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

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

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

A building society has launched a pilot project banning mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist areas for 12 months. Leeds...

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...

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

An agency’s survey of tenants reveals that three quarters feel ‘trapped’ because of the lack of choice in the private rental...

Propertymark has branded the plans by Housing Secretary Michael Gove to increase housebuilding “disappointing”. Nathan Emerson, Propertymark chief executive, says: “The UK...

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

The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...

Renters are being offered a 100 per cent mortgage by the Skipton Building Society - the first time such a product...

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...

Keyzy, a rent-to-own service aimed at aspiring homeowners, has raised £3m in a seed funding round.  The proceeds will accelerate its purchases...

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

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 range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

A recent suggestion by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation charity, for government help to allow private tenants to buy their landlords’ homes,...

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

Only 15 per cent of adults are confident the housing crisis will be resolved in their lifetime. New research among 2,000 individuals...

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

Two landlords - one of them an agent - have been given fines totalling £135,000 and must pay costs for failing to...

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

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...

Research by insurance firm Aviva suggests private tenants are now more pessimistic about being able to buy their own home. In December,...

Home ownership is increasingly out of reach for British consumers, who say the market has become expensive and inaccessible and that...

Around 40 per cent of tenants currently in the private rental sector believe they will never be able to buy their...

The number of people renting a home aged between 35 and 54 has risen by 15 per cent in the last...

Rent recognition platform CreditLadder, which enables renters to add their payments to their credit history, has announced a partnership which aims...

A newspaper in warning that the beleaguered buy to let sector may be under attack yet again with the government considering...

A third of tenants are happy to rent long-term and have no plans to purchase a property in the future, new...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

NoAgent, an online service charging landlords a fee to manage their properties, is the latest to offer a link between tenants’...

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

A third of tenants can't imagine ever taking their first step on the property ladder and owning their own home. This is...

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

Almost two in five private tenants plan to remain renting rather than buy a property, according to a new study. A survey...

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

The gap between average incomes and the pay of tenants who want to buy their first property has reached a post-recession...

One of the country‘s leading rental sector analysts is warning that tax changes for landlords’ mortgage interest relief, and the imminent...

The government’s initiatives to try to increase house building and owner occupation will not stop demand for rented homes rising by...

Financially-stretched landlords may want to think seriously about selling their investment properties - and quickly, advises Rightmove. In its latest monthly report...

More and more agents are witnessing increases in the cost of renting, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents. Its latest...

Under new pension freedom reforms, people aged 55 and over can access as much of their savings from their defined contributions...