Letting agents believe Help to Buy has been the most positive influence to the property market in recent times, while on...
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England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...
01 February 2024
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Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election. It’s to be on Wednesday March...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has urged the government to take the potential Help to Buy ‘timebomb’ seriously. The news comes as London lettings agent Benham...
13 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent property law consultancy wants Help To Buy, or similar schemes, to be resurrected. Dutton Gregory Solicitors says that with the...
27 June 2023
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A seasoned property lawyer who has specialised in residential landlord and tenant law for 22 years says she is embarrassed at...
16 June 2023
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The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...
09 March 2023
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Keyzy, a rent-to-own service aimed at aspiring homeowners, has raised £3m in a seed funding round. The proceeds will accelerate its purchases...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
This may be 2022’s least surprising research finding - most property professionals want interest rates to fall. A webinar poll undertaken by...
14 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The current supply demand imbalance across the UK rental market looks set to endure as fewer households move across into owner...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News
ARLA Propertymark has issued a list of 10 demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s long-awaited Budget on March 3, with a financial...
04 February 2021
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The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Some 45 per cent of those who don’t yet own a home think they never will, according to a new report. While...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News
While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...
15 July 2019
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A prominent consumer group claims that one in 10 tenants currently renting say they have at some point been evicted “for...
05 June 2019
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In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...
01 May 2019
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A rental campaigner claims the amount of money stolen this year by crooked lettings agents and landlords has topped the £1.3m...
20 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Crooked letting agents and landlords have so far this year been convicted of illegally pocketing over £900,000 of tenant’s cash – and there’s...
17 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Academic research suggests tenants in England and Wales are missing out on £80m of interest to tenancy deposit schemes every single...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Over 112,000 properties have been purchased through the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme since its launch in 2013 - and...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News
Half of England’s local authorities claim it is ‘very difficult’ to assist homeless applicants into privately rented accommodation, according to a...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News
The Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a report by the House of Lords that institutional investors behind the Build To Rent...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News
The housing ladder is disappearing for most young working households on modest incomes who are obliged to rent for the indefinite...
17 February 2016
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The government’s initiatives to try to increase house building and owner occupation will not stop demand for rented homes rising by...
03 February 2016
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Dorian Gonsalves, director of commercial and franchising at Belvoir, is urging the government to dramatically increase the availability of social housing...
07 January 2016
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The chief executive of property investment company Assetz says it’s not Buy To Let that threatens the stability of the housing...
31 December 2015
From: Breaking News
There’s been an angry reaction from letting agents and landlords to the shock news that an additional three per cent stamp...
26 November 2015
From: Breaking News
- From April 2016 buy to let landlords and people buying second or holiday homes will have to pay an additional...