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![Interest Rates, not election worry, hold back housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Leading property players and analysts suggest that the lacklustre housing market figures produced by the Halifax over the weekend owe more...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour has a mandate to help renters become buyers - PropTech claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
The incoming Labour government has a social mandate to support the next generation of homeowners in the UK, says financial PropTech...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Huge numbers of empty homes discovered as rental supply falls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_327904043.jpg)
An insurance firm’s analysis of official figures show there are now no fewer than 760,821 vacant properties in England, Scotland and...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election result already priced-in to housing market, says top analyst](/upload/images/Election%20housing%20.jpg)
The result of the election isn’t likely to be a gamechanger for the housing market, a prominent business consultancy says. An analysis...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![London sees sharp uplift in first-time buyer activity](/upload/images/shutterstock_1197102829(3).jpg)
This year has seen a two-decade high of 181,000 first time buyers secure their first foot on London’s housing ladder, marking...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Experts warn against corporates monopolising private rentals](/upload/images/shutterstock_467960120.jpg)
The decision of property developer Berkeley Group to enter the private rental sector is bad news for tenants, it’s claimed. Berkeley plans...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing Market ‘back to the same size as before Covid’ - Savills](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The UK housing market has returned to its pre-pandemic size, according to Savills analysis. Overall, the total value of the UK housing...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![RICS rings alarm bells over state of lettings market](/upload/images/shutterstock_1313087447.jpg)
The latest residential market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is raising a red flag over what it calls...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![We Can’t Pay More! Affordability crisis dents London lettings market](/upload/images/shutterstock_769272595(1)(1).jpg)
London’s rental market has weakened in recent months according to the fledgling online service Hello Neighbour. Rents are 1% down compared to...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Would Tories’ Stamp Duty Policy really turn renters into buyers?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty_400x310.png)
Over the weekend the Conservatives pledged that if elected on July 4 they would permanently scrap stamp duty for first time...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent pleads with landlords to believe in buy to let](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
The director of a London lettings agency says buy to let landlords are entitled to feel downtrodden but claims it’s still...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove slams major parties for ignoring growing housing crisis](/upload/images/shutterstock_769272595(1).jpg)
In an unusually outspoken intervention into the election campaign, Rightmove has criticised the absence of debate over housing. The issue has not...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Forget party policies - check interest rate movement](/upload/images/shutterstock_2355420851(1).jpg)
A prominent housing market analyst says people shouldn’t bother reading election literature but instead study interest rates if they want to...
30 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
![Most homes cheaper to rent than buy, even with large deposit](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuyRent-400x310.png)
A third of homes currently for sale can be bought with a mortgage and monthly repayments that cost less than the...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Far cheaper to rent than to buy in London - new figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuyRent-400x310.png)
Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...
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
![Good News - buy to let yields at their highest for six years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental demand to stay strong as first time buyers struggle](/upload/images/shutterstock_1313187740.jpg)
Startling regional differences are acting as barriers to those looking to step onto the property ladder for the first time, according...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Boost for Buy To Let as mortgage product choice improves](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings chief claims “renting negatively impacts life”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.png)
A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark bats off surprisingly downbeat housing index](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Propertymark has batted away any possible market pessimism as a result of a downbeat price index result from the Halifax Just before...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Improving market doesn’t solve underlying problems - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Rental Crisis - big rise in countryside lets as rural house prices soar](/upload/images/shutterstock_1438059821.jpg)
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
![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
![RICS Warning: rents still rising as landlords quit lettings sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Today’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Most would-be buyers say they cannot afford an open-market home](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
A survey from property portal Share to Buy suggests that over three quarters of buyers believe they cannot afford to purchase...
11 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
![Beware 1% Deposits - Knight Frank lays into government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
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
![Buy To Let lending for older landlords falls off a cliff](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![House Prices see small monthly gains - new index shows stronger market](/upload/images/2023%2011%2023%202.jpg)
Another index has suggested a small monthly increase in house prices in England and Wales - even though the annual rate...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate Decision - all eyes on Bank of England](/upload/images/shutterstock_2155405011.jpg)
The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Over-50 year old first time buyers show significant increase](/upload/images/shutterstock_1393919921.jpg)
There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Year Bounce - strong start to 2024 housing market says Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Glut of long-term empty homes slammed as rental shortage continues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
New research shows there are 36,210 long-term vacant homes across London - that’s around one in every 100 properties. The borough in...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Row over government bid to turn renters into first time buyers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuyRent-400x310.png)
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
![Shock figure reveals tax burden paid by private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark sits on the fence over first time buyer controversy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Propertymark has stepped into the row over a bank chief’s comments on first time buyers. Sir Howard Davies, chairman of NatWest, responded...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let investors compete with owner occupiers - Nationwide](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage Lenders set out buy to let forecasts for 2024/2025](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
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...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill causing unease amongst investors - agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top agent senses change of mood in rental market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental Sector Won't Become Energy Efficient without Incentives - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes. Office for National Statistics...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental growth to slow as supply catches up with demand](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Latest rent rise is seven year high according to official figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
The Office for National Statistics official government lettings index shows that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top agency insists rental sector negativity is exaggerated](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group claims the pessimistic mood which many say surrounds the private rental sector is exaggerated. It has surveyed its landlord...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![RICS warns that rents are to go still higher as demand soars](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
The latest lettings market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows rental demand continuing to rise. A net balance of...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Cut-price properties tempting investment buyers, says accountancy chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let sell off triggers flurry of auction activity](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL400x310.png)
The auction house appears to be bucking the downward trend in the wider housing market. And much of it is down to...
22 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Young people rent - “the old and rich buy”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentBuy-400x310(1).png)
The UK’s housing market is increasingly driven by older, affluent home owners with younger generations squeezed out. That’s the view of data...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![“Don’t Raise Rates Again!” - Industry figure’s desperate plea to Bank](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
An outspoken property industry figure has urged the Bank of England not to hike interest rates. The National Association of Property Buyers...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![RICS survey predicts yet more rent rises](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that a significant majority of members expect yet...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Swathes of England and Wales becoming less affordable - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Almost a quarter of England and Wales will become less affordable to buyers by 2025, it’s been claimed. The findings - from...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPCs and Energy Efficiency - Agents' five point plan for change](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
Propertymark has set out a five point plan to improve the status and usefulness of the Energy Performance Certificate and to...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Squeeze on tenants not ending any time soon - top agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.png)
A leading agency says the squeeze on tenants facing high rent rises is not going to end anytime soon. The comment -...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investor confidence rising ahead of tomorrow’s inflation figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings boom helps franchise brands offset sales falls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Increased lettings income proved a valuable balance to a declining sales market for The Property Franchise Group in the first half...
03 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
![Shock at size of fall in landlord instructions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Stormy%20weather%20for%20homebuyers%20Introducer%20today%20team%20LandlordNews.png)
The results of the latest RICS UK Residential Survey, out today, point to a renewed worry about the housing market. The survey...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - would a General Election make it or break it?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Values plummet in Canary Wharf as fears grow for rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/UnhappyTenants-400x310.png)
Canary Wharf was once seen as the future of London - now it’s the location that’s seen the greatest loss in...
04 July 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
![Hot Air? Agency warns emissions tax could hurt capital values](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agency says capital values could be damaged if a controversial emissions scheme goes ahead in London. Research by Benham...
21 June 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
![High rents push more first timers into buying - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
The property market could be emerging from the downturn, Zoopla says. Annual house price growth remains just 3.0 per cent according to...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![More Airbnbs than families on waiting lists - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents back compulsory national registration for short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the idea of a compulsory national register of landlords and hosts operating Airbnb and other...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists want thousands of pounds to campaign against short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
A group of activists is trying to raise £15,000 to campaign for local councils to clampdown on AirBnb and other short...
25 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental supply low and online agencies flounder - new survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
A new survey throws light on the scale of the supply shortage hurting the rental market - and in addition shows...
24 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Holiday Lets contribute to soaring costs of coastal homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2%20shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
The cost of coastal homes in Britain more than doubled - rising 56 per cent - between 2012 and 2022 says...
11 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
![Agents try to shore up investor confidence after house price fall](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency brand expands once again in London](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
After announcing a new license in Southwark and Camberwell earlier this month Fine & Country is now expanding further in London...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investment hotspots for holiday home buyers revealed by survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...
21 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Higher tax on second homes - another council speaks out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
West Oxfordshire council is the latest to demand new government legislation to increase council tax on empty and second homes in...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer urges agents to use the hard sell on Buy To Let](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer says it’s time for agents to go for the ‘hard sell’ on Buy To Let,...
13 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
![Capital appreciation for rental sector lags behind owner occupation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FinanceCalculator-400x310.png)
Figures out this morning from high end agency Savills shows a 5.1 per cent increase in capital appreciation on average across...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Yields rise in areas where rents outstrip capital appreciation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-400x310.png)
Rental yields have increased by as much as 2.5 per cent in the past year as rent values outperform house prices. The...
22 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
![Mortgage rates could fall by a quarter despite latest rise - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesdecrease_400x310.png)
Interest rates may be on the way up right now following the latest Bank of England decision but there’s good news...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shock figures show lettings market running out of homes to rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
The availability of stock within the owner-occupied market is now back to a pre-pandemic norm, but the reverse is true for...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Market slowdown starting according to latest house price figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
The average house price in Wales reached a new peak of £249,076 at the end of 2022 but cost of living...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenants under 30 risk being “stuck” renting for years - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AdultChildren-400x310.png)
A tax expert says the current economic climate has made it so hard to save for a deposit that many tenants...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents insist latest price falls are not signs of a crash](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
Agents have spent the weekend insisting that the latest house price fall is not indicative of a crash - and may...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘City of Airbnbs’ has seen country’s highest house price rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
House prices in York - where the local MP is leading an onslaught on the proliferation of short lets - have...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Good News - signs of optimism in buy to let mortgage market](/upload/images/Logos/Legal%26General400x310.png)
Legal & General says it’s seeing signs of optimism in different parts of the buy to let sector. Firstly it’s seen a...
29 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rock Bottom! Housing market sentiment nears all-time low, say lenders](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.png)
The Building Societies Association says housing market sentiment remains close to the all-time low. In a sentiment survey some 47 per cent...
29 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Flats are now good value, possible investment potential - Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Viewing-Tenants-400x310.png)
An end-of-year assessment by Zoopla suggests the price of flats across the UK have underperformed the rest of the market and...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Investing in 2023? New buy to let hotspots identified in survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent1-400x310.png)
New research predicts that northern regions of England will see many of the best investment opportunities in 2023. It is also these...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Next Year’s Market - detailed analysis by the Halifax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/2023HappyNY-400x310.png)
The Halifax has released a snapshot of the housing market as the year ends - with the cost of living crisis...
21 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenants renting longer and paying more - new survey’s findings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tenant_Dispute-400x310.png)
Over the last decade, the proportion of people aged 24 to 64 living in their own home has fallen and the...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![House price fall is “first sight of mini-Budget carnage” - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
A financial expert says the latest house price index, showing the biggest monthly fall for over two years, is the “first...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let may be a busted flush, warns investment guru](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rents to outpace house prices for years to come - agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London1-400x310.png)
Rent rises are predicted to outpace house price growth over the next five years. This is according to Nicky Stevenson, managing director...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![It’s never been more important to air your views on lettings](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/PayProp%20sponsored%20content%20article%20-%20survey.jpg)
Does the lettings industry cater properly for agents' needs? There’s only one way of knowing – asking you directly. To find out...
14 November 2022
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![Lettings will be safety net for agents hit by major downturn - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Stressed(F)Tenant-400x310.png)
Agents should look to lettings to protect themselves when the sales market is hit by the coming recession and drop in...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Latest 2023 agent house price forecast is less downbeat](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent-400x310.png)
The latest high end agency to predict the mainstream market next year is Strutt & Parker - and it’s less downbeat...