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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’...

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

Rightmove has thrown its weight behind the new Labour government’s bid to help first time buyers - and it wants it...

The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

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

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

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

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

The housing market has suddenly become a major part of the General Election campaign as a result of a challenge thrown...

As a result of an announcement back in March, in the government’s final Budget, a major change to stamp duty comes into...

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

Four fifths of developers believe that the next government needs to do more to support first time buyers, according to the...

Letting agents believe Help to Buy has been the most positive influence to the property market in recent times, while on...

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,...

Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...

A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget is set to hit Build To Rent. The British Property Foundation is reacting to news that Multiple dwellings...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...

The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...

While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...

The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...

Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...

A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election.  It’s to be on Wednesday March...

There were 3.7 new prospective tenants for every rental property listed in prime London postcodes last month says Knight Frank. The figure,...

More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...

Inheritance Tax totalled £4.6 billion for the HM Treasury between April and October - that’s £500,000 up on the same period...

Propertymark says it’s delivering a powerful message to the Scottish Government - despite losing a recent key legal case. The agents trade...

David Wilson Homes has launched a scheme where prospective buyers who can muster a 2.5 per cent deposit can reserve a...

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

A business consortium is calling for bold measures to encourage landlords and owner occupiers to retrofit their homes, with the introduction...

Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is launching its manifesto at this week’s Tory party conference - and improving the supply...

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

A new analysis by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform with stricter energy...

A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...

Investors and second home buyers contributed over a quarter of all property taxes in the last year according to a property...

Off-plan new build properties - at one time a solid favourite amongst landlords - are now falling out of favour with...

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

A newspaper says Labour is seeking to woo renter voters by allowing councils to restrict new build homes to first time...

A new survey of lettings agents and landlords has put the reinstatement of Section 24 mortgage tax relief at the top...

Revenue from property taxes in Scotland has dropped significantly so far this year, according to a prominent lettings agency.  DJ Alexander Ltd...

A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...

A prominent lettings agency has called for a delay to the government’s EPC upgrade timetable to be announced in this afternoon’s...

A prominent agent and former RICS residential chairman has made an impassioned plea to the government to help the private rental...

The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...

The number of lettings instructions in London has dropped since the start of the year.  Knight Frank says that compared to the...

A new analysis suggests that the number of first time buyers has plummeted by over 10 per cent in the past...

The political party propping up the Scottish Government says higher taxes on buy to lets will help the housing market be...

A leading agency says there are now clear indications that supply in the lettings market is growing and that rent levels...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has personally written to  a leading politician about a tax threat to the rental sector.  Emerson has...

A high profile lettings agency has backed a petition demanding the reinstatement of tax relief for landlords. Benham and Reeves says it...

The number of first-time buyers is estimated to have fallen by nine per cent in 2022, Yorkshire Building Society says. Analysis by...

Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty - has risen to six per cent for all...

Investment buyers will snap up a higher proportion of homes in 2022 than they did in 2021, the Hamptons agency forecasts.   So...

The tax on property purchased in one part of the UK has reached a new record figure - and a top...

A respected agent is warning that a proposal to increase stamp duty on additional homes could kill off the rental market...

Just about every agency that has commented on yesterday’s Autumn Statement are in agreement - changes to Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...

A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...

One of the country’s most respected lettings agencies says tax is dominating the agenda ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor...

With the private rental sector stressed at the prospect of stricter energy efficiency rules in the coming years, the body representing...

Knight Frank says it expects house prices to drop in the coming year - but only to those levels seen in...

Propertymark’s chief executive Nathan Emerson has welcomed the dramatic government U-turn on taxes - but most importantly has retained the stamp...

The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, says the limited cut in stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland announced in the mini-Budget...

The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has been welcomed by the agency establishment - even though some may be wondering how long...

The Knight Frank lettings and estate agency is warning that it expects house prices to fall in 2023. Tom Bill, its head...

Zoopla is issuing a warning today that price cuts in the sales market are likely to hit pre-pandemic levels as affordability...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer picked on the buy to let and holiday home sectors as targets for future restrictions, in...

The euphoria caused by the stamp duty cuts announced just before the weekend has given way to a realisation that they...

Asking prices of homes coming to the market continue to rise, even before the expected surge in demand following the government’s...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut.  In future there will be no stamp duty on the first...

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has agreed to raise interest rates by 0.5 per cent to 2.25...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

AirBnb says proposed changes to short let rules in Wales should be aimed at property speculators, not ordinary people. The Welsh Government...

A specialist rental platform says its research shows a growing number of people intentionally renting long-term. Ocasa says the reason is the...

Tax experts say that an attempt to levy higher purchase tax on holiday lets and second homes in one part of...

A property finance company says increased taxes and regulations for the private rental sector mean that energy efficiency improvements to raise...

A business consultancy is warning that buy to let sellers in the current market are likely to be squeezed - and...

Agents tasked with persuading possible investors as to the benefit of buy to let have new ammunition, in the shape of...

New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer, more transparent and ultimately more...

The leader of one of Britain’s highest profile lettings agency operations has let rip at the government for what he calls...

A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...

A major holiday let company in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations says more affordable homes should be built to...

The Property Franchise Group now manages in excess of 74,000 rental properties on behalf of landlords, according to a new trading...

There’s still some way to go for the lettings market to return to its pre-pandemic best according to Knight Frank -...

Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...

A generally upbeat trading statement from franchise agency giant Winkworth reports that prime London’s rental market’s long term return to normality...

A little-known law may require tenants to pay stamp duty on the rental properties they do not actually own. London lettings agency...