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![Rents rising in most areas as high interest rates hit long-term supply](/upload/images/shutterstock_1022926636.jpg)
Asking rents continue to show positive, albeit lower, growth in most regions according to the property website Home. The site conducts a...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents tell Rayner: we want agency regulation, mandatory qualifications](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
ARLA Propertymark and a number of other property industry bodies wants Housing Secretary Angela Rayner to regulate letting and sales agents. An...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![House building sector to bounce back soon - forecast](/upload/images/shutterstock_277549817.jpg)
Glenigan, regarded as one of the construction industry’s most respected insight and intelligence consultancies, says the sector will enjoy a long-term...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour “serious about change” and “grasping the nettle” - top agent](/upload/images/shutterstock_739797655.jpg)
Labour’s proposed planning reforms indicates that the new government is serious about change and grasping the nettle on housebuilding. That’s the view...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![“Thousands of homes lost to Airbnb” claims Labour hopeful](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Thousands of homes in central London may have been lost to Airbnb and other short let platforms, a Labour candidate claims. Rachel...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning - ‘new normal’ interest rates to be far higher than before](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
Although much focus is on the Bank of England and when it will begin to cut interest rates, a sobering warning...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour to ban bidding wars and high upfront rental payments](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Labour has stepped up its programme clamping down on what it calls “unscrupulous landlords strangling growth.” Specifically this means ending bidding wars,...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter backs Labour eviction and housing policies](/upload/images/shutterstock_1690158259.jpg)
Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![HMO award winners revealed - are you amongst them?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
Software company COHO has presented wards to agencies, suppliers and individuals involved in the HMO business. The firm says the awards honour...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Half of Agents say they Don’t Know who they’ll vote for](/upload/images/shutterstock_1332472799.jpg)
Around half of letting agents and landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hot Money now on August Interest Rate Cut](/upload/images/shutterstock_1510264187.jpg)
Inflation figures are down - but not as much as many analysts expected. The basic Consumer Price Index figure fell from 3.2%...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest rate cuts this year, suggests IMF - but it isn’t all rosy…](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesdecrease_400x310.png)
The International Monetary Fund has suggested that the British economy could accommodate three interest rate cuts this year, with Kate cuts...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![What about Rental Reform? Labour puts issue on the back burner](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Despite once claiming it would abolish Section 21 evictions “on its first day in office”, Labour appears to have gone cool...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Pity The Poor Renter - analyst says tenants face tough conditions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.png)
An Office of National Statistics survey shows that the top three issues facing the UK are still the cost-of-living crisis (89%),...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election Gimmick Stamp Duty Cut would trigger evictions - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
A stamp duty cut in the run up to a General Election would see house prices go up and evictions soar,...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Stop Killing Market with Rent Controls, agents tell minister](/upload/images/shutterstock_2083876012.jpg)
Propertymark has urged Scotland’s new First Minister to end the country’s housing emergency. John Swinney is now First Minister and says he...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lloyds Banking Group rental project now has 2,000 properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring more than 150 new family homes to the rental market in...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates to stay high despite this week’s good inflation news](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Interest rates are expected to stay high despite good inflation news likely to be announced this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Get On With It! - agents say Bank should cut rates now](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MPowered%20Mortgages%20cuts%20rates%20MortgageRatesdecrease_400x310.png)
Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government figures show another sharp rent rise](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-Small-InArticle.jpg)
Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech sector gives a thumbs down to lacklustre Budget](/upload/images/shutterstock_562475698.jpg)
The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental Sector Tax Grab - leading agency boss speaks out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Nationwide demands four tax changes to help the private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Top%20tips%20property%20investment%20rent-calculation-1-400x310.png)
Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Companies House clampdown on dodgy agents’ data and information](/upload/images/shutterstock_1141644755(4).jpg)
Companies House has new powers from this week to combat fraud. These are measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter lobbies politicians with ‘rental plan to end homelessness’](/upload/images/shutterstock_270470528.jpg)
Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Gove’s Airbnb Crackdown - Criticism building](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
There’s growing anger over restrictions on private homeowners using their properties via Airbnb and other short let platforms. Earlier this week Housing...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Radical changes to short let laws proposed by Michael Gove](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning announced wholesale changes to planning and regulations surrounding short lets. His proposals include: - planning permission...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Report downplays ‘posh’ image of Build To Rent flats and tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![MPs turn on Airbnb and other short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms. Former Lib...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents Shock - they’ve fallen for the past three months](/upload/images/HomeLet-August23-blog-5-What's-updated-in-the-new-How-To-Rent-Guide(1).jpg)
New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent says rents set to fall as economy returns to near-normal](/upload/images/shutterstock_431846332(4).jpg)
A buying agent claims that rents could finally be tailing off despite some indices showing rises still taking place. According to Rightmove,...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Union slams Bank decision as workers face high rents](/upload/images/shutterstock_651677062.jpg)
A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Thousands of lettings agencies in financial distress - new figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock figures put interest rate cut on the back burner](/upload/images/shutterstock_2148997377.jpg)
There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer warns that Summer will be hectic for lettings sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/Phil%20Spencer.png)
Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mandatory Short Lets registration scheme to be introduced](/upload/images/shutterstock_636523940.jpg)
A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings Market Problems - supply-demand mismatch through to Christmas](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
New figures released this week by Propertymark reveal that even in the run-up to Christmas there was no significant change in...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Politicians demand Christmas ban on Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Last Ditch Bid to save unpopular freeholds from Gove’s law change](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![More guarantors demanded as economy slump goes on](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
An analysis of tenants renting between 2020 and 2023 shows a big rise in those on high salaries asked to provide...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb claims its short lets support thousands of jobs across UK](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government slammed over clampdown on Airbnb and short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill part of ‘brighter future for UK’ claims Sunak](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the Renters Reform Bill will be mentioned in today’s King’s Speech - and is part of...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate optimism fuelled by surprise improvement in inflation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/InterestRatesDecline_400x310.png)
There’s growing optimism that tomorrow’s Bank of England monetary policy committee meeting will see base rate held for another month -...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Radical EPC rating B target demanded by business consortium](/upload/images/_EPC6-400x310.png)
A business consortium is calling for bold measures to encourage landlords and owner occupiers to retrofit their homes, with the introduction...
24 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Public optimistic about housing market despite feeling worse off](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
UK consumers feel worse off than a year ago, but remain relatively optimistic about the property . That’s the conclusion of a...
13 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour should champion lettings agent regulation - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Propertymark has urged Labour to licence letting agents under its plans to ‘fundamentally reform the private rented sector’. The trade body also...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surprise Interest Rate decision by Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BalancingPercentages-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has revealed its latest decision on base rate - which in turn has a strong influence on...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bank of England urged to increase interest rates AGAIN](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
The Centre for Economics and Business Research says the Bank of England should increase UK interest rates by another 0.25 per...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![New figures escalate threat of yet another interest rate rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
The spectre of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next week has been increased by economic figures released in...
13 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![More tenants struggling to pay rent - government figures](/upload/images/shutterstock_424330099.jpg)
More people are struggling to pay their rent according to a new government survey. The study, by the Office for National Statistics,...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hate campaign launched against Airbnb](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge increases in fines for agents letting to illegal migrants](/upload/images/shutterstock_1515063272.jpg)
Agents who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Latest rate rise ‘could light a rocket under UK housing market’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
The US central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 22 years - even though inflation in that...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Regulation - councils should control short lets, agents tell government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
The letting agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark is urging the government to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms but to...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency issues guide for ‘responsible’ holiday lettings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
One of the largest vacation lettings agencies - Sykes Holiday Cottages - says a survey shows that two thirds of holiday...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shock interest rate decision by Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_2-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has announced its latest change in base rate, which is used by most lenders to determine interest...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Four reasons why house prices won’t fall off a cliff - agent’s claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
A prominent lettings and sales agency says there are four reasons why house prices won’t fall off a cliff, despite interest...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lawyer hits out at court delays and growing anti-rental sentiment](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
A seasoned property lawyer who has specialised in residential landlord and tenant law for 22 years says she is embarrassed at...
16 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets Court Case - what next for regulation?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
The leader of the council that was rebuffed by a court when it tried to control the spread of Airbnb-style short...
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer urges letting agents to go on the offensive](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/Phil%20Spencer.png)
I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...
05 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government told - Stop the attacks on holiday lettings sector!](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Large scale investors in optimistic mood despite volatile economy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agent1-400x310.png)
Large portfolio professional landlords are in a confident mood, with the majority planning to acquire at least one new asset in...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates - Bank of England reveals latest decision](/upload/images/Bank%20Increase.jpg)
The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![No end in sight to supply drought in prime London](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London1-400x310.png)
One of the high end lettings agencies dominating the prime London rental landscape says there’s no end in sight to the...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Commercial property investment slumps as UK economy weakens](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Statistics-400x310.png)
The scale of investment in UK commercial property has fallen in all sectors, new research suggests. Sirius Property Finance has analysed UK...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Anger over Airbnbs and holiday lets needing planning consent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Analyst gives bleak warning about housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
A prominent business analyst has given a bleak warning about the prospects for property investors and other home owners in 2023. Sarah...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![New powers confirmed over holiday lets and second homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
New powers have been revealed to tackle what the Welsh Government calls the ‘problem’ of second homes. A statement from the Senedd...
05 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Short Let registration fee must be reasonable insists Airbnb](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
Airbnb says any new rules for short lets in Wales should protect hosts and the benefits they bring to the tourism...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![BBC probe shows scale of rental stock supply shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_400x310.png)
An investigation by the BBC and Zoopla shows the sharp drop in the volume of available rental units in the past...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb host register hailed as “fantastic step forward”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
A proposal to introduce a national register of Airbnb hosts in a bid to curb rowdy behaviour by guests has been...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents react to Bank of England interest rate decision](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_4-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter angry at Hunt’s ‘nothing about housing’ Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is angry with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt over his Budget While most in the property industry have expressed relief that there...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax incentives for rental sector - top agent’s plea to Chancellor](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-400x310.png)
A prominent agent and former RICS residential chairman has made an impassioned plea to the government to help the private rental...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenant demand still on the rise as RICS calls for Budget help](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.png)
The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Political wannabes wrong to blame holiday lets, claims top agent](/upload/images/shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
A prominent lettings agent has criticised leading candidates for the leadership of the Scottish National Party for anti-holiday let policies. David Alexander,...
03 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Reverse anti-landlord policies, top agency tells government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
A lettings agency says it’s vital that the government reconsiders the new laws and regulations seen as attacking landlords. The Leaders Romans...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![No blanket licensing required for short lets - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Licensing for Airbnbs and similar short lets should be targeted in priority areas only and not the subject of blanket rules. That’s...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![More interest rate rises to come, warn experts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
There are more Bank of England base rates to come, a group of property finance industry experts has warned. Personal finance comparison...
20 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnbs and Holiday Lets give huge cash boost to communities - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Business Rates shock for holiday let owners - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The Valuation Office Agency has issued a reminder that changes to eligibility rules for self-catering properties will come into effect from...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bank warns of 10 per cent fall in house prices this year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
Spanish bank Santander says UK residential property prices look set to fall 10 per cent this year and will return to...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Better-than-expected economic news sugars interest rate pill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_2-400x310.png)
The headlines from yesterday’s Bank of England announcement are dominated by the base rate rise, but there’s been some unexpected good...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Private renting vital to economic and social fabric of UK - report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BTR-400x310.png)
The private rented sector has an important economic and social role to play across the country, according to a new report...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tough times ahead warns auctioneer, despite record year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-2-400x310.png)
The UK’s largest property auctioneer is warning of tough times ahead despite a record number of sales in 2022. Auction House sold...
13 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Massive scale of Build To Rent revealed by top investor's figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Legal & General Capital helped fund over 17,000 new homes last year across a range of tenures, chiefly Build To Rent. Chief...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![New Eviction Ban Call - government under pressure from MPs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate Rise - more bad news expected](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BalancingPercentages-400x310.png)
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets again this week with a further interest rate rise likely if base rate...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Funding for buy to let investment plummets as wider economy tanks](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
A new analysis claims to show how difficult it has become for buy to let investors to secure finance as a...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents put Eco-improvements on ice thanks to economic woe](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_EfficientHome-400x310.png)
The volatile economy is forcing small agencies and other modest-sized businesses to put on hold millions of pounds of spending on...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets trade body reveals its first chief executive](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/ShakingHands-400x310.png)
The UK Short Term Accommodation Association has named a new chief executive. Andy Fenner will support STAA chairperson Merilee Karr and director...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![We want higher council tax for second homes, says lettings agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Savills adds to gloom with forecast of major price falls next year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Interest rates up as agent warns public to “wake up and smell the coffee”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculated_400x310.png)
The Bank of England has increased its base rate from 2.25 per cent to 3.0 per cent. This is the largest hike...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate Rise - lettings sector braced for bad news](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
There’s widespread concern that the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, which meets tomorrow, is to unveil a 0.75 per cent...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Down They Go - House prices to drop to mid-2021 levels says agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
Knight Frank says it expects house prices to drop in the coming year - but only to those levels seen in...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents welcome Hunt tax change - but who knows what’s coming?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Propertymark’s chief executive Nathan Emerson has welcomed the dramatic government U-turn on taxes - but most importantly has retained the stamp...