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

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...

A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an...

Local media on the south coast are reporting that a lettings agent crashed his Bentley into two parked cars and then...

The number of completed Build to Rent homes in the UK has increased 13 per cent in the past year to...

Concern remains that the mayhem surrounding the mortgage market may yet trigger a housing market crash. At the start of the weekend...

Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...

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

Agents have spent the weekend insisting that the latest house price fall is not indicative of a crash - and may...

The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...

The current supply demand imbalance across the UK rental market looks set to endure as fewer households move across into owner...

A shrill press release from a quick buy property firm claims it could take the housing market almost seven years to...

With the campaign for rent controls gathering momentum from London Mayor Sadiq Khan and sympathetic pressure groups, a right wing Conservative-backing...

A leading market analysis suggests that the private rental sector may be set to benefit from large scale corporate investors seeking...

High profile lettings industry figures Paul Shamplina and Sally Lawson are amongst the keynote speakers at a new event for agents...

Property is fast becoming a preferred investing option for advocates of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, an investment company claims.  Sequire Property Investment...

Rents have climbed up to 68 per cent across England since the financial crash in 2008. Research by Ascend Property shows that...

Buy to let investors are not cashing out of the private rental sector despite the restrictions and taxes imposed by government. Hamptons’...

An upbeat market snapshot for the lettings sector claims that one region of the UK has seen rent increases in excess...

A trading announcement by Belvoir reveals the company has seen another year of significant growth - its 24th on the trot. The...

One of the country’s largest lettings agencies is to lose 17 jobs out of 100 in what the company founder calls...

An economist who previously suggested tenants should live rent-free for three months during the Coronavirus crisis has revised his thinking -...

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...

Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...

No fewer than 93 per cent of landlords financing buy to let property chose a fixed rate mortgage in the second...

The buy to let market risks becoming a car crash following the changes of lending rules for so-called portfolio landlords with...

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...

The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...

Landlords’ confidence in the buy to let sector has collapsed to an all-time low and is now “worse than levels witnessed...

A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...

A letting agent is reported to have lied to police about his name when he was tracked down by officers investigating...

Competition is hot among home buyers in my part of southern England to take ownership of properties that come onto the...

Hello and welcome to my brand new blog! Every month I’ll be giving you an insight into the varied, exciting and...