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Rightmove is warning that the housing market is set for disruptions from the summer onwards, and suggests the brisk start to...

The latest official government rent index shows that average private rents across the UK as a whole increased by 9.2% in...

Around half of first-time buyers say their prospects of owning a home are further away than ever due to the ongoing...

A leading business analyst is firmly blaming interest rates for the see-saw in house prices seen in recent indices. The latest, from...

The latest Halifax house price index results, which show mixed fortunes for the housing market, should be seen as a spur...

UK house prices grew in March on a quarterly basis, by 2.0%, with annual growth slowing to 0.3%, from 1.6% in...

UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March. Nevertheless, the annual rate of house price growth edged higher to 1.6% in...

A deposit alternative service claims rents have risen an average 46% in the last decade. Zero Deposit claims it’s analysed rental market...

The average house prices in England was £290,000 last year, some 8.3 times average annual earnings. This was actually down from 8.5...

The average price of property coming to the market for sale rises by 1.5% (+£5,279) this month to £368,118, as the...

Renting affects the resilience of all age groups.  Only one fifth of Millennial/Gen Z households who rent are on track for a...

A new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

A Tory has slammed the proposed clampdown on short lets proposed by Housing Secretary Michael Gove - and he calls them...

New research from specialist lender Aldermore reveals the financial boost landlords provide to local economies.  Nearly eight out of ten landlords opt...

UK house prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in February, up by 0.4 per cent or £1,091 in cash terms,...

The latest index, from the Halifax, shows house prices rose 0.4 per cent in February – the fifth consecutive monthly increase....

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

One piece of good news to come out of the small print documents accompanying the Budget concerns capital appreciation. The Office for...

Yet another council is consulting on whether to continue a selective licensing scheme. The scheme applies to several areas of Burnley and...

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in February, says the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal effects.  This resulted in...

Zoopla’s latest market snapshot, used as a guide to capital appreciation by some landlords, says there’s now a three-tier housing market...

An analysis of government data suggests that potential first time buyers have failed to take advantage of literally hundreds of millions...

Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...

A property finance consultancy claims that unmortgageable properties can be snapped up with a discount of 27 per cent. Apex Bridging says...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

Deciding on a residence in the bustling city of London is no small feat, especially when faced with the dichotomy of...

Landlords seeking capital appreciation will be encouraged from two new housing market surveys - one showing a surprise rise in house...

A comparison website claims that an improved rating for an Energy Performance Certificate now improves a property’s value. This is driven by...

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in January, resulting in an improvement in the annual rate of house prices...

The average price of a home in Wales fell to £234,086 at the end 2023 following continued economic and financial pressures,...

A majority of Buy to Let landlords have been focused on growing property portfolios in the last 12 months, and not...

The average home in England and Wales bought within the last 20 years and sold in 2023 achieved £102,650 or 48...

A prominent analyst says the threat of rising inflation caused by the Red Sea shipping attacks - on top of this...

Another house price index has indicated a gentle rise in capital appreciation coming through at the end of 2023. Richard Sexton, director...

A building society says it is considering ending its policy of lending to buyers of holiday lets. Martese Carton, the director of...

The chief executive of Generation Rent has slammed the chair of the NatWest Bank for comments over first time buyers. At the...

Analysts have warned landlords and others interested in the housing market from celebrating too much following the latest Halifax index figures. The...

The latest Halifax house price index shows average house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in December, the third monthly rise...

The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...

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 -...

There’s no prospect of a rapid recovery for the housing market in 2024 despite some green shoots appearing. The warning comes from...

UK house prices ended 2023 down 1.8 per cent compared with December 2022, leaving them almost 4.5 per cent below the...

Consumer Price Inflation in November was 3.9 per cent - significantly lower than the 4.4 per cent expected by many analysts. It’s...

The Nationwide says 2023 has seen a surprisingly-resilient housing market but there will be no full scale recovery in 2024 -...

Two-thirds of private landlords in the UK are optimistic about how their property investments will perform in the coming years -...

House prices may fall by up to four per cent in 2024 the Halifax is warning. Its Outlook for 2024 report says...

The latest RICS Residential Survey, out today, points to an improved outlook for the housing market, with the more optimistic sentiment...

After the Autumn Statement unveiled a major tax cut for January, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’ll pay less tax in...

UK house prices rose for the second month in a row in November, boosted by a shortage of properties, says the...

A countryside body is blaming the government’s failure to provide affordable housing and the rise in short lets for a homelessness...

UK house prices rose an average of 0.2 per cent month on month in November - prompting the Nationwide to call...

House prices fell 1.2 per cent in the past year, according to a new Zoopla report out today, with average discounts...

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

A panel of experts forecast house prices will fall as much as 10 per cent by Autumn 2024. Financial website Finder brought...

Savills is warning that the average UK house price is projected to fall by a further 3.0 per cent in 2024...

Average house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in October, compared to a fall of 0.3 per cent in September says...

A new survey suggests that over three fifths of landlords say private renting is becoming less attractive as an investment option. The...

October saw a surprise 0.9 per cent rise in UK house prices according to the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal...

Zoopla is warning that there will be further house price falls in 2024 on top of the 4.5 per cent drop...

Specialist lender Landbay has issued another upbeat assessment of the buy to jet sector, bucking the trend of most market reports. It...

For those looking to take the leap into holiday letting, finding the right property is not only the first step, but...

Average house prices are now falling 2.9 per cent annually in England and Wales according to the monthly e.surv index. Yorkshire and...

The UK housing market is remaining “more resilient than expected” despite the latest price index showing another small fall. The Halifax say...

Middleton Advisors commissions ongoing research to investigate key trends and structural changes in prime UK housing markets.  Our latest research considers the...

A new analysis suggests homes in England are less affordable and in worse conditions than in most other developed nations. The Home...

A new study has revealed the top 10 UK areas with the greatest rental yield making them ideal for a buy-to-let. Confused.com...

The housing market remains a buyers’ market, with 80 per cent more homes for sale than in September 2021 according to...

The classic “landlord favourite” for buying and selling - the auction house - appears to be bucking the downward trend in...

A prominent analyst says her reading of the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market snapshot makes her believe more house...

A local authority is reported to have said that a controversial new policy will reduce house values by five per cent. Gwynedd...

House prices fell 1.9 per cent in August and are down 4.6 per cent over the year, according to Halifax.  It’s the...

August saw a further softening in house prices which are now 5.3 per cent down on a year ago. The Nationwide says...

Yearly returns on the average buy-to-let property in the UK were over £4000 lower in June 2023, compared to the same...

New data from Zoopla this morning makes grim reading for landlords, especially those reliant on capital appreciation and with investment properties...

Over two-thirds of all new homeowners in London received family support to purchase their homes.  ‘Bank of Family’ recipients in London received...

Making an investment in a country with a different currency introduces exchange rate risk. Ideally, a UK investor would buy the...

A wealth management organisation has raised the spectre that some families may end up overpaying inheritance tax. And with property wealth being...

By Richard O’Neill, managing director, lettings at Romans Estate Agents As a landlord, your property’s yield is an important figure. It indicates...

Buy-to-let landlords with property assets held in a company could be taking advantage of the current dip in house prices to...

Investors selling a buy to let so far in 2023 made gains which were 10.1 per cent lower than those who...

A leading agent in an area set to be hit by draconian planning restrictions on holiday lets is warning that the...

A finance house says it’s seeing an increase in tenants offering to buy their properties off their landlords. James Briggs, head of...

House prices have fallen an average of 3.8 per cent across the UK in the past year according to the Nationwide. This...

The latest market snapshot from Zoopla suggests landlords’ capital appreciation over the second half of this year depends almost entirely on...

Property investment dates back centuries – millennia, even. As a fundamental necessity for post-nomadic humanity, residential and commercial real estate have...

A property investment platform has analysed rental yields to see the best returning areas for buy to let investors. Sourced Franchise analysed...

New housing affordability figures provide one underlying reason why many potential buyers cannot make the move and instead rely increasingly on...

Rents in the private sector of England and Wales increased by 5.1 per cent in the year to June — the...

Spiralling interest rates, soaring inflation and rocketing mortgages have created a “perfect storm” which will result in another five per cent...

Details have emerged of an extraordinary ‘stress test’ created by the Bank of England and tested on eight major banks to...

A team of experts will look into the impact ofd Airbnbs and other short lets in a part of the UK...

The founder of a luxury holiday lets firm in one of the UK’s tourist hotspots says even wealthy landlords are now...

The average UK house price fell slightly in June, by around £300 compared to May with a typical property now costing...

Britain has suffered the worst house price fall out of any major European economy according to a report from property consultancy Knight...

Barclays is working with TV guru Phil Spencer to give home owners some £2,000 to make selected energy-efficiency improvements to their...

Against the trend of many recent surveys, a study by lending service Landbay claims over 40 per cent of landlords want...

A statement from activist group Generation Rent suggests there’s a connection between Section 21 and the period of time people rent...

A prominent buying agent says nervous buyers are pre-emptively slashing asking prices before the housing market worsens. If true, this could present...

New data from Zoopla shows that 42 per cent of sellers are accepting offers over five per cent below the asking price...

House prices are set to fall much further, a leading property expert has predicted.  Last week credit ratings agency Moody's warned of...