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

Strutt & Parker’s London New Homes staff attribute 50 per cent of their market this year as dollar-based - 30 per...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...

Senior Labour MP Clive Betts says the party’s official house building policy won’t actually solve the shortage of homes. Labour deputy leader...

Off-plan new build properties - at one time a solid favourite amongst landlords - are now falling out of favour with...

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

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...

“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index.  Indeed, the industry...

A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...

The famous seaside town of Whitby in Yorkshire has voted in a referendum considering a ban on new build properties being...

Propertymark has said that the government’s ban on ground rent on new leasehold properties should go further. The government revealed over the...

Energy efficiency is the hot topic in the lettings sector right now with new minimum EPC levels expected to be introduced...

The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...

New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

A developer says its new state-of-the-art sales centre in Hong Kong in set to boost Chinese investment in London. Galliard, the developer...

The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...

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

New figures from the National Home Building Council suggests the popularity of detached properties has soared during the pandemic - prompting...

Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...

A town with one of the UK’s heaviest concentrations of holiday homes is clamping down on future purchases by outsiders who...

Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...

There’s been another fall in the proportion of new-builds sold off-plan. Data from Hamptons says 33 per cent of new home completions...

A lettings management company has been selected by a Far Eastern developer to manage units on a new 756 home scheme...

Data produced by Sainsbury’s Bank Mortgages gives a trend-bucking upbeat assessment of investors’ renewed interest in buy to let.  Figures siuggest that...

Propio, another crowdfunding platform, has launched with the ambitious claim of expecting returns from residential investments of between six and 15...

The JLL lettings team says it is now seeing competitive bidding now taking place on a number of developments in central London. The firm...

A lettings trade body says a major house builder has blamed, in part, recent tax increases on private landlords as a...

When it comes to growing your business sustainably, maintaining a brand that is eye-catching and identifiable with your audience is vital...

Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...

An analysis by investment specialists London Central Portfolio reveals that in areas of central London swamped with new builds coming to...

Reports from the United States suggest that Airbnb, which has already created a revolution in short-lets, is considering asking house builders...

In my recent article, ‘Is Gazeal for Real?’ I reported on the imminent launch of this new product that claimed it...