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A council has revealed that it sells off its housing stock that is too expensive to repair - but it deliberately...

The Renters (Reform) Bill was one of the main casualties of Rishi Sunak’s early General Election call. It left insufficient parliamentary...

A new report from the Sustainable Markets Initiative, highlights the important role that electrified ‘cleantech’ homes can play in reducing energy...

A group of 20 major local authorities - the biggest social landlords in England - have sent an open letter to...

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

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

A lack of choice for private renters about where they can live will undermine plans set out by political parties to...

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

New figures released by Savills, and published by The Times, show exactly why it no longer makes sense to be a...

Buy to let landlords have been savagely attacked by the country’s biggest investment company - which just happens to be a...

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to boost enforcement of rental standards in the private sector. That’s the view...

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

Millennials, long seen as a financially disadvantaged generation, are on the brink of becoming the wealthiest generation in history thanks to...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests that between 800,000 and one million more homes are required to meet...

By Luke Lightfoot, Regional Director of Asset Management at Sigma Capital As the fastest growing sub-sector in the UK rental market, it’s...

Almost two thirds of private landlords expect to see their mortgage payments increase over the next 12 months with warnings that...

The latest lettings market forecast from Savills says average UK rents to end 2023 at up 9.5 per cent year on...

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

The National Residential Landlords’ Association’s annual conference next week is a sell out with all 800 or so tickets sold to...

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

The Renters Reform Bill is the latest of many factors leaving little choice for some private buy-to-let landlords but to sell...

As the ‘big buy-to-let’ sell off gathers momentum, we take a look ways you can guestimate the value of your rental...

One of Britain's best known DJs has taken to social media to highlight what she sees as the unfair government policy...

Authoritative new research suggests that there’s been a 91,000 rise in student numbers to 2.3m - yet in major student cities...

A group of local authorities is asking the government to give individual councils the cash to buy properties off private landlords. London...

Property investment dates back centuries – millennia, even. As a fundamental necessity for post-nomadic humanity, residential and commercial real estate have...

Legislation requiring all rental properties to have an energy performance certificate  rating of C or above will require upgrades to around...

Savills’ latest market snapshot for prime properties in the UK regions suggest that tenant priorities are gently shifting. Across UK prime regional...

Across the country landlords and renters are struggling as mortgage costs soar, tax hikes bite and uncertainty remains about the impact...

New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...

A property law specialist wants a national register of tenants to allow landlords to check their history before rental agreements are...

A leading buying agent says changing planning priorities amongst London councils are likely to mean that large lateral apartments will maintain...

New data produced by lettings agency Savills gives an indication of how the buy to let sector may be threatened by...

Owner-occupiers aged 65-plus hold a record estimated £2.587 trillion of net housing wealth - and their homes are worth a total...

A prominent estate agency says landlords and other property owners considering selling this spring must be realistic about asking prices. Savills -...

First the troubled John Lewis Partnership announced plans to create Build To Rent properties around or on top of Waitrose stories;...

House prices rose by 9.8 per cent year-on-year in December compared with the same month in 2021, the Office for National...

An agency heavily involved in Build To Rent claims investment in the sector remains high - but soaring debt costs may...

The perennial shortage of new homes in the capital has now collided with a sharp increase in government regulation, a tripling...

Prime rental growth in London ended 2022 up 10.9 per cent on the year, according to Savills prime lettings index, as...

The top end of the UK’s residential market is experiencing a growing divergence between heavily mortgaged and equity-rich owners, according to...

Figures from across the private rental sector have written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt...

The Bank of England has increased its base rate from 2.25 per cent to 3.0 per cent. This is the largest hike...

An insight into the changing sales market suggests the cost of living crisis is biting buyers - some of whom may...

Landlords that have reached the state pension retirement age of 65 are generating a net income of over £10 billion according...

Savills says Prime London rents are to rise by 12.0 per cent in 2022 and by a total 18.3 per cent...

Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...

New data from the Savills agency shows how difficult it will be for typical landlords with mid- to low-value houses and...

Annual rental growth in prime London reached 11.1 per cent in the first quarter of this year, following a 3.4 increase...

The threat of rent controls in two parts of the country may now be so severe that buy to let landlords...

A Labour Mayor and a former Labour baroness have teamed up to call for rent freezes in London, claiming they slash...

New preliminary figures released by CBRE reveal that a record £4.1 billion was invested in the UK’s Build to Rent sector...

High end agency Savills and a London developer have launched apartments in a new Build To Rent scheme costing tenants up...

Landlords adopting a strategy of buying cheap in search of high yields are having a tougher task in finding the right...

Rental price growth in London’s commuter belt cities and towns have outperformed villages and rural areas over the past year, says...

Many agencies give their forecasts for the following year or years in the late autumn, but one of the most detailed...

Savills estimates that £330 billion is needed to implement all energy efficiency improvements to the UK housing sector to meet EPC...

Estate agency Savills has upgraded its forecasts for the UK’s prime housing markets - good news for investors in this niche. The...

A controversial PropTech service that proposes agents charge prospective tenants £30 or more simply to view a property on the market,...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign have called for powers to control rents. Khan claims...

Investment consultancy Thirlmere Deacon says serviced apartments, typically for visitors, can provide an attractive option for investors right now. Thirlmere Deacon director...

Reduced demand and falling rents continue throughout the London prime flats market, with values down in all areas except the south west...

A respected private rental sector body wants the government to slow its timetable for energy efficiency reform, warning that landlords could...

Landlords who buy from auction may want to take advantage of an estate agent’s decision to hold two of its virtual...

A leading housing market analyst suggests that the implementation of a Capital Gains Tax change could actually mean landlords paying less...

Auctioneers are keener than ever to vie for the attention of buy to let purchasers in the current competitive market. Auction House...

Prime Central London rents fell by an average 2.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2020 according to Savills. In prime...

The post-lockdown rebound in buying momentum looks set to continue in and around London as we head into Autumn, according to...

A number of buy-to-let landlords have switched to short-term lets in recent years, as a consequence of skewed policy that favours...

An error in the processing of cross-border flows between Wales and England has resulted in the under-estimation of Wales’ net population...

Some 69 lots were offered online by Savills with prospective buyers invited to place remote bids via the telephone, online or...

The Treasury looks set to suffer a near £5bn tax hit due to the coronavirus pandemic.  The Covid-19 outbreak has led to...

House prices could fall by up to 20% this year in a worst case scenario for the economy, according to Jefferies. The...

Rents in prime London and its commuter belt are expected edge higher this year due to the widening supply-demand imbalance in...

Now that 2020 is underway, activity in the property market is likely to start picking up due to the traditional seasonal...

Student property remains one of the most lucrative investments available to landlords, with sky-high double-digit yields currently on offer in many...

Rental price growth in London is set to rise ahead of wage inflation over the next five years, according to new forecasts...

Investment into the Build to Rent sector reached a record high in 2018, as corporate landlords continued to tap into healthy...

Investor demand from corporate landlords, often backed by institutional finance, is growing and that is pushing up rental values across some parts...

BLP Insurance has been awarded a new contract with Legal & General to underwrite the Mustard Wharf Build to Rent (BTR)...

Portico has expanded its client offering with the launch of Portico Finance, a mortgage broker and protection service, designed to offer...

Rental values in prime London has started to see some slowdown in decline as initial signs of a bottoming out have...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock reached a record £7.29 trillion in 2018, according to fresh research from Savills. The...

A shortage of housing supply will push up rents up by an average of 13.7% over the next five years, according...

The average cost of renting a home is now increasing across every UK region for the first time in 19 months,...

Average rents in prime central London recorded a fall of 3.1% over the course of 2017, but the rate of decline...

The housing crisis is the greatest challenge London faces. Years of not building enough new homes, including affordable housing, mean many...

The number of properties acquired by buy-to-let investors using a mortgage will plummet by more than a quarter over the next...

There has been a significant increase in the number of students living in purpose-built student accommodation across Britain, making it harder...

The total amount of rent paid to private landlords is now more than double the amount of mortgage interest paid to...

Article 50, the starting gun for the UK to leave the European Union was triggered six weeks ago and now the UK...

Four in 10 people who rent a home expect to be renting a property for up to a decade; an attractive...

The total housing wealth owned by UK landlords has increased substantially over the past five years, underlining why bricks and mortar...

The cost of renting property in London looks set to increase in the months ahead on the back of the widening...

Rents across the UK are set to increase sharply over the next five years, as more people choose to rent, rather...

Buy-to-let landlords face the risk of double taxation if they choose to put their property investments into a limited company to...

For many investors in London and the South East, the relentless pressure on buy-to-let income means that the numbers no longer add...

Demand for rental properties in prime central London has increased in recent months as would-be buyers become cautious prior to the EU...

Property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market should look to university towns in the North West to find the...