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![Concern over Rental White Paper after latest political resignation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The resignation of Labour’s First Minister of Wales has raised alarm with Propertymark. Vaughan Gething quit yesterday after the Welsh Housing Secretary...
17 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
![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 will regulate lettings because it's a cheap option - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Labour is likely to make rental sector reform and regulation a priority - at least partly because it will be low-cost...
03 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
![Hands Off Short Lets - long term empty homes are bigger problem](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2%20shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
The embattled short let and holiday let industry has hit out at what it calls the “rampant hypocrisy” of councils when...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate Decision announced by Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has kept base interest rate at 5.25%. Some industry figures hoped for a cut following yesterday’s inflation news,...
20 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
![Word-for-Word - Conservative Rental and Housing Manifesto Pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters increasingly reconciled to not owning a home in future](/upload/images/shutterstock_87219307.jpg)
Data sourced from millions of bank accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages increased 6.3 per cent year-on-year in May. Barclays data...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Challenge - Tories pledge 'no change' but will Labour follow?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty--2-400x310.png)
The housing market has suddenly become a major part of the General Election campaign as a result of a challenge thrown...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental Eco-grants and first time buyer help - Rightmove’s Election Wishlist](/upload/images/shutterstock_2028954719.jpg)
Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...
31 May 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
![Prioritise First Time Buyers - demand grows for next government to take action](/upload/images/shutterstock_1460401067.jpg)
Four fifths of developers believe that the next government needs to do more to support first time buyers, according to the...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Good news on Inflation expected this week](/upload/images/shutterstock_2289278283.jpg)
Inflation is expected to drop sharply in the April figures due out this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility and Bank of...
20 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
![Propertymark not giving up on the Regulation of Property Agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Get On With It - major agency tells government to reform renting](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill back in the Commons next week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![TV Property Guru to give keynote speech at Propertymark One](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
TV property guru and Move iQ founder Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One this year, the trade...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Tell Politicians - Stop Arguing and Repair Private Renting](/upload/images/shutterstock_2307084393.jpg)
Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![How Knight Frank sees it - market update from research guru](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark back on warpath demanding qualifications for agency staff](/upload/images/shutterstock_112412021.jpg)
Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents facing huge rise in tenant fraud](/upload/images/shutterstock_1488438023(1).jpg)
An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year. The analysis, carried out by...
10 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
![Agents say 10 renters to every one property to let](/upload/images/shutterstock_1227135172(1).jpg)
The number of new prospective tenants registered per Propertymark member branch decreased from 97 in January to 89 in February -...
05 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
![Massive PropTech boost from Rightmove and finance institutions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business. This is the first...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Angry tenant groups slam Renters Reform Bill changes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Changes to Renters Reform Bill after Easter](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...
28 March 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
![Give tax perks to renters to help them buy, urges think-tank](/upload/images/shutterstock_2260960137.jpg)
A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government to double council tax on empty homes after one year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Sharpened rules to double council tax on long term empty properties will come into force from April 1, says the government. A...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent set to suffer from Hunt’s stamp duty changes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget is set to hit Build To Rent. The British Property Foundation is reacting to news that Multiple dwellings...
08 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
![Regulation of lettings agents imminent, suggests Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Propertymark says the regulation of agents has come a step closer. The trade body gave evidence at a House of Lords Industry...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Chancellor reveals property tax change in Budget](/upload/images/shutterstock_214851442.jpg)
The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill threat to student accommodation, say experts](/upload/images/shutterstock_522554425.jpg)
New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...
06 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
![Letting agents demand mortgage lenders cut rates to help market](/upload/images/shutterstock_2038493723.jpg)
The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Student rental income soars as supply lags behind demand](/upload/images/shutterstock_385347088.jpg)
Corporate student accommodation provider Unite Group has reported a big jump in earnings on the back of a shortage of lets...
28 February 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
![New tenant referencing service launches today](/upload/images/shutterstock_1068519821.jpg)
VISTA, a tenant referencing service first announced back in November, launches today. Insurance and referencing service HomeLet says the product will “provide...
15 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
![Rents nearing ‘affordability ceiling’ - but no new supply in sight](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Rents are approaching an affordability ceiling according to Savills - but the agency admits it doesn’t see substantial new supply on...
08 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
![Voids and rents show market “isn’t cooling down anytime soon”](/upload/images/shutterstock_81193501.jpg)
Rents have risen seven per cent in the past year while voids have lengthened in the past month - although remain...
02 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
![Stamp Duty slump is a pre-Budget blow for Chancellor](/upload/images/shutterstock_2199764593.jpg)
Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Built To Rent wins lavish praise from property management report](/upload/images/shutterstock_1197102829.jpg)
A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live. Centrick says...
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
![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 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
![Big mortgage rate cuts likely this year - agency revises forecast](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Top agent slams latest rent control move as costly and complex](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert. David Alexander -...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Annual rent rise in England still near double digits](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
The latest rental index from Goodlord shows average rents in England rose nearly nine per cent higher across 2023. In 2022, rents...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Knight Frank warns that Rwanda controversy could force early election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Breaches of tenant data must be taken more seriously by agents - ARLA](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
ARLA Propertymark has urged letting agents to take breaches of the Information Commissioner’s Office’s data protection principle regarding GDPR seriously. The call comes...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Will tumbling mortgage rates turn tenants into buyers?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Lower mortgage rates - still falling in the days since the end of the festive break - may be persuading some...
04 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
![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
![Seasonal trends return to lettings market after ‘unusual’ recent years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The chief executive of Propertymark says seasonal trends are returning to the housing market after several ‘unusual’ years. Nathan Emerson says: “In...
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
![Labour to ban bidding wars and offer new anti-social behaviour rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...
27 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
![Fairer Rental Sector is key Propertymark demand for Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Freeholders slammed by former Tory housing minister](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove shares rise as it takes even more money from agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2145128675(1).jpg)
Property portal Rightmove has increased its key revenue target in a bullish set of results which shows it has not been...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax and Benefit Changes announced to impact housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry. The Local Housing...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the part of rental sector not contracting right now](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
There may be a substantial number of small-scale private landlords selling up right now, but no fewer than 88 per cent...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - government concession on Section 21](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...
20 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
![Agents warn of time bomb after lettings agency report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Propertymark has urged the government to take the potential Help to Buy ‘timebomb’ seriously. The news comes as London lettings agent Benham...
13 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surprise move by Propertymark, welcoming house price fall](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Propertymark has cautiously welcomed the Nationwide’s house price index showing a 5.3 per cent fall in the year to September. It says...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Flats Underperforming in Housing Market - Nationwide](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Upfront%20information%20is%20here%20and%20now%20-%20digital%20conveyancing%20is%20next!%20by%20Beth%20Rudolf.png)
Apartments are underperforming when it comes to capital growth, according to the Nationwide. The lender, in its latest house price index, says...
03 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency switches from residential despite strong lettings showing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LettingAgent-400x310.png)
Latest market data from LSL Property Services - which includes the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - shows a 10...
28 September 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
![Market already cooling thanks to Election speculation - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
It may still be 16 months until the furthest date for the next General Election but with party conference season in...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Crisis Point! Supply now “drastically low” compared to demand](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
It’s getting worse - the supply-demand mismatch in the rental sector is now “drastic” says Propertymark. The number of new prospective tenants...
26 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
![Housing Market may improve this autumn predicts finance chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
A mortgage expert says it’s likely that the housing market will improve this autumn. Octane Capital studied Property lending mortgage approval trends...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency demands government clarity over new EPC rental targets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyEfficiencyPlanning-400x310.png)
A leading property agency is demanding more certainty over new Energy Performance Certificate regulations. Fisher German says the government should act now...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top Five Tenant Must Haves revealed by investment platform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Viewing-Tenants-400x310.png)
A property investment group has released its latest research on the top five most searched for property features that UK renters...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Watchdog to Probe Five Issues Involving Agents and Landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving letting agents and landlords and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...
25 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
![How Many? Huge number of enquiries per rental property](/upload/images/shutterstock_1809642622.jpg)
A property website has produced startling figures giving an insight into the frenzied rental market. Property Pal, which looks at the housing...
14 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
![Agents tell Gove they’re disappointed with housing pledges](/upload/images/shutterstock_2083876012.jpg)
Propertymark has branded the plans by Housing Secretary Michael Gove to increase housebuilding “disappointing”. Nathan Emerson, Propertymark chief executive, says: “The UK...
26 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Student rental accommodation - key provider aims for growth](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/StudentResearch2-695x395.jpeg)
A prominent provider of student rental accommodation has appointed an international property consultancy to consider growth options. Study Inn Group has a...
24 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
![OnTheMarket warns on downside of frantic lets market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
OnTheMarket says the frantic lettings market of the past year or more is bad news for agents. In a trading statement to...
11 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...