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A new study by the Nationwide has found that landlords selling properties with poor EPC ratings are unlikely to suffer huge...

A Landon council has helped prosecute two rogue landlords renting out a property without a licence in West Kensington. Francesco Grasso and...

Knight Frank has set out its forecast for the rental sector for the rest of 2024 - notwithstanding uncertainty over rental...

The number of properties for sale in London that were previously rented has increased, according to research from industry consultancy TwentyCi. The analytics company found the figures showed...

The BBC - which through its use of exclusive Zoopla data has championed tenants in recent years - has acknowledged that...

London-focussed property data firm LonRes, which analysis activity in the prime areas of the capital, says annual rental growth increased to...

The Mortgage Works will today be reducing rates by up to 0.45 percentage points across its product range, with rates starting...

A business consultancy’s so-called “resilience barometer” says renters are amongst the most financially vulnerable groups in society. The consultancy, Hargreaves Lansdown, measures...

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

The lenders’ trade body, UK Finance, has published a report examining why some landlords are falling into mortgage arrears and why...

Increasing numbers of savvy buyers are snapping up property at auction but it’s important people should do their homework first or...

In the prime London lettings market both supply and demand slowed last month according to property data consult icy LonRes.  Annual rental...

Prime London rental growth picked up in Q2 (0.7% from 0.3% in Q1), according to the latest index results from Savills,...

As the new Labour Government settles into power, rental reform will be one of the items at the top of the...

Rightmove says the government elected today must build 120,000 homes to help return rents to what it believes are normal levels,...

Knight Frank is warning that as supply increases and demand drops back to normal levels, so the pressure to drop rents...

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...

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...

Shock new figures from Zoopla show that although rental demand has softened over the last year there are still 15 people...

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

Higher borrowing costs have created a mood of hesitancy in property markets. Rising mortgage rates mean UK residential sales are increasingly...

London councils have slammed government plans for regulating the short-term and holiday lets sector. In a letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...

The Generation Rent group of activists says it doesn’t matter if landlords sell up and leave the private rental sector. Appearing to...

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

Propertymark has issued a guide to tenants about their rights to have a pet.  A statement from trade body Propertymark says that...

A property portal has taken the unusual step of warning politicians about the dire impact of rent controls on the private...

The latest RICS UK Residential Survey results shows the recent recovery in buyer demand has mellowed slightly, with the market impacted...

Airbnb has ripped into politicians in Scotland who have implemented restrictions on short lets. The former SNP-Green coalition government allowed local councils...

The research head of Knight Frank is warning that a new batch of landlords are preparing to sell up and leave...

Demand is still way ahead of supply min he private rental sector, a Rightmove survey has round. The property portal says there...

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

The average advertised rent of new properties coming onto the market hits a 17th consecutive record, with the average price of...

Renters are typically staying in their properties for a third longer than they did four years ago, says the Deposit Protection...

Rental growth in Britain has slowed says lettings agency Hamptons, with the average newly let rent rising 6.7% over the past...

Houses in Multiple Occupation are making up an increasing percentage of buy-to-let business, according specialist lender Shawbrook.  In both 2022 and 2023,...

West One Loans has launched a new product range, called W3, containing a 6.84% five-year fix with a 4.99% fee and...

Landlords and renters’ activists are at either end of the spectrum reacting to a controversial report on the private rental sector. Yesterday...

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...

The abolition of Section 21 evictions will be a disaster without improvement to the courts system, a property industry chief insists.  Ian...

Co-living developments are a type of purpose-built rental housing, under the same principle as Build To Rent (BTR) but offering smaller size...

Four years after the first Covid restrictions, new research by Centre for Cities shows Londoners’ escape to the country during the...

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...

Seasonality is returning to the prime London lettings market after three tumultuous years.  The pandemic meant the market was initially flooded with...

Newly released data by flatshare website SpareRoom reveals average rental prices in Greater London have seen a drop. Average rental prices in...

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

An activist group is demanding that the lower Capital Gains Tax should apply only to landlords who sell with sitting tenants. In...

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

A landlord has quit the private rental sector after a battle with his council over why his properties were put into...

A property firm which has analysed transactions across the UK suggests the market is, at last, ‘back to normal’ in almost...

Average rents on newly let properties across Britain rose 8.3 per cent year-on-year in January, the slowest pace for 13 months...

Two thirds of landlords say the demand for private rented housing is continuing to increase, according to new research commissioned by...

Data from lenders trade body UK Finance show an 18 per cent leap in buy to let arrears in the past...

The Housing Ombudsman has ordered Yorkshire Housing to pay £3,780 after it found three findings of severe maladministration for how it...

One might immediately answer 'no' to this question, but does the HMO property industry possess adequate understanding of this delicate subject...

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

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

If you're thinking of investing in a holiday home this year, there can be a lot to consider. From gathering insight to...

Landlords considering selling up have received guidance from Rightmove on when to do it and how. The portal claims February is the...

Two new reports - from lettings agency Foxtons and data consultancy LonRes - show London’s rental market returning to pre-pandemic normality. Foxtons...

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

The yo-yo economic news is now casting doubt on whether the Bank of England will cut base rate as quickly as...

UK landlords are doubling down on urban flats amidst a slow but definite return to conventional office working. Data from Shawbrook Bank...

The latest HomeLet rental index begins 2024 with a glimmer of hope for tenants as rents have fallen for the second...

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

Landlords have long been a backbone of the auction industry but one player in the sector says the future is online...

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

Escalating rents have led many first time buyers to adjust their property expectations and accept smaller homes when they purchase, a...

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...

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

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

Landlords providing much-needed private rented accommodation in part of Merseyside are to fall under an expanded  licensing regime.  Wirral councillors have voted...

Rightmove is building the hype ahead of its much-vaunted Boxing Day listing of new properties to the market. The portal claims that...

London’s ultra-prime rental market has returned this year to pre-Covid levels for the first time, an agency claims. Beauchamp Estates - using...

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

The proportion of private landlords who report increased demand for rental properties has more than tripled compared with demand for properties...

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

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

A prominent estate agency says there’s a stronger case for a stamp duty cut now than there was during the pandemic. Knight...

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...

HMRC has produced this material for landlords concerned at the prospect of self-assessment  - What is Self Assessment and why do I need...

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

The average asking price across the UK based on the available stock is now £1,829 per month according to property consultancy...

Next month Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, will be one of the experts at an Agent...

The prime London market appears to be seeing a slow return to stability - but average rental growth in the past...

Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...

The UK housing market is remaining “more resilient than expected” despite the latest price index showing another small fall. The Halifax say...

This is back-to-school season and for the majority of university students who choose to move away from their family home during...

A landlord who let tenants live in properties riddled with hazardous electrics, unsafe boilers, mould and no smoke alarms must pay...

The property industry in recent years has been tough to work in.  Clearly the challenges we faced with the pandemic, lockdown and...

A prominent analyst says her reading of the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market snapshot makes her believe more house...

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

House prices fell 1.9 per cent in August and are down 4.6 per cent over the year, according to Halifax.  It’s the...

Research by Quickmove Properties estimate that, despite changes to stamp duty thresholds implemented last September designed to save homebuyers money, the...

August saw a further softening in house prices which are now 5.3 per cent down on a year ago. The Nationwide says...