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Some 51% of young first-time buyers are willing to consider so-called ‘non-traditional routes’ to move out of renting and onto the...

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

This year has seen a two-decade high of 181,000 first time buyers secure their first foot on London’s housing ladder, marking...

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

The Scottish National Party, which as part of an alliance with the Greens introduced controversial rent controls in Scotland in 2022,...

Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...

Young people in London are taking on second jobs to get onto the property ladder, it’s claimed. Of the first-time buyers in...

Over the weekend the Conservatives pledged that if elected on July 4 they would permanently scrap stamp duty for first time...

Labour is launching a new Freedom to Buy scheme to get 80,000 young people on the housing ladder, over the next...

Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...

Four fifths of developers believe that the next government needs to do more to support first time buyers, according to the...

A mortgage lender claims many potential first time buyers are missing out because they don’t understand the concept of shared ownership. Just...

A third of homes currently for sale can be bought with a mortgage and monthly repayments that cost less than the...

Some 50% of tenants who moved last year did so because their landlords decided to sell the property.  By contrast, eviction was...

Startling regional differences are acting as barriers to those looking to step onto the property ladder for the first time, according...

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

A survey from property portal Share to Buy suggests that over three quarters of buyers believe they cannot afford to purchase...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

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

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has confirmed that Awaab’s Law - putting a strict timescale on urgent repairs being done -...

While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

Propertymark has stepped into the row over a bank chief’s comments on first time buyers. Sir Howard Davies, chairman of NatWest, responded...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election.  It’s to be on Wednesday March...

One of the UK’s leading lettings agents is bemoaning what he calls “the missed opportunity “ to help the rental sector...

Young couples are delaying marriage and starting families until they get out of the rental sector, research by Yorkshire Building Society...

Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...

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

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

The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...

A prominent property law consultancy wants Help To Buy, or similar schemes, to be resurrected.  Dutton Gregory Solicitors says that with the...

Well known broker Mortgage Advice Bureau will be showcasing a suite of new digital products today at an event organised by...

The rental market is set to benefit from a surge in potential buyers putting their purchase plans on hold. Data from NerdWallet...

A franchise network boss has sharply criticised both Labour and the Tories for their pro-tenant policies. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth,...

A company that tries to encourage people to buy a home in ‘chunks’ says few first time buyers are interested in...

A newspaper says Labour is seeking to woo renter voters by allowing councils to restrict new build homes to first time...

Senior Labour figures have come out with sharply opposing views on whether the party backs rent controls. Shabana Mahmood, a senior MP...

The property market could be emerging from the downturn, Zoopla says.  Annual house price growth remains just 3.0 per cent according to...

New research from The Mortgage Lender reveals that 44 per cent of renters would like more cost-of-living support from the government. Specifically...

Leaders Romans Group's Suburban Build To Rent team has been appointed to jointly manage and maintain over 100 Build to Rent...

The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...

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

A new analysis suggests that the number of first time buyers has plummeted by over 10 per cent in the past...

The political party propping up the Scottish Government says higher taxes on buy to lets will help the housing market be...

A tax expert says the current economic climate has made it so hard to save for a deposit that many tenants...

The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims.  Leaders Romans Group says...

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

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

A new study from Rightmove reveals what aspiring first-time buyers are most likely to cut back on in a bid to...

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

The latest Rightmove asking price market report suggests that the biggest victim of the current market mayhem is the first time...

A mortgage company chief executive is warning that house price falls of up to 15 per cent are likely between now...

The euphoria caused by the stamp duty cuts announced just before the weekend has given way to a realisation that they...

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

A high profile PropTech entrepreneur is amongst a series of investors linked to a new fund, launched today, cashing in on...

One of the biggest names in the deposit alternative sector says the rental market is “stacked against” private tenants. Gary Wright, chief...

Data from Rightmove shows how an interest rate rise today, when the Bank of England meets, might effectively boost demand in...

A quarter of homebuyers are putting off their purchase due to cost of living fears - and when it comes to...

The sales director of a property investment firm says high house prices, rising interest rates and the broader cost of living...

A new analysis of prospective first time buyers suggests that the cost of their initial deposit has soared in the past...

The monthly costs for a first time buyer are some 13 per cent lower than that of a similar renter -...

One of the most respected figures in British housing has joined one of the growing number of Rent To Buy companies. Lord...

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

A think tank says it would take a major policy change to fulfil Boris Johnson’s goal to turn generation rent into...

New figures provide further evidence of the difficulties first time buyers have getting on the property ladder - and why as...

The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...

With house prices at an all-time high, showing no signs of waning, the age of first-time buyers is on the rise...

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...

A leading banking and wealth management company says a growth area for the rental sector in the years to come will...

Scotland must encourage more investors into its property market as a way of supporting its economy once the Coronavirus recedes according...

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...

Nearly half of prospective home buyers have delayed their plans because of the Coronavirus crisis, a mortgage company says. Research by Aldermore...

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

Over 100,000 current or aspiring tenants have signed up to an education programme explaining how the rental sector works, run by...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

Some 45 per cent of those who don’t yet own a home think they never will, according to a new report.  While...

A new building society mortgage product is aimed at allowing students to become first time buyers and to simultaneously become first...

Research by franchise lettings agency company Belvoir suggests that landlords are continuing to exit the property market, although not at the...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...

The growth of the private rental sector has slowed thanks to government intervention and economic uncertainty - but it will expand...

A lettings trade body says 380,000 landlords may be about to sell at least one property - potentially flooding the sales market. The...

Belvoir has published what it calls ‘a decade of data’ tracking the changes in the private rental sector since 2008, when...

Millennials renting an average-sized property outside of London, who begin their tenancy at age 21, will spend an average of £110,830...

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond.   From today,...

Over two thirds of landlords are reluctant to invest in new properties as a result of the stamp duty surcharge on...

The private rental sector is likely to benefit as a result of first time buyers’ lack of understanding of the timings,...

The Bank of Mum and Dad isn’t just a phenomenon in the sales market - new research shows it’s a growing...

New data from a survey of tenants suggests demand for the private rental sector looks set to be high for the...

Analysis of the government's latest English Housing Survey figures shows that there’s been a further decline in the home ownership rate...

Over 112,000 properties have been purchased through the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme since its launch in 2013 - and...

  Renters are spending half their wages keeping a roof over their head, are twice as likely as homeowners to have no...

Tenants face potential rent increases of between 20 and 30 per cent as a result of tax rises hitting landlords, says...

The head of MartinCo, the country’s largest franchise agency group, says the government’s buy to let tax changes and lettings fee...

Buy to let landlords may be forced to raise rents or even sell their properties because of the government’s new tax...

In its latest bid to push Chancellor Phillip Hammond to back down on buy to let tax changes, the Residential Landlords...