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It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Almost one in three buy to let landlords are set to sell up in the next 12 months. That’s the shock statistic...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

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

A lettings industry supplier claims one in nine renters use foodbanks. A survey of tenants, commissioned by Zero Deposit, found that just...

Agency software service Alto has announced a new integration with Zero Deposit.  Research by Zero Deposit shows that 65 per cent of...

A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...

Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...

A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...

A council is considering borrowing £50m to buy properties to rent on the private market and for affordable housing. West Norfolk council...

Lower mortgage rates - still falling in the days since the end of the festive break - may be persuading some...

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 In...

New housing minister Lee Rowley has spoken out in favour of Build To Rent. At the inaugural Build To Rent Innovators conference...

Almost two in five UK owners - landlords and homeowners - now consider improving the energy efficiency of their property an...

Landlords in the UK are paying 40 per cent more mortgage interest than in August 2022, forcing more of them to...

The buy to let sector appears more heavily reliant on mortgages than some analysts have previously suggested. Specialist lending service Octane Capital has...

Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...

Mortgage experts are expecting significant falls in the cost of borrowing this week as lenders drop their rates. Following last week’s decision...

A deposit alternative service says increasing numbers of renters need multiple sources of funding for traditional deposits. Zero Deposit says its survey...

A survey of local authorities in some of the poorest areas of the country - bodies which enforce many private rental...

HSBC is increasing its maximum mortgage term to 40 years for buy to let, purchase, remortgaging and additional borrowing. Second homes will...

A prominent figure in the London property world says landlords under increasing financial pressure are being more selective about the letting...

A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...

New figures showing the growing size of first time buyer deposits suggest that many would-be purchasers will be staying with the...

The US central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 22 years - even though inflation in that...

OnTheMarket says the frantic lettings market of the past year or more is bad news for agents. In a trading statement to...

The Bank of England has announced its latest change in base rate, which is used by most lenders to determine interest...

The results of a new survey show widespread ignorance about how interest rates work and about how the Bank of England’s...

One of the biggest lenders in the rental space - Paragon Bank - recorded a 19 per cent increase in buy...

Lettings agents within The Guild of Property Professionals think that the Renters Reform Bill could cause many landlords to quit.  Graham Wood,...

The Nationwide Building Society is embarking on an experiment - at first for owner occupiers only - which may be extended...

An estimated 700,000 households across the UK missed rent or mortgage payments in April, according to the consumer body Which? It has...

Nearly a third of tenants are borrowing money to fund a cash deposit, a survey claims. A poll of 1,000 current renters...

More property is likely to come onto the sales market in the weeks and months ahead as rising numbers of landlords...

A consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition says funding options exist for companies wishing to buy others, despite rising interest rates. Lucy...

One of Scotland’s largest lettings agencies is voicing concern over what it calls “the lack of balance” in the Scottish government’s...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

Figures out this morning from high end agency Savills shows a 5.1 per cent increase in capital appreciation on average across...

There’s a slowly growing optimism amongst property industry figures that the 2023 housing market will be relatively pain-free and not seeing...

There are more Bank of England base rates to come, a group of property finance industry experts has warned.  Personal finance comparison...

The equity release market has expanded by 27 per cent to hit a record £5.58 billion of new lending last year,...

A leading agency says there are now clear indications that supply in the lettings market is growing and that rent levels...

The number of first-time buyers is estimated to have fallen by nine per cent in 2022, Yorkshire Building Society says. Analysis by...

This may be 2022’s least surprising research finding - most property professionals want interest rates to fall. A webinar poll undertaken by...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets again this week with a further interest rate rise likely if base rate...

Rent rises are predicted to outpace house price growth over the next five years.  This is according to Nicky Stevenson, managing director...

The latest high end agency to predict the mainstream market next year is Strutt & Parker - and it’s less downbeat...

Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...

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

Increasing demand for homes in cities was the driving force behind the rapid house price inflation witnessed earlier this year, with...

There seems to be an industry-wide sigh of relief that Rishi Sunak has become Prime Minister. His coronation marks the end of...

Jeremy Hunt’s firm grasp of fiscal policy after the market turmoil of recent weeks won’t stop what one housing expert calls...

The government should do more to promote energy efficiency or risk finding itself in an even more difficult position next year. That’s...

New long-term analysis by Hamptons says rental growth will cool over the coming years but will still outperform house prices between...

Uncertainty over the coming recession, wholesale reforms of the rental sector, higher interest rates and National Insurance payments are all reasons...

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has announced that base rate is rising from 1.25 to 1.75 per cent. The rate is now...

OnTheMarket claims it’s on track to achieve its strategic aim - to create “a tech-enabled property business across the broader property...

A leading agency handling international investors and buyers says Russians will displace the Chinese as the main purchasers of buy to...

UK Finance, the umbrella group representing major mortgage lenders, says there will have been a massive 83 per cent surge in...

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...

An investment firm has flagged up the recently announced move by banking giant Lloyds to enter the private rented sector as...

Flatshare website SpareRoom says over a fifth of 18 to 24 years olds have moved back in with their parents to...

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...

The Generation Rent campaign has renewed its call for public money to be allocated to clear at least some rent arrears...

PropTech company Goodlord has partnered with a credit reference firm, claiming it will help letting agents to secure more accurate info...

The Resolution Foundation has added its voice to that of many charities and other think tanks demanding more government support for...

Activists from the controversial renters’ group Acorn have picketed the headquarters of a national rental firm in a dispute over a...

Some buy to let mortgages are now more expensive than before for borrowers, despite the recent fall in the Bank of...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...

A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...

A new rental deposit alternative scheme claims that some renters have to resort to high-interest payday lenders in order to afford...

The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...

On the day that Labour launches its proposals to reform the private rental sector, the Tories have announced so-called Lifetime Rental...

One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...

The impact of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has not hit the central London lettings sector as much as...

A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...

There will be less buy to let remortgaging in future as landlords consolidate rather than expand their portfolios. The prediction comes from...

A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...

With good news in the buy to let sector in short supply, here’s a promising start to the week - a...

Most buy-to-let fixed rate mortgages are currently cheaper than they were a year ago - some by as much as £29...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

Some broadly good news to end the week - rents are predicted to grow 13.7 per cent in the next five...

A new study shows that 43 per cent of tenants want the system of private rental deposits to be dropped and...

A specialist buy to let mortgage lender says buy to let investors should act now - even if it means borrowing...

The UK’s largest franchise agency has secured funding which it will use to strengthen its growth and acquisition strategy. Belvoir has secured...

Up to 500,000 so-called Baby Boomers have been hit by allegedly unaffordable rents and a lack of appropriate housing for older...

No fewer than 44 per cent of landlords plan to expand their portfolios before July 2018 despite tax obstacles, according to...

A mortgage lender has created a special buy to let product aimed at landlords who let a property to a close...

Nearly three quarters of portfolio landlords have found it more difficult to secure a mortgage since the Prudential Regulation Authority’s changes...

Almost three-quarters of buy to let mortgage transactions made by landlords operating via limited companies in the final quarter of last...

Consumer organisation Which? says a handful of buy to let mortgage lenders have found a way of helping so-called ‘portfolio landlords’...

There’s been another large increase in the number of buy to let mortgages sought by limited companies - they accounted for...

The mortgage director of Romans, one of the country’s largest agency groups, says the new Bank of England rules being introduced...

Consumer group Which? is warning that buy to let investors with multiple properties in one locality could risk being turned down...

There has been a three per cent increase in remortgaging levels amongst buy to let investors in March according to data...

One of the biggest lenders to the buy to let community, Santander, is to lower its affordability assessments from next Wednesday.   It...

Specialist buy to let lender Paragon Mortgages has given an upbeat forecast for the private rental sector, despite the arrival of...

The Residential Landlords Association has been quick off the mark to issue what it calls a seven point wish list to...

Paragon Mortgages, best known for its significant position in the buy to let market, has launched a range of residential mortgage...