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

A regional agent says the fear of further taxes on the private rental sector may lead to a spurt of landlords...

A warning has been issued that lettings agencies could lose millions of pounds if landlords quit over new EPC targets. Reapit analysed...

Aldermore has cut rates across its buy to let and residential owner occupier mortgages - the latest in a series of...

The number of buy to let property purchases in the UK fell 14% from 224,700 in 2022/23 to 193,700 in the...

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

The Bank of England has cut base rate from 5.25% to 5.0% - its first cut in four years. It was a...

The Bank of England will trim base rate to 5% next week, according to a majority of economists in a poll...

The low supply of rental homes continues to put upward pressure on rents, reports Hamptons.   The average tenant paid £1,347 pcm to...

New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...

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...

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

Although much focus is on the Bank of England and when it will begin to cut interest rates, a sobering warning...

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

People who expect to rent throughout their retirement could need an additional £391,000 in savings compared to those who have paid...

The Bank of England has kept base interest rate at 5.25%. Some industry figures hoped for a cut following yesterday’s inflation news,...

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

Would-be buyers with a 5% deposit face paying £300 per month more in mortgage repayments than if they continued renting, says...

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

Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...

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...

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

Propertymark says the lettings market is beginning to stabilise as rent arrears decrease. Propertymark member agents reported that on average, 2.5% of...

The latest RICS UK Residential Survey results suggests that tenant demand continues to lose momentum.  Alongside this, landlord instructions remain in short...

An estate agency that promotes the self-employed model claims that three areas of the country lead when it comes to industry...

The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...

Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...

A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...

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

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

Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...

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

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...

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

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

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...

Data released from Reposit, a deposit alternative service, reveals what it calls “a concerning surge in rent arrears” during the final...

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...

Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords.   The news comes as a poll conducted...

New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...

A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...

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

The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...

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

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

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth.   The average rent on a newly let property in...

A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...

The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...

David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...

A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...

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

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

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...

The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...

The total amount of rent paid by tenants in Great Britain this year will hit £85.6 billion - over twice the...

Cases of buy-to-let arrears have doubled in a single year, according to a new analysis. The research, from Octane Capital, analysed quarterly...

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

Last week’s Autumn Statement - which fell short of expectations in terms of help for the private rental sector - is...

It’s claimed that as many as one in five tenants has lost out in a rental bidding war during the last...

Normality appeared on the horizon in the prime London rental market in October according to high end agency Knight Frank.  Average rents...

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

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

There’s been a significant increase in the buy to let mortgage product range according to analysis by independent service Moneyfacts.  A year...

Landlords in the UK are paying 40 per cent more mortgage interest than in August 2022, forcing more of them to...

A lettings industry mentor has issued a plea to agents to do more to protect their landlords’ livelihoods. Sally Lawson, founder of...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

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

Mortgage experts are expecting significant falls in the cost of borrowing this week as lenders drop their rates. Following last week’s decision...

Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled.  That’s the view of high...

Zoopla has issued the first major private rental sector market forecast for 2024. Rental growth this year is on track to end...

A lettings agent who describes himself as “a responsible and ethical property professional” has met with a Liberal Democrat MP to...

Parliament resumes today following its summer recess but there is still a lack of detail on aspects of the Renters Reform...

A property investment group has released its latest research on the top five most searched for property features that UK renters...

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

The long-awaited supply increase in the prime London lettings market is underway, says high-end agency Knight Frank.  The agency says the underlying...

A strong lettings division has allowed Foxtons to record strong growth in its latest trading statement, despite the challenging sales market. The...

Buy to let mortgages have seen the largest interest rate increase of any mortgage category according to new research. Barrows and Forrester...

A property industry commentator wants buy to let mortgage rules to be relaxed so that frustrated sellers can let out their...

The story of low supply in the prime London lettings market appears to be coming to an end, says Knight Frank. The...

Typical UK rents now account for 28.3 per cent of average pre-tax earnings - slightly above the 10-year average of 27...

Zoopla has announced it’s hosting its quarterly market update next Wednesday, June 14, to discuss how agents can keep their business...

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...

More property is likely to come onto the sales market in the weeks and months ahead as rising numbers of landlords...

PropTech supplier Goodlord this week launches what it calls “a manifesto” demanding government help for the lettings industry.  Few details of the...

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

Leaders Romans Group's Suburban Build To Rent team has been appointed to jointly manage and maintain over 100 Build to Rent...

Speculation is growing that the deadline for the private rental sector to meet new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for new tenants...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

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

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

The Bank of England has increased base rate to 4.0 per cent - its 10th rate rise in a row. Nathan Emerson,...