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Escalating rents have led many first time buyers to adjust their property expectations and accept smaller homes when they purchase, a...

The Office for Budget Responsibility - a Treasury department operating independently from the government - released its central forecast for the...

The boss of a comparison website claims to know how long the property downturn will last roughly, anyway. Colby Short of GetAgent...

The mood music surrounding the housing market downturn appears to have become less dramatic with news from the Nationwide that there...

Two respected price indices have shown capital values tumbling in the housing market.  This morning’s RICS residential survey shows overall activity continuing...

The latest monthly index from the Halifax shows average house prices falling 0.4 per cent in October, following the 0.1 per...

The Bank of England has increased its base rate from 2.25 per cent to 3.0 per cent. This is the largest hike...

Uncertainty has become a vastly overused word to describe our economic situation in recent years. But, once again, it’s an unwaveringly...

A properly industry leader is calling on government to cut taxes for landlords who agree to long term tenancies and rent...

New build homes are often at the forefront of market downturns and new data suggests new builds are already seeing price...

A leading figure in the property industry has slammed the government’s proposals to encourage more lenders to offer 50 year mortgages...

With Britain edging closer to its first recession since the financial crisis, a leading property auctioneer is urging property investors, including...

Demand from buyers, including buy-to-let landlords, for new build homes has leveled off as political and economic uncertainty unsettles potential investors.  The...

Brexit has undoubtedly deterred many buy-to-let landlords from investing further in the private rented sector, with fresh research showing that more...

Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has conducted an independent Bank of England stress test to project the impact of a major economic...

There has been a notable rise in the number of English landlords investing in Scotland’s buy-to-let sector thanks to cheaper property prices...

The rental market in Scotland slowed in the run-up to the general election last month, with rental prices falling across many...

‘Uncertainty’, ‘disbelief’ and ‘concern’ are the words one landlord used to describe his reaction to last month’s Brexit result. But it would...

The private rental market in prime central London (PCL) has weakened in recent weeks as tenants take advantage of growing uncertainty...

March saw the sharpest month-on-month fall in Scottish rents on record, according to the latest Scotland Buy-to-Let Index from Your Move.   Average...

Two million homes have changed tenure in the last decade, either switching from home owners to landlords or vice versa when...

There has been a sharp rise in rent arrears –  they made up 8.7% of all rent payable in June, according...