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The property consultancy Bidwells has appointed a digital transformation expert to a new role to help the firm prepare for the...

A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold...

The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...

The number of completed Build to Rent homes in the UK has increased 13 per cent in the past year to...

A development site sourcing firm claims that reclassifying just one per cent of England’s Green Belt could unlock space for almost...

Foxtons has worked with house builders the Berkley Group to connect Asia Pacific buyers and landlords with UK property. The initiative, held...

A prominent independent lettings agency says the typical tenant outside of London now spends 63 per cent of their household income...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has sent a letter to the Competitions and Markets Authority saying the watchdog is independent - but...

A report in the Financial Times over the weekend suggests that Lloyds Bank is poised to become a major residential landlord,...

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...

Flatfair, which describes itself as the UK’s fastest-growing tenancy deposit alternative, has been shortlisted in the Best Newcomer category of the...

Some industry observers say letting agents and Build To Rent are daggers drawn, but one agency in the Midlands is having...

Reports from the United States suggest that Airbnb, which has already created a revolution in short-lets, is considering asking house builders...

Developers and investors have written to housing minister Brandon Lewis proposing a three-point action plan that could see more than 250,000...

Given that I wrote my last article on the day of the General Election but well before the result was known,...

There has been much debate in recent years about Britain’s desperate need for more housing stock. Demand has been outstripping supply...