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Safety features should warehouse flooring When selecting warehouse flooring, safety should always be a top priority because the…
How can room additions enhance both comfort and resale value?
Room additions Room additions are one of the most effective ways to enhance both the comfort and resale…
Anger as most Renters’ Rights Bill amendments rejected
Amendments to the Renters’ Rights Bill including one making it easier for student landlords to reclaim properties have…
New housing secretary pledges to “build, baby build”
Newly appointed housing secretary Steve Reed has vowed to increase housebuilding ahead of meeting developers and housebuilders this…
As Scotland’s Land Register starts to fill up and fees increase, is now the time to consider Voluntary Registration of your properties?
Calum Allmond is head of architectural and energy services at DM Hall Chartered Surveyors The clarity and concision…
Labour’s urged to get ‘house in order’ after Rayner and Ali forced out
The government has been slammed after both the housing secretary and homelessness minister lefts under a cloud. Firstly…
HMO landlords making double the rental income of individuals
Landlords with HMOs (houses in multiple occupation) are seeing gross annual income levels far beyond what non-HMO landlords…
Loneliness epidemic worsening – PropertyWire
Almost a third of households in England are occupied by just one person, with the number of people…
BluePine Living launches affordable housing platform
Provider BluePine Living has launched an affordable housing platform in England to deliver homes through social rent, affordable…
New Fountainbridge brings 253 new homes to Edinburgh city centre
A 253-home build-to-rent development is coming to Edinburgh city centre from developer Vastint UK. New Fountainbridge is located…
Former Manchester nightclub to be converted into homes
The former Reno nightclub site in Manchester is being redeveloped into 212 affordable homes across a mix of…
‘Another landlord tax raid would hurt tenants’
A tax raid on landlords in the upcoming Autumn Budget would cause more financial issues for tenants, Daniel…
Rental competition higher in towns than cities
The UK’s rental supply crisis is now most acute in towns as more renters are priced out of…
Southerners leaving in search of affordable homes
Homebuyers in the South East and East of England are the most likely to search for homes further…
Haringey agents fined over £100,000 for failing to display fees
Letting agents in Haringey have been hit with over £100,000 in fines for failing to display clear fees…
Scotland unveils ‘Housing Emergency’ plan to tackle homelessness
The Scottish government has committed to investing £4.9 billion in the next four years to deliver around 36,000…
What AI Can and Can’t Fix in Block Management
By Robert Poole, director – block management, Glide Property Management, part of LRG In an industry increasingly shaped…
Hull and Sunderland the cheapest cities for student renters
Hull, Sunderland and Carlisle are the most affordable student cities across Great Britain, analysis from Rightmove shows. In…
‘More floaters than a sewage farm’
By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime…
Property Tax ‘Trial Balloons’ Add to Financial Market Jitters
Dr. Neil Cobbold, commercial Director, Reapit Buyers, sellers and the bond market are digesting the recent property tax…
Deposit Protection Service targets students in social media ad campaign
The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) has created a series of social media videos for students as well…
Housing market ‘gaining momentum’ despite fewer completions
More homes are coming to a market and a greater number of sales are being agreed, according to…
Landlord outcry on National Insurance tax plans
Property investors and experts are concerned about Labour’s leaked idea to charge landlords national insurance contributions on their…
National Insurance would add to ‘tax mountain’ for property investors
Landlords are already heavily taxed and this tax could result in the nation’s tenants paying the price, writes…
‘Fresh landlord tax would result in corporate rental market’
Yet another tax on landlords in the form of National Insurance contributions would result in fewer smaller landlords…
Think tank: Tax commercial banks to plug public finances
The Treasury should tax commercial banks to compensate for the effects of quantitative easing, according to think tank…
Labour considering taxing landlords on rental income
Landlords could have to pay national insurance payments based on rental income under leaked plans being considered by…
South coast has most unsold homes
Coastal areas in southern England have the most competition amongst sellers, meaning property buyers are well placed to…
London prices inflated by properties owned by shell companies
Some 40% of properties owned by anonymous firms based in tax havens are in the UK capital, analysis…
Departing non-doms reinvigorating the HNW mortgage market
There’s been an influx of mortgages issued worth more than £5 million, driven by non-doms departing from the…
Big Noise, Small Numbers: Property Taxation Back in Focus
Capital gains tax on main homes, council tax reform and scrapping stamp duty are among the proposals ministers…
Rightmove raises concerns about ‘unintended consequences’ of stamp duty changes
The government needs to be careful about stalling parts of the market with far-reaching tax changes, Rightmove has…
Potential stamp duty change gets mixed reaction
Property experts are cautious about changes to stamp duty, though most acknowledge that the current system is flawed.…
High number of tenants relying on loans to make rent
Just over half of flatsharers (51%) are relying on some form of loan, credit, advance or a second…
The annual home maintenance checklist that could save you thousands
Kevin Shaw, national sales managing director, Romans (an LRG company) When it comes to property maintenance, prevention is…
Bradford is highest demand region of England
Bradford was the leading property hotspot in the country between May and July, research from OnTheMarket has revealed.…
Scrutinising the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget tax rumours
By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International Rumours are rife that our hapless Chancellor is cooking up some very unpalatable…
Inheritance Tax receipts to break £9bn barrier this year
It’s predicted that the government will rake in over £9bn from inheritance tax this tax year, exceeding the…
House price inflation rises to 3.7%
Annual house price inflation has climbed to 3.7% in June from 2.7% in May, bringing the average to…
Rental inflation eases off – but is still high
Private rental growth slowed in July, falling to 5.9% from 6.7% the month before, ONS data shows. Despite…
Fears changing stamp duty could force people to downsize
A property expert has raised concerns that replacing stamp duty with a new tax could force the elderly…
Speculation around Capital Gains Tax changes in Autumn Budget
There’s speculation that capital gains taxes could be revamped to prevent wealthy individuals from hoarding wealth in the…
Landlord purchases drop by 85,000 as regulations take their toll
Some 170,520 landlords bought a property in the last 12 months compared to 255,780 a year earlier –…
Rachel Reeves weighs up replacing stamp duty with sellers’ tax
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering replacing stamp duty with a tax paid by the sellers of high-value properties.…
Commercial EPC ratings inconsistent across Europe
A commercial building that receives the highest rating in one country could receive a grade up to four…
Summer slowdown sends prices down £10,000
The typical asking price of properties has dropped by £10,000 in just three months, pointing to a buyers’…
Calls for Italian-style ‘investor visa’ in UK
The CEO of an organisation representing individual investors, advisers and businesses has called for an Italian-style flat tax…
Tenant demand strongest in Yorkshire
Four in five (81%) landlords across Yorkshire & the Humber are experiencing strong tenant demand, indicating that there’s…
Insurance Fees Under Fire: Why Transparency is the Only Way Forward
By Robert Poole, director – block management, Glide Property Management, part of LRG As scrutiny of service charges…
Landlord repossessions up 11% year-on-year
Buy-to-let mortgage repossessions are up by 11% year-on-year, data from UK Finance shows. Some 790 buy-to-let mortgaged properties…
Two-year mortgage rates below 5%, but will they remain?
The average two-year mortgage rate is at a three-year low at 4.99%, the first time below 5% since…
Leasehold system blocking landlords from buying or improving flats
Leasehold structures are limiting upgrades and pushing landlords away from buying flats, research from Leaders Romans Group (LRG)…
Rental stock rises despite Renters’ Rights Bill concerns
Fears of a mass landlord exodus ahead of the Renters’ Rights Bill becoming law have yet to materialise,…
The Decent Homes Standard: What Landlords Need to Know
By Allison Thompson, national lettings managing director, Leaders The government is preparing to extend the Decent Homes Standard…
Renters’ Rights Bill – the effects on landlords summarised
The Renters’ Rights Bill, currently in the reporting stage in the House of Lords, is expected to be…
AI tool launches to automate tenant communication
An AI agent has been launched to automate tenant communications called WorkFlo, which has been developed by VerbaFlo.…
From soil to sale delays: how climate change is reshaping property law
Sarah Dodd runs Tree Law, a tree law firm The UK is experiencing another spell of hot, dry…
Santander loosens loan-to-income requirements – PropertyWire
Santander has changed its loan-to-income rules so those earning less than £45,000 can borrow up to 4.45x their…
Campaign group calls for rent caps
Tenants should be protected from escalating rents by caps, similar to caps to energy and water bills. That…
Beach hut prices surge by up to 100%
The cost of beach huts has surged by 102.1% in three years in West Sussex, where the going…
UK property sector struggling from lack of big-ticket deals
UK property investment volume slipped to a two-year low in Q2 – largely due to a lack of…
Landlords see wave of fixed rate mortgages expire
Three in five landlords had to deal with their fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage maturing in the past two…
Developers take out short-term loans to tackle funding challenges
Developers are turning to short-term finance to fill in the gap caused by funding challenges, Octane Capital research…
Why investors want a flat tax on nom-doms
Tom Bill is head of UK residential research at Knight Frank A House of Lords event last week…
Amersham and Chesham the best area to retire
The Buckinghamshire towns of Chesham and Amersham have been ranked as the best places to retire by Legal…
Remortgaging spikes in June – PropertyWire
The number of homeowners remortgaging reached a two-year high in June according to Bank of England data. They…
Most landlords raise rents – PropertyWire
Three in five (58.5%) landlords have raised rents in the past year alone, signalling that many are profiting…
Government moves to protect nightlife
The government has unveiled plans to protect existing pubs, clubs and music venues from noise complaints made by…
Regions in and around Edinburgh see house prices surge
House prices surged by nearly £28,000 in East Lothian and by £20,000 in Midlothian, the regions East and…
A message to the Chancellor ahead of the Autumn Budget
Daniel Austin, CEO and co-founder at ASK Partners, asks Chancellor Rachel Reeves on how she can stablise the…
Equity release market becoming more popular
More people are dipping into their properties as a source of wealth, data from the Equity Release Council…
StuRents’ property management arm partners with guarantor waiver service
Property management platform Concurrent from Sturents has partnered with guarantor waiver service Leap to offer landlords protection against…
Mid-market properties the best performers
While the housing market has cooled over the summer demand for family homes has remained strong, data from…
Industry construction programme launches – PropertyWire
Berkeley Group has launched the Net Zero Skills in Construction Programme, an initiative providing construction training, support and…
Plans for Chelsea development unveiled
Plans for 274 homes in Lots Road South, a brownfield regeneration site in Chelsea, have been submitted by…
Tax payments for the wealthy increase by 40% in four years
Tax contributions paid by the UK’s wealthy individuals increased by 40% in the past four years alone, Ashtons…
Buy-to-let revival in Q1 as activity surges
There’s been a 38.6% increase in buy-to-let loans issued in the first quarter of 2025 year-on-year, the Buy-to-let…
Landlords failing to ask leaseholders before starting works
Landlords are routinely failing to carry out Section 20 consultations, where landlords should consult leaseholders before starting major…
James Cleverly appointed as shadow housing secretary
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has made James Cleverly shadow housing secretary, bringing him back to the frontbench. Cleverly…
Rents rising faster than mortgage payments
Private renters are seeing costs rise at a faster rate than mortgaged homeowners, analysis from Zoopla has revealed.…
Flex provider infinitSpace to open its eleventh and biggest workspace
infinitSpace is to open its fourth – and biggest – flexible workspace location in central London as the…
New council powers for surprise landlord visits ‘ripe for abuse’
Landlords will be targeted for minor issues in a draconian move that will see council officers targeting law-abiding…
Rental growth forecast downgraded thanks to cooling demand
Rents are only expected to inflate by 1.0% in 2025, after Hamptons downgraded its forecast from 4.5%. So…
Non-doms leaving London but retaining properties
Non-doms are leaving the UK but holding on to their London properties, according to Knight Frank. Under the…
CPI Inflation jumps to 3.6% – hampering a planned base rate cut
The inflation rate climbed to 3.6% in the year to June 2025, threatening the prospect of an August…
Renter’s Rights Bill pet u-turn creates more questions than answers
The latest U-turn in the Renter’s Rights Bill (RRB) concerning pet ownership may temporarily protect landlords from the…
More renters to vote in next election after voting age lowered
16 and 17 year olds will be able to vote in the next general election, meaning a greater…
Bristol still by far the biggest knotweed capital
Issues with the Japanese knotweed are by far the most prevalent in Bristol, analysis from invasive plant specialist…
Rightmove downgrades 2025 price growth expectations
Property prices are only expected to increase by only 2% this year, down from 4%, after Rightmove revised…
Scotland’s diverse residential property markets
John McHugh is managing partner of DM Hall, LLP, Chartered Surveyors. Scotland’s residential property market has long defied…
Why should the estate agent apologise for telling the owner the truth about the value of their property?
By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International Our biggest issue stems from fellow estate agents who deliberately elevate the vendor’s…
Renters are staying put for longer
Tenants now stay in a tenancy for nearly three years on average, a 40% increase on just four…
Looser buy-to-let stress tests reinvigorating the market
More lenient buy-to-let stress tests are rejuvenating the market with more product choice and lower rates, research from…
2,000 home development going ahead in East London
Plans to build nearly 2,000 homes as part of one of East London’s largest estate regeneration schemes have…
Government urged to streamline planning rules for SME developers
Smaller housebuilders are struggling to build at scale because they have to submit more planning applications than the…
‘Upward-only rent review ban could damage economy’
The elimination of upward-only rent reviews could damage the economy, Gavin Whitney, partner at UK law firm Fladgate,…
Solar panel rules in Future Homes Standard hampering new projects
Legal requirements to install solar panels on the roofs of new properties by 2027 is already impacting the…
Country market favoured buyers in Q2
Country buyers are benefitting from the most favourable market in seven years, according to Knight Frank. For every…
LTI limits could go further
The Financial Conduct Authority’s loan-to-income limits won’t make a big difference and feels like more of a pilot.…
Rental growth and yields strengthen in Q2
Tight supply compared to demand is continuing to push up both yields and rents, Fleet Mortgages’ rental barometer…
Scotland cracking down on empty homes
Scottish housing secretary Mairi McAllan has targeted preventing “unacceptable” levels of empty homes in the country. She that…
‘Wealth tax would be latest blow to London property market’
A wealth tax would further affect the already beleaguered Prime London market, Camilla Dell, managing partner at property…
Government to ban upward-only rent reviews – hitting commercial landlords
The government plans to ban upward-only rent reviews for commercial leases, a practice where rent is guaranteed to…
A wealth tax in the autumn Budget would be a disaster
By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International After all the debacle around winter fuel payments, the welfare reforms, the two-child…
New mortgage guarantee scheme to unveiled next week
Details of the permanent successor to the mortgage guarantee scheme are set to be announced next Tuesday by…
Tenants will have to pay extra deposit to keep pets
The Renters’ Rights Bill has been amended so tenants keeping pets will have to pay an extra deposit…
House of Lords hand student landlords the power to evict tenants
The House of Lords have altered the Renters’ Rights Bill by giving student landlords more power to evict…
Social homes to be retrofitted via government-backed fund
Lloyds Banking Group and Peabody have signed a £60m loan agreement to fund the sustainable retrofit of thousands…
House prices remain flat after “pushing affordability to the limit”
Property prices were flat in June after falling by 0.3% in May, Halifax’s house price index has revealed.…
Rooftop solar held back, says expert
The lack of a government-backed guaranteed price for selling back surplus clean power to the UK energy grid…
Developer wins landmark cladding case against designer
A developer has won a case against a high-rise building designer – after opting to carry out remedial…
First-time buyers becoming more highly leveraged
First-time buyers are leaning harder on high loan-to-value mortgages, analysis of UK Finance data from HouzeCheck has revealed.…
Upgrades to add £10,000 to a home’s asking price
According to property platforms such as Rightmove and Zoopla, energy-efficient homes can sell faster and can even add…
Section 8 Reforms: What Landlords Need to Know About Longer Notice Periods and Stricter Rules
By Allison Thompson, national lettings managing director, LRG As the Renters’ Rights Bill continues its progress through the…
One year of Labour: Investors frustrated at wait for planning reforms
After exactly one year of the new Labour government, its biggest failures relating to the property market are…
Mortgage holders waiting for June base rate cut
Online remortgage searches dropped by 10% in June, indicating that many are waiting for an expected base rate…
Prime Central London an ‘anxious market’ due to falling prices
The Prime Central London market is the most ‘anxious’ it’s been for over a decade, according to London…
Golden Age of UK property investment is over – research
The British obsession with property as a means of building wealth is outdated, as today’s house buyers will…
The UK’s small but mighty housing associations will play their part in getting Britain building again
By Jonathan Pearson, director at Residentially I have spent many years working in social housing, yet rarely have…
Telecoms masts a barrier to redevelopments
Telecoms masts are increasingly becoming a barrier to redevelopment or urgent building works – and the legal framework…
Councils must be backed to uphold Decent Homes Standard, warns NRLA
The Decent Homes Standard is being extended from social housing to private in the Renters’ Rights Bill, but…
Building Safety Regulator reforms to accelerate high-rise housebuilding
The government is reforming the Building Safety Regulator in a bid to speed up construction of high-rise homes.…
Legal challenges limited to speed up infrastructure building
Only one legal challenge will be permitted on decisions on major infrastructure in a bid to reduce building…
Two thirds of landlords plan to sell in next 12 months
Some 69% of landlords plan to sell at least one property in the next 12 months, research from…
Higher supply pulls house price growth down to 1.4%
UK house price inflation has slowed to 1.4%, led by falling values in London and the South, Zoopla’s…
The Stafford unveils 3.05% buy-to-let mortgage
The Stafford Building Society has introduced two buy-to-let mortgage products – which includes a 2-year product at 3.05%…
South West the top destination for over-50s
The South West of England is the UK’s top destination for over-50s looking to downsize, as nearly half…
Tenant successfully challenges payment of insurance rent
Jessica Anderson is senior associate at Hunters Law The High Court’s Decision in London Trocadero (2015) LLP v…
Advance rent caps to lock renters out of the market – warning
The Renters’ Rights Bill’s cap of advance rents to one month could have the effect of pushing vulnerable…
Renters’ Rights Bill won’t pass till Autumn
The Renters’ Rights Bill, which includes measures to ban Section 21 evictions, won’t pass until Autumn at the…
Major lender calls for more gradual EPC regulations
The Mortgage Works (TMW) has called for EPC regulations to focus on the least energy efficient properties first,…
Industry leaders warn government: Tax landlords and you harm tenants
Tenants and first-time buyers could be left worse off if the government continues to squeeze landlords, industry figures…
NRLA rallies against Renters’ Rights Bill pet amendment
Planned changes to the Renters’ Rights Bill will mean landlords will be required to shoulder the risk of…
Estate agents don’t trust automated valuations
The majority of estate agents rely on AI or automated valuation models (AVMs) – despite most distrusting the…
Government vows to reduce energy costs in ‘industrial strategy’
The government wants to reduce energy costs for businesses as part of its ‘industrial strategy’. It will launch…
Think tank urges London to build upwards and increase housing benefit
London needs to allow more high-rise buildings in areas with strong public infrastructure, a think tank has recommended.…
infinitSpace appoints Heiko Himme as Head of Real Estate for Mainland Europe
infinitSpace, the global flexible workspace provider, has appointed Heiko Himme as its new Head of Real Estate for…
Specialist buy-to-let lender launches – PropertyWire
OBS Group has launched a technology-led buy-to-let lending brand called Rely. Rely will use data-led underwriting on a…
Non-dom changes create £401million stamp duty black hole
The falling number of high-value residential transactions has put more pressure on the government’s finances, Knight Frank estimates…
Barratt Homes: How to cool homes in a heatwave
Oliver Novakovic, head of innovation at Barratt David Wilson Homes, has provided seven expert tips for keeping your…
Investors should not overlook the opportunities available in the UK buy-to-let market
Gemma Donnelly, head of customer propositions at Gatehouse Bank A recent webinar poll of property professionals showed that…
Government unveils £725bn 10-year infrastructure plan
The government has pledged to spend £725 billion in 10 years to boost infrastructure. As part of this…
Councils using ‘scare tactics’ to stop tenants taking bad landlords to court
A UK law firm has spoken out against councils for discouraging tenants from pursuing ‘no win, no fee’…
Bank holds base rate but we “remain on a downward path”
The Bank of England has opted to hold the base rate at 4.25% – but its Governor indicated…
Property associations frustrated at lack of answers on Section 21 court reforms
The government has failed to explain how they will ready the courts for the end of Section 21…
Fake landlord jailed for for Airbnb grift
A fake landlord has been convicted of fraud after booking Airbnbs and selling them on as long-term rentals.…
Tenants rush to market after stamp duty blip
Tenant applications surged by 35% between April and May, counteracting April’s dip with a strong seasonal uplift. At…
EPCs are destined to fail without proper support
Mark Bailey, partner at Landwood Group Attempts to improve the energy efficiency of UK properties are laudable but,…
Government unveils ‘National Housing Bank’ to back SME builders
The government has launched a publicly owned ‘National Housing Bank’ to support small housebuilders and provide certainty on…
Property Ombudsman expels five businesses
Three estate agents and two letting agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay…
The impact of Trump on the UK property market
Kevin Shaw, national sales managing director, Leaders (an LRG company) The property market tends to thrive when the…
How global political uncertainty is shaping London’s prime property market
Robin Edwards is a partner at Curetons Property Finders, central London-based property buying agent For decades London’s prime…
Agents feel ‘unsupported’ on regulatory change
Estate and lettings agents say they feel unsupported by the government after ‘drip pricing’ was outlawed, which is…
Peak District viaduct gets £7.5m renewal
An iconic railway viaduct crucial to the Peak District quarrying industry is getting a multi-million-pound upgrade this summer.…
GB Bank widens buy-to-let offering to foreign nationals
GB Bank has opened up access to foreign nationals and expatriate clients who do not hold UK residency,…
More homeowners using second charge mortgages for home improvements
A growing number of homeowners are using second charge mortgages, also known as secured loans, for home improvements.…
Spending Review; ‘Much ado about nothing’!
By Trevor Abrahmsohn, chief executive of Glentree Estates Having heard the Chancellor trying to make a quasi plausable…
House prices drop in high value areas
The higher-priced South West, South East and London areas have seen the largest price drops this month (June).…
London Assembly calls for action on “soaring” service charges on shared ownership
A London Assembly Housing Committee has called for the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to cap service charges…
Industry welcomes Spending Review, apart from NRLA
Much of the property industry has responded positively to the Chancellor’s Spending Review, with the exception of the…
RICS predicts accelerated rental growth in the months ahead
The cost of renting should inflate in the months ahead due to a shortage of landlord purchases combined…
Major housing spending commitments announced in Spending Review
The government has committed to investing £39bn in social and affordable housing in its Spending Review. Chancellor Rachel…
infinitSpace to open second Berlin location in partnership with PATRIZIA
Flexible workspace provider infinitSpace has completed a new partnership with PATRIZIA, an investment manager in global real assets,…
Keir Starmer unveils ‘Extract’ AI tool to speed up planning
The government will launch an Artificial Intelligence tool in collaboration with Google to speed up the planning system.…
‘The Art of the Deal’, This Time, by Trevor Abrahmsohn
Trevor Abrahmsohn is managing director of north London agency Glentree International Let’s face it, estate agents are pretty…
Scotland to implement EPC standards
If regulations go through Scottish properties will need to comply with a minimum EPC rating of C for…
Government withholds court and tribunal impact of Renters’ Rights Bill
The government is refusing to publish the Justice Impact Test for the Renters’ Rights Bill, a document outlining…
High street businesses call for government reforms to tackle crime
Representatives from major high streets have urged the government to reform policing and crime reporting across the UK.…
The pros and cons of buying a new build vs. an older property
Kevin Shaw, national sales managing director, LRG Historically, older properties have been generally viewed as more desirable than…
Planning permissions drop year-on-year – PropertyWire
A decline in planning permission in England is threatening UK housebuilding targets, Investec research shows. In 2024 only…
Second home tax funding first-time buyer loans in Wales
A council is using a second homes tax to fund loans to first-time buyers in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The…
Construction project starts on the rise
There was a 25% uptick in projects staring in the three months to the end of May, research…
US private equity firm makes big ticket UK student housing acquisition
Dallas-based private equity firm Lone Star Real Estate Fund VII has agreed to buy nine purpose-built student accommodation…
Busiest May for sales agreed since 2021
May was especially busy this year, with agreed sales reaching a four-year high, Rightmove research has revealed. More…
Government EPC targets ‘unachievable’, says landlord group
The National Residential Landlords Association has accused the government of setting ‘unachievable’ and ‘unrealistic’ goals when it comes…
Labour urged to prioritise infrastructure projects amidst slow start
The Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) has called on Labour to focus on detailed infrastructure projects to boost…
Rental supply rising despite landlord concerns over Renters’ Rights Bill
Flatshare adverts have surged amidst the looming spectre of the Renters’ Rights Bill, research from flatshare site SpareRoom…
Landlords urged to prepare as Renters’ Rights Bill passes Committee Stage in the Lords
UK landlords should prepare for a shift in how they manage tenancies, given how the Renters’ Rights Bill…
Landlords to hike rents before Renters’ Rights Bill passes through parliament
Nearly half of buy-to-let landlords (44%) plan to pre-emptively raise rents in response to the new Renters’ Rights…
Banned landlord’s properties being used as lucrative homeless accommodation
A rogue landlord is letting out properties as emergency accommodation via a third-party provider, The Bristol Cable reports.…
The Grey Belt and its Golden Rules
Chris Hemmings, partner, Carter Jonas Do the changes to the NPPF really open up opportunity? The publication of…
Legal disputes over flat roofs on the rise
Leaseholders are increasingly responding with legal action as freeholders and property managers look to develop flat roofs. That…
Advisers overwhelmingly confident in the market
Mortgage intermediaries are very confident in the state of their own business, signaling that most are confident in…
HMO conversions give investors return of 10%
HMO investors can net a 10% return by turning a 3–4-bedroom property into a 6-bed, analysis from debt…
South Yorkshire the worst area for burglaries
Areas like Sheffield and Rotherham are some of the worst for burglaries in the UK, research by Go.Compare…
Savills expands super prime lettings operation across UK
Savills has expanded its super prime lettings business beyond the capital with a team covering the prime rental…
The negative impact of leasehold reform on property values
Mark Wilson, director of Myleasehold and a member of ALEP (Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners) The government wants…
North East markets most competitive across the USA
Buyers in North Eastern United States are attracting the most buyer interest, led by Buffalo in New York…
Angela Rayner: Smaller builders the bedrock for change
Housing secretary Angela Rayner wants smaller housebuilders to pick up more of the slack when it comes to…
Busiest May for home sales since 2021
The number of agreed property sales in May reached its highest rate in four years, Zoopla’s house price…
The Estate Agents’ Frankenstein – PropertyWire
By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International When I started Glentree in 1976, estate agents were a crusty old lot,…
Buy-to-let landlords mostly being recommended 5-year fixes
Mortgage brokers are mainly recommending fixed-rate mortgages to landlords, with 5-year fixed products being the top choice. Buy-to-let…
EPC ratings should take property type and age into account, says trade body
Estate agency trade body Propertymark has called for EPC ratings to be conducted on a ‘property-by-property’ basis. That…
Circa London partners with developer to sell £9.6m Dulwich townhouses to Far East buyers
Luxury estate agency firm Circa London has partnered with Castlemere Developments to market its new £9.6 million townhouse…
Major commercial building being constructed in Manchester
A commercial building spanning 233,000 sq ft near Manchester’s Piccadilly Station is being constructed called The Republic. The…
Mortgage fraud going largely undetected
The true scale of mortgage fraud in the UK may be far greater than official enforcement figures suggest,…
Is there an end in sight for water scarcity?
Matt Clarke, director, Boyer (an LRG company) To meet housing targets, it is imperative that the challenging issue…
Confidence in UK buy-to-let limited
Just 3% of property professionals are most confident in the prospects of buy-to-let this year, suggesting many regard…
Homes England beats housing targets
Government agency Homes England has surpassed its housing delivery targets for 2024-25. The agency facilitated the completion of…