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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...

Ascend, which says it’s now the UK’s largest third-party operator of single-family Build To Rent homes, has recruited a new associated...

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

Property consultancy JLL says there’s been a noticeable rise in prime Central London lettings activity.  Average rents rose 0.9% from Q1 to...

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

Paragon Bank has reduced rates on its core range of buy-to-let mortgages, taking 15bps off 10 products, in addition to launching...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital says it’s enjoyed a record breaking period of growth. Over 2023 and so far in 2024...

Property consultancy Walker Singleton has acquired the book of business of the Boococks agency as part of its West Yorkshire growth...

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

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

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

A group founded eight years ago to represent the Build To Rent niche has now rebranded in a bid to win...

Knight Frank has appointed Louna Del Barrio as lettings associate in a key London office. Del Barrio comes to Knight Frank following...

Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...

Lower mortgage rates - still falling in the days since the end of the festive break - may be persuading some...

Almost two in five UK owners - landlords and homeowners - now consider improving the energy efficiency of their property an...

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

Two cities have been identified as the UK’s highest-growth cities across multiple property sectors over the next 10 years, according to...

Moneyfacts, the respected independent mortgage market monitor, is warning that lenders have been withdrawing buy to let fixed deals. Within the buy...

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

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

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

The chief executive of Propertymark is warning that interest rates are likely to rise at least one more time. The remarks by...

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

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...

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

Data from fraud prevention database CIFAS a marked increase in both identity fraud and false lettings applications in the UK according...

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

Property consultancy Walker Singleton has snapped up the independent Daniel & Hirst agency in Yorkshire. The deal, which was for an undisclosed...

Increasing demand for homes in cities was the driving force behind the rapid house price inflation witnessed earlier this year, with...

A prominent research chief at a leading agency has repeated his claim that average UK house prices are set to drop...

The monthly costs for a first time buyer are some 13 per cent lower than that of a similar renter -...

An hour-long webinar this week aims to inform agents how to deter property fraud by greater emphasis on compliance, due diligence...

Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...

‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...

A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced.  And...

North of England agency Robert Watts is expanding into Halifax after completing the acquisition of independent firm Bennett Kaye for an...

Lloyds Bank says tenants will “within the next few weeks” move into the first of a series of new developments it...

It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...

The government’s pledge to introduce a lifetime deposits concept, theoretically making it easier and cheaper for tenants to move, has been...

The Yorkshire town immortalised in the long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine - Holmfirth - is the location of the latest...

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

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

PropTech provider Canopy is linking with a legal protection service which it says could enhance agents’ offer to landlords. If the tenant does...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Veteran Countrywide figure John Hards has joined the board of still-to-launch property portal OpenBrix. In 2018 Hards rejoined Countrywide as national lettings...

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...

Around 40 per cent of tenants currently in the private rental sector believe they will never be able to buy their...

The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...

London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...

A former footballer's estate agency has completed the first stage of its expansion programme with an acquisition. Hamilton Bower, co-founded by ex-Bradford...

The gap between the cost of buying and renting is down 59 per cent to its lowest level in nine years...

More progress is expected today in the passage of a Bill which will allow good tenants’ rent records to count towards...

An investment trust has been launched and looks likely to be competing for individual investors who may see it as an...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Buy to let is still an attractive investment compared to other asset classes but to make the best of the opportunity...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Specialist buy to let lender LendInvest has looked at 105 postcodes across England and Wales to find the best (and worst)...

Reference provider Rent4sure says agents should beware of the growing issue of online identity fraud, especially hitting people in their 30s.   A...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Lancashire town Blackburn has recorded the highest increase in average rental yield over the last year, according to LendInvest.  The online mortgage...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

New data from referencing company Equifax Touchstone suggests that this July’s buy to let mortgage lending total is 39 per cent...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

A young independent agency in Manchester is set to hit a £1.5m turnover target after just 18 months following the addition...

Sheffield council has prosecuted a private landlord for failing to provide safe accommodation - with a bill of over £10,000 to...

Connells has revealed that it has taken 50 of its ‘top achiever’ lettings and sales agents on an all-expenses paid trip...

Data from the Halifax suggested that the average price of a flat has increased by £86,474 (£1,029 per month) since property prices...

The Halifax is the latest of many house price indices to show higher than expected house price growth - and yet...

In 2007, the government introduced a compulsory deposit protection scheme as part of the Housing Act 2004 to help protect tenants...

A financial adviser is warning that taking advantage of pension law changes and using a pension pot to buy a property...