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Propertymasrk has thrown its weight behind Lloyds Banking Group making £2 billion of lending available to first time buyers borrowing more...

New Freedom of Information (FOI) data from the Financial Conduct Authority shows that Labour’s plan to introduce a ‘Freedom to Buy’...

Lettings agency chain Lomond has revealed a list of what it calls “up and coming rental hotspots” with yields having strengthened...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says he’s backing Labour’s house building plans because of the state of the private rental sector.  Sam...

A new analysis by Zoopla suggests and one in eight homes currently for sale were previously let out. The portal says this...

Clarity is required from the government over how planning changes are to help meet targets for 1.5m new homes in the...

A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...

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

The incoming Labour government has a social mandate to support the next generation of homeowners in the UK, says financial PropTech...

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

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

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

The decision of property developer Berkeley Group to enter the private rental sector is bad news for tenants, it’s claimed. Berkeley plans...

The UK housing market has returned to its pre-pandemic size, according to Savills analysis. Overall, the total value of the UK housing...

The latest residential market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is raising a red flag over what it calls...

London’s rental market has weakened in recent months according to the fledgling online service Hello Neighbour. Rents are 1% down compared to...

Over the weekend the Conservatives pledged that if elected on July 4 they would permanently scrap stamp duty for first time...

The director of a London lettings agency says buy to let landlords are entitled to feel downtrodden but claims it’s still...

In an unusually outspoken intervention into the election campaign, Rightmove has criticised the absence of debate over housing. The issue has not...

A prominent housing market analyst says people shouldn’t bother reading election literature but instead study interest rates if they want to...

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

A third of homes currently for sale can be bought with a mortgage and monthly repayments that cost less than the...

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

A stamp duty cut in the run up to a General Election would see house prices go up and evictions soar,...

The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...

Startling regional differences are acting as barriers to those looking to step onto the property ladder for the first time, according...

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

A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...

Propertymark has batted away any possible market pessimism as a result of a downbeat price index result from the Halifax  Just before...

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

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

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

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

A survey from property portal Share to Buy suggests that over three quarters of buyers believe they cannot afford to purchase...

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

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

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

Another index has suggested a small monthly increase in house prices in England and Wales - even though the annual rate...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...

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

A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...

New research shows there are 36,210 long-term vacant homes across London - that’s around one in every 100 properties. The borough in...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...

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...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...

The Office for National Statistics official government lettings index shows that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased...

Leaders Romans Group claims the pessimistic mood which many say surrounds the private rental sector is exaggerated. It has surveyed its landlord...

The latest lettings market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows rental demand continuing to rise.  A net balance of...

Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...

The auction house appears to be bucking the downward trend in the wider housing market. And much of it is down to...

The UK’s housing market is increasingly driven by older, affluent home owners with younger generations squeezed out.  That’s the view of data...

An outspoken property industry figure has urged the Bank of England not to hike interest rates.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that a significant majority of members expect yet...

Almost a quarter of England and Wales will become less affordable to buyers by 2025, it’s been claimed. The findings - from...

Propertymark has set out a five point plan to improve the status and usefulness of the Energy Performance Certificate and to...

A leading agency says the squeeze on tenants facing high rent rises is not going to end anytime soon. The comment -...

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

Increased lettings income proved a valuable balance to a declining sales market for The Property Franchise Group in the first half...

The US central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 22 years - even though inflation in that...

The results of the latest RICS UK Residential Survey, out today, point to a renewed worry about the housing market. The survey...

The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...

Canary Wharf was once seen as the future of London - now it’s the location that’s seen the greatest loss in...

A prominent lettings and sales agency says there are four reasons why house prices won’t fall off a cliff, despite interest...

A prominent lettings agency says capital values could be damaged if a controversial emissions scheme goes ahead in London. Research by Benham...

The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...

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

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the idea of a compulsory national register of landlords and hosts operating Airbnb and other...

A group of activists is trying to raise £15,000 to campaign for local councils to clampdown on AirBnb and other short...

A new survey throws light on the scale of the supply shortage hurting the rental market - and in addition shows...

The cost of coastal homes in Britain more than doubled - rising 56 per cent - between 2012 and 2022 says...

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

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

After announcing a new license in Southwark and Camberwell earlier this month Fine & Country is now expanding further in London...

Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...

West Oxfordshire council is the latest to demand new government legislation to increase council tax on empty and second homes in...

Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer says it’s time for agents to go for the ‘hard sell’ on Buy To Let,...

A prominent lettings agent has criticised leading candidates for the leadership of the Scottish National Party for anti-holiday let policies. David Alexander,...

Figures out this morning from high end agency Savills shows a 5.1 per cent increase in capital appreciation on average across...

Rental yields have increased by as much as 2.5 per cent in the past year as rent values outperform house prices.  The...

Spanish bank Santander says UK residential property prices look set to fall 10 per cent this year and will return to...

Interest rates may be on the way up right now following the latest Bank of England decision but there’s good news...

The availability of stock within the owner-occupied market is now back to a pre-pandemic norm, but the reverse is true for...

The average house price in Wales reached a new peak of £249,076 at the end of 2022 but cost of living...

A tax expert says the current economic climate has made it so hard to save for a deposit that many tenants...

Agents have spent the weekend insisting that the latest house price fall is not indicative of a crash - and may...

House prices in York - where the local MP is leading an onslaught on the proliferation of short lets - have...

Legal & General says it’s seeing signs of optimism in different parts of the buy to let sector. Firstly it’s seen a...

The Building Societies Association says housing market sentiment remains close to the all-time low. In a sentiment survey some 47 per cent...

An end-of-year assessment by Zoopla suggests the price of flats across the UK have underperformed the rest of the market and...

New research predicts that northern regions of England will see many of the best investment opportunities in 2023. It is also these...

The Halifax has released a snapshot of the housing market as the year ends - with the cost of living crisis...

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

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