12% longer in the same property before switching, than they did a decade ago. Analysis of the English Housing...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
A mortgage lender claims many potential first time buyers are missing out because they don’t understand the concept of shared ownership. Just...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has stepped into the row over whether there should be more controls over second homes, holiday lets and people from...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
The Cotswolds is the most lucrative place in the UK to own a holiday let, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages. With annual...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
The head of a lettings agency in Kent says it would be a “practical solution” for second home owners to become...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax. London, the...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...
03 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has stepped into the row over a bank chief’s comments on first time buyers. Sir Howard Davies, chairman of NatWest, responded...
08 January 2024
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One of the UK’s leading lettings agents is bemoaning what he calls “the missed opportunity “ to help the rental sector...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The long-term shortage of rental accommodation is now addressed by a short-term clampdown on second homes and empty properties, a leading...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Connells has launched what it calls a “pioneering” Rent to Buy scheme to shift apartments in a 163-unit scheme. The agency likens...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The UK’s housing market is increasingly driven by older, affluent home owners with younger generations squeezed out. That’s the view of data...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
An MP says owner occupiers are “scared, unable to sleep at night, worried about their safety and even concerned about whether...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Council tax premiums being considered in Wales would be insufficient to persuade short let and holiday home owners to move their...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agency says capital values could be damaged if a controversial emissions scheme goes ahead in London. Research by Benham...
21 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent housing journalist says Labour should fund councils to buy homes directly from private landlords to rapidly increase the size...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Renters are being offered a 100 per cent mortgage by the Skipton Building Society - the first time such a product...
09 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The cost of coastal homes in Britain more than doubled - rising 56 per cent - between 2012 and 2022 says...
11 April 2023
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A prominent business analyst has given a bleak warning about the prospects for property investors and other home owners in 2023. Sarah...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The government has pulled together the latest guidance on Right To Rent, appropriate to landlords, lettings agents and home owners who...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...
21 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...
28 February 2023
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It appears likely that Rachel Maclean is set to become the sixth housing minister in 12 months, replacing Lucy Frazer. In the...
08 February 2023
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The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...
30 January 2023
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The government has been accused of pushing up the cost of home insulation because of a poorly timed public campaign. The National...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims. Leaders Romans Group says...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Demographic data from the latest Census suggests that the Private Rental Sector now provides homes for 20.3 per cent of the...
06 January 2023
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One of the politicians backing a tax surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy to lets has been put...
30 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Over the last decade, the proportion of people aged 24 to 64 living in their own home has fallen and the...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Trends in the lettings market “do not bode well for renters on low incomes” according to an analyst. Jack Godby of lettings...
09 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A Labour MP has attacked Airbnb hosts and others in the short lets business, accusing them of “this exploitation of housing...
08 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The controversial Boiler Upgrade Scheme - which Propertymark say is so complex many people don’t think it’s worth applying to -...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s most respected lettings agencies says tax is dominating the agenda ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A holiday lettings agency has criticised the proposed rise in capital gains tax which may be introduced this week in the...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The growth of the Build To Rent sector is a symbol of a changing Britain, in says one of the players...
10 November 2022
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As the Rishi Sunak government’s lower ranks finally take shape, the junior ministers working with Housing Secretary Michael Gove have been...
31 October 2022
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Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...
24 October 2022
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The Bank of England is warning that many households will struggle to meet their rent or mortgage commitments if interest rates...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme application process is so complex property agents and their landlords do not think it is worth...
04 October 2022
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The owners of second homes in a key short lets and tourist hotspot are set to have to pay a premium...
29 September 2022
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With the next Bank of England interest rate decision timed for tomorrow, it’s just been revealed that rate increases so far...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A building society which has taken the unprecedented step of stopping lending on second homes has been sharply criticised by a...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
New research predicts a record year for holiday home owners in the UK with more people than ever planning to staycation...
25 July 2022
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AirBnb says proposed changes to short let rules in Wales should be aimed at property speculators, not ordinary people. The Welsh Government...
08 July 2022
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Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...
30 May 2022
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A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...
20 May 2022
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The government has released more details of the powers being given to local authorities to levy additional taxes on second homes. The...
16 May 2022
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Leaks from government ahead of this morning’s Queen’s Speech suggest that second homes which are not let out are likely to...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Homes headed by a person over the age of 45 will account for at least half of all privately renting households...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to add to fuel price pressures with a typical household annual bill now predicted to...
04 March 2022
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The increasingly shrill anti-landlord rhetoric from some politicians is making it harder for tenants, claims a leading industry spokesman. John Blackwood, chief...
02 March 2022
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Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...
14 February 2022
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Bookings for staycations continue to surpass pre-pandemic levels, according to holiday home rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages. The company has revealed that...
14 February 2022
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One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...
25 January 2022
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Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...
17 January 2022
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The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...
11 January 2022
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Only 15 per cent of adults are confident the housing crisis will be resolved in their lifetime. New research among 2,000 individuals...
15 December 2021
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A think tank says it would take a major policy change to fulfil Boris Johnson’s goal to turn generation rent into...
02 December 2021
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A prominent consultancy advising the Build To Rent sector has identified one British city as the prime location for investment in 2022. BNP...
25 November 2021
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The government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The short lets sector - already receiving political and community criticism for eroding the wider private rental sector - needs better...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A prominent industry supplier is warning the government not to damage the private rental sector in its push to promote ever-more...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The farcical implementation of the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme has been sharply criticised by Propertymark. Timothy Douglas, the organisation’s policy and...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has joined four so-called ‘action groups’ advocating housing policy changes including the setting up of a national landlord register and...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A town with one of the UK’s heaviest concentrations of holiday homes is clamping down on future purchases by outsiders who...