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Nationwide says UK house prices fell by 0.2% month on month in August, after taking account of seasonal effects, but the...

The average house for a first-time buyer costs £241,502, meaning that the average renter bought one with a 10% deposit and...

Zoopla’s latest House Price index shows a housing market steadily recovering from higher mortgage rates with prices rising slowly. But it...

Average UK private rents increased by 8.6% in the 12 months to July 2024 according to official government figures, unchanged from...

Five selective licensing schemes are being recommended to Burnley council’s executive for approval this evening. Four are renewals, one is brand...

A building society says the combination of the UK Labour government’s housing proposals and a regional plan for 20,000 low-carbon homes...

Speculation about which way the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee will go on interest rates today remains sharply divided.  The Bank’s...

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

New research reveals how property prices have risen under different governments in the UK - with the revelation that house prices...

The average property value could change by as much as £12,500 in the time it takes to progress an offer to...

Nothing in the King’s Speech or the new government’s housing plans has had any material impact on the outlook for the...

Academics in a leading university have set up a project to probe so-called bidding wars in the private rental sector.  Two figures...

A council has warned so-called “evaders” that they are in its sights after forcing the sale of a property on which...

A new index shows that only one in eight potential first-time buyers can purchase the average FTB home in their area. The...

The latest residential sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests a currently-subdued housing market but with a more...

The latest e.surv index shows that house prices in England and Wales are, on average, still some 1.6% below the level...

UK house prices stayed relatively flat for the third successive month in June, according to figures released over the weekend by...

There’s a property revolution starting today with a large scale defeat expected for the Tories - that’s the view of a...

Price growth in high-value prime areas has been put on hold given uncertainty surrounding the General Election, according to the latest...

UK house prices edged up by 0.2% in June, according to the Nationwide. This resulted in the annual rate of growth rising...

House prices will be 1.5% higher by the end of the year says Zoopla.  It suggests that homebuyers are largely shrugging off...

A new analysis of property sales expenses suggests that landlords who sell now are paying up to 21% more in estate...

Rent prices tend to rise in the 12 months immediately after a General Election, by an average of 1.96%, according to...

The property consultancy Bidwells says that based on an average 300,000 new homes a year it could be four decades before...

A prominent economic analyst warns that many of the rental policies advocated by the major political parties in the General Election...

A new house price forecast by peer-to-peer real estate investment platform, easyMoney, suggests average house price growth of 6.3% by the...

The Generation Rent activist group says the Conservative manifesto pledge to give a tax break to landlords selling to tenants should...

The ink was hardly dry on Labour’s plan for a mortgage guarantee scheme for first time buyers before some left wing...

Average house prices remained broadly stable in May, down just 0.1% on a monthly basis. This actually took the annual rate of...

Nearly half of landlords intend to buy property in the next 12 months, claims another optimistic survey by specialist lender Landbay. Forty...

The Times recently calculated that recent tax and regulation changes made it unviable for many landlords to continue in the sector. We...

Average house prices rose 0.4% in May, taking the annual growth rate up to 1.3%, from 0.6% in April. The figures come...

There’s been a big rise in the supply of homes for sale - 20% up on this time last year. This is...

Average UK private rents were up 8.9% in the year to April according to the Office for National Statistics. This is a...

A study by property software firm APRAO shows new-build house price premiums at their highest in a decade. The supplier analysed existing...

Brand new data from online mortgage broker Mojo Mortgages has revealed significant differences in the types of properties the average UK house...

Buy to let landlords with properties inside controversial ‘Low Traffic Neighbourhoods’ or LTNs may be in for a windfall. That’s because new...

House prices last month were just 1.1% higher than April 2023, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index. The average house...

New market analysis by peer-to-peer investment platform easyMoney has identified 10 areas of the nation on track for growth of more...

Average UK house prices fell by 0.4% in April, taking the annual rate of house price growth to 0.6% in April,...

The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

Rightmove is warning that the housing market is set for disruptions from the summer onwards, and suggests the brisk start to...

The latest official government rent index shows that average private rents across the UK as a whole increased by 9.2% in...

Around half of first-time buyers say their prospects of owning a home are further away than ever due to the ongoing...

A leading business analyst is firmly blaming interest rates for the see-saw in house prices seen in recent indices. The latest, from...

The latest Halifax house price index results, which show mixed fortunes for the housing market, should be seen as a spur...

UK house prices grew in March on a quarterly basis, by 2.0%, with annual growth slowing to 0.3%, from 1.6% in...

UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March. Nevertheless, the annual rate of house price growth edged higher to 1.6% in...

A deposit alternative service claims rents have risen an average 46% in the last decade. Zero Deposit claims it’s analysed rental market...

The average house prices in England was £290,000 last year, some 8.3 times average annual earnings. This was actually down from 8.5...

The average price of property coming to the market for sale rises by 1.5% (+£5,279) this month to £368,118, as the...

Renting affects the resilience of all age groups.  Only one fifth of Millennial/Gen Z households who rent are on track for a...

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

A Tory has slammed the proposed clampdown on short lets proposed by Housing Secretary Michael Gove - and he calls them...

New research from specialist lender Aldermore reveals the financial boost landlords provide to local economies.  Nearly eight out of ten landlords opt...

UK house prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in February, up by 0.4 per cent or £1,091 in cash terms,...

The latest index, from the Halifax, shows house prices rose 0.4 per cent in February – the fifth consecutive monthly increase....

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

One piece of good news to come out of the small print documents accompanying the Budget concerns capital appreciation. The Office for...

Yet another council is consulting on whether to continue a selective licensing scheme. The scheme applies to several areas of Burnley and...

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in February, says the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal effects.  This resulted in...

Zoopla’s latest market snapshot, used as a guide to capital appreciation by some landlords, says there’s now a three-tier housing market...

An analysis of government data suggests that potential first time buyers have failed to take advantage of literally hundreds of millions...

Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...

A property finance consultancy claims that unmortgageable properties can be snapped up with a discount of 27 per cent. Apex Bridging says...

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

Deciding on a residence in the bustling city of London is no small feat, especially when faced with the dichotomy of...

Landlords seeking capital appreciation will be encouraged from two new housing market surveys - one showing a surprise rise in house...

A comparison website claims that an improved rating for an Energy Performance Certificate now improves a property’s value. This is driven by...

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in January, resulting in an improvement in the annual rate of house prices...

The average price of a home in Wales fell to £234,086 at the end 2023 following continued economic and financial pressures,...

A majority of Buy to Let landlords have been focused on growing property portfolios in the last 12 months, and not...

The average home in England and Wales bought within the last 20 years and sold in 2023 achieved £102,650 or 48...

A prominent analyst says the threat of rising inflation caused by the Red Sea shipping attacks - on top of this...

Another house price index has indicated a gentle rise in capital appreciation coming through at the end of 2023. Richard Sexton, director...

A building society says it is considering ending its policy of lending to buyers of holiday lets. Martese Carton, the director of...

The chief executive of Generation Rent has slammed the chair of the NatWest Bank for comments over first time buyers. At the...

Analysts have warned landlords and others interested in the housing market from celebrating too much following the latest Halifax index figures. The...

The latest Halifax house price index shows average house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in December, the third monthly rise...

The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...

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 -...

There’s no prospect of a rapid recovery for the housing market in 2024 despite some green shoots appearing. The warning comes from...

UK house prices ended 2023 down 1.8 per cent compared with December 2022, leaving them almost 4.5 per cent below the...

Consumer Price Inflation in November was 3.9 per cent - significantly lower than the 4.4 per cent expected by many analysts. It’s...

The Nationwide says 2023 has seen a surprisingly-resilient housing market but there will be no full scale recovery in 2024 -...

Two-thirds of private landlords in the UK are optimistic about how their property investments will perform in the coming years -...

House prices may fall by up to four per cent in 2024 the Halifax is warning. Its Outlook for 2024 report says...

The latest RICS Residential Survey, out today, points to an improved outlook for the housing market, with the more optimistic sentiment...

After the Autumn Statement unveiled a major tax cut for January, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’ll pay less tax in...

UK house prices rose for the second month in a row in November, boosted by a shortage of properties, says the...

A countryside body is blaming the government’s failure to provide affordable housing and the rise in short lets for a homelessness...

UK house prices rose an average of 0.2 per cent month on month in November - prompting the Nationwide to call...

House prices fell 1.2 per cent in the past year, according to a new Zoopla report out today, with average discounts...

The Office for Budget Responsibility - a Treasury department operating independently from the government - released its central forecast for the...

A panel of experts forecast house prices will fall as much as 10 per cent by Autumn 2024. Financial website Finder brought...

Savills is warning that the average UK house price is projected to fall by a further 3.0 per cent in 2024...

Average house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in October, compared to a fall of 0.3 per cent in September says...

A new survey suggests that over three fifths of landlords say private renting is becoming less attractive as an investment option. The...

October saw a surprise 0.9 per cent rise in UK house prices according to the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal...

Zoopla is warning that there will be further house price falls in 2024 on top of the 4.5 per cent drop...