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There's speculation that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will use changes to Capital Gains Tax to help fill the hole in the public...

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

A mortgage lender has introduced a product which effectively encourages a landlord to sell to a sitting tenant at a discounted...

If Labour wins Thursday’s General Election. expect three major housing announcements within a fortnight. That’s the exclusive claim from the Sunday Times...

Mortgage industry research on affordability estimates that the cumulative shortfall in first-time buyer numbers since the financial crisis reached 3.1m by...

A new first-time buyer study from Rightmove reveals that the average first-time buyer mortgage payment has risen by 61% since the...

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

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

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a new non-standard credit buy to let mortgage, following what it calls “significant broker demand.” The BTL...

The Conservatives say they will scrap Capital Gains Tax for landlords who sell to sitting tenants, if they win the General...

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

The Generation Rent activist group has issued a statement appearing sharply critical of Labour’s first new policy on housing in the General...

There’s been another survey of landlord activity in the private rental sector - and this one shows that 50% of tenants...

More landlords predict Scotland will attract the most residential property investment outside of London and the South East in the next...

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

The popular narrative may have been that first time buyers have been priced out of the market, partly by landlords: but...

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...

Homes Under The Hammer property expert Lucy Alexander is fronting a new campaign to identify empty homes and bring them back...

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

In what may appear a surprise to almost everyone, the Generation Rent activist group has described yesterday’s Budget as a “giveaway...

The National Residential Landlords Association has slammed yesterday’s lacklustre Budget as a missed opportunity. Yesterday’s announcements - like to be the last...

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

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

A prominent lawyer has stepped up her criticisms of Housing Secretary Michael Gove and his attacks on buy to let and...

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

The government’s proposal to introduce a new one per cent deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder...

The government is considering allowing renters to buy their first homes with just one per cent deposits, according  to press reports...

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...

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...

Both sides of the rental divide have criticised Conservative proposals to boost housing demand while doing nothing about supply. Over the New...

Labour’s shadow housing secretary and deputy leader Angela Rayner says her party will scrap Section 21 on its first day in...

New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers.   So far this year...

Former England footballer turned TV pundit and property expert Dion Dublin is to headline this month’s South East Property Expo. The centre...

New data from Zoopla this morning makes grim reading for landlords, especially those reliant on capital appreciation and with investment properties...

A statement from activist group Generation Rent suggests there’s a connection between Section 21 and the period of time people rent...

One in five first-time buyers taking out mortgages lasting over 35 years A record 19 per cent of first-time buyers took out...

Detached houses are the most popular type of property for those who have moved homes in the past year.  The Halifax says...

When the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II took place on 2nd June 1953 the average house cost just £1,692...

Labour’s proposed reforms to the housing market “raise many questions”, a property industry figure claims. Under controversial plans put forward by party...

The rental market is likely to see continuing high demand as first time buyers battle increased house prices and higher mortgage...

Labour’s shadow housing spokesperson is promoting a video claiming that ‘everyone’ in the private rental sector suffers from ‘rogue landlords and...

A building society that last summer scrapped all lending on some holiday homes has now come up with another unusual policy...

A Labour Party proposal to sell some long-empty homes to first time buyers for just £1 has been dismissed as the...

A high profile mortgage lender operating in the buy to let sector has launched a series of products aimed at investors...

Two Members of the Scottish Parliament have broken rank with their own party to query the motivation behind a new property...

New data produced this morning by the Nationwide suggests prospective first time buyers are having a tough time - and many...

Would-be first time buyers may have to settle for renting for longer and putting their ownership aspirations on ice, following the...

As the cost of living crisis bites and inflation continues to soar, new research reveals that people aged 18 to 34...

A prominent Conservative has described as “infuriating and saddening” the fact that so many Millennials are stuck renting and cannot afford...

A prominent buy to let lender says falling house prices five canny landlords the chance to buy property relatively cheaply. Emma Cox,...

The average prospective buyer now predicts they will be 37 years old by the time they get their first home.  This compares...

A new survey from Aviva has revealed that over a million people may rule themselves out of the first-time buyer market,...

New research from Leeds Building Society paints what it calls “a harrowing picture” of the housing market for first-time buyers. It claims...

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

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has told his party conference that buy to let landlords will no longer “get in first”...

The new Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke for only 25 minutes but effectively turned the recent history of British tax policy...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut.  In future there will be no stamp duty on the first £250,000...

Around seven out of 10 prospective first-time buyers’ attempts to purchase a property have been impacted by the rising cost of...

A properly industry leader is calling on government to cut taxes for landlords who agree to long term tenancies and rent...

MPs are to have another opportunity to debate possible restrictions on the number of so-called party houses let from AirBnb and...

New data from Zoopla suggests that growing concern about the cost of living crisis and in particular rising interest rates may...

A leading figure in the property industry has slammed the government’s proposals to encourage more lenders to offer 50 year mortgages...

New analysis from Rightmove reveals that first-time buyer asking prices and equivalent asking rents have risen three times faster compared with...

Councils will be able to control numbers of second homes and holiday lets under new plans unveiled by the Welsh Government. There...

An MP has introduced a Private Member’s Bill which, if successful, would reduce what she calls the “nightmare” of Airbnb party...

New figures released this morning show that buy to let investors and second home buyers now pay almost half of the...

New analysis by Rightmove is tracking first-time buyer affordability over the last 10 years - and it shows why so many...

A report in a government-supporting newspaper suggests that a proposal to cut Capital Gains Tax for landlords who sell to first...

The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house...

A business analyst has given an interesting interpretation of the soaring rental market - and says it keeps the wider sales...

Renters without a property to sell are likely to be the worst demographic sector affected by the cost of living crisis...

A protest by Welsh nationalists has called for a new Property Act to be passed by the Welsh Parliament, which would...

The specialist holiday let market is becoming increasingly attractive to ex-pat investors - and another mortgage lender has entered the sector...

A prominent Conservative has complained that her party, and others, have failed to do anything about a housing market in which...

A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...

New data suggesting that only a third of first time buyers are able to secure a mortgage at their first attempt...

A social landlord is selling a home on the open market but says it should go only to a first time...

The London rental market may be in for a boom as figures show Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside the capital...

It may not be a typical part of the country but on one of the Channel Islands there is now a...

Investment bank and wealth management consultancy Arbuthnot Latham predicts the next big growth area for buy to let will be Houses...

The private rental sector is in slow retreat according to a new analysis by Nationwide-owned specialist lender, The Mortgage Works. Nationwide chief...

The government should use today's ‘Tax Day’ consultation process to reform Capital Gains Tax so that it encourages a smaller, high...

Despite talk of increased arrears and wider economic concerns, it appears tenants are increasingly worried about the long-term effects of poor credit...

A new survey shows almost two thirds of prospective first time buyers regard it as ‘impossible’ to get on the property...

A league table of UK cities where it takes the longest for first time buyers to save for a deposit may...

There was a further increase in mortgage lending for first-time-buyers and home movers in August compared with the previous month and...

Platform has announced reductions to borrowing rates across a range of mortgage products, including buy-to-let deals. The intermediary mortgage brand of The...

There was a further rise in the number of landlords exiting the buy-to-let market, new data shows. Belvoir’s Q3 Rental Index, compiled...

As the Chancellor prepares to deliver his Budget today, research from Aldermore has revealed the measures prospective first-time buyers want put...

An online petition calling for buy-to-let tax relief changes to be reversed has received almost 16,500 signatures. Buy-to-let landlord and property investment...

If you’re a landlord and wish to raise finance against an existing buy to let property and don’t have proof of...

The government has responded to a petition calling on the reintroduction of full mortgage interest relief and the scrapping of the...

Over half of private landlords plan to sell some of their buy-to-let properties this year, it has been claimed. Some 54% of landlords...

The Chancellor Philip Hammond should scrap stamp duty because it would encourage more buy-to-let landlords to invest in the private rented...

A continuous increase in the number of cranes, hoardings and skyscraper frames around Manchester’s inner ring road is visual proof of...

The Treasury has so far pocketed around £2bn as a result of the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional homes, including...

The steady levels of mortgage activity seen through the first half of the year continued into July, with gross mortgage lending...

The stamp duty hike and mortgage tax relief cuts simply do not add up for buy-to-let landlords, leaving many with little...