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House prices last month were just 1.1% higher than April 2023, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index. The average house...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Detached homes in Wales are the slowest property types to sell across the UK and take an average of 92 days...
27 April 2024
From: Agent Advice
The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove is warning that the housing market is set for disruptions from the summer onwards, and suggests the brisk start to...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Nick Woodward, director of lettings at Essential Living, gives insights into why renting may be the best option for many. 1. Responsibility...
20 April 2024
From: Top tips & guides
Around half of first-time buyers say their prospects of owning a home are further away than ever due to the ongoing...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The head of lettings agency Benham and Reeves has made an outspoken attack on stamp duty. The agency analysed data from the...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
UK house prices grew in March on a quarterly basis, by 2.0%, with annual growth slowing to 0.3%, from 1.6% in...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March. Nevertheless, the annual rate of house price growth edged higher to 1.6% in...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The popular narrative may have been that first time buyers have been priced out of the market, partly by landlords: but...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Slowing inflation may - just may - lead the way for reduced interest rates. The headline inflation rate is now just 3.4%,...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Rental growth continued to cool in February, says the latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons. Last month, the average rent on...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Some 40% of residential landlords with a mortgage - fixed, tracker or discount - are due to renew their mortgage rate...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of a short lets service says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is wrong to think penalising landlords will help solve...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
UK house prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in February, up by 0.4 per cent or £1,091 in cash terms,...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
In September the Prime Minister announced that landlords will no longer be required to meet the minimum EPC minimum energy rating...
09 March 2024
From: Agent Advice
The latest index, from the Halifax, shows house prices rose 0.4 per cent in February – the fifth consecutive monthly increase....
09 March 2024
From: The Big Issues
One piece of good news to come out of the small print documents accompanying the Budget concerns capital appreciation. The Office for...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Building on the momentum of 2023, the North West is poised for continued growth in rental and property prices. Early investment...
02 March 2024
From: Top tips & guides
Zoopla’s latest market snapshot, used as a guide to capital appreciation by some landlords, says there’s now a three-tier housing market...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The letting agents’ trade body has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically decided...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank says that the Bank of England base rate is likely to stay unchanged at 5.25 per cent for at...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
According to Haslams lettings agency’s latest House Price Index, a new hotspot has emerged for private rental sector investors. It claims Reading...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Average rents on newly let properties across Britain rose 8.3 per cent year-on-year in January, the slowest pace for 13 months...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords selling up because of rising taxes and unaffordable regulations are being advised not to be over ambitious with asking prices. Tim...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Buy to let specialist lender Paragon Bank has introduced offers on its two-year fixed rate BTL mortgages, including its lowest rate...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A recent survey by digital mortgage lender, Molo, revealed that nearly 60% of UK landlords have seen a rise in late...
08 February 2024
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There’s a warning today that the Bank of England’s decision to freeze base rate at the high level of 5.25 per...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent London-focused agent and property consultant says landlords are prioritising long term ‘tenant quality’ over short term yields. Jo Eccles, founder...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in January, resulting in an improvement in the annual rate of house prices...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The government is considering allowing renters to buy their first homes with just one per cent deposits, according to press reports...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent analyst says the threat of rising inflation caused by the Red Sea shipping attacks - on top of this...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Average new seller asking prices rose 1.3 per cent between December and January - the biggest rise at this time of...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest HomeLet rental index begins 2024 with a glimmer of hope for tenants as rents have fallen for the second...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Another house price index has indicated a gentle rise in capital appreciation coming through at the end of 2023. Richard Sexton, director...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Penrith Building Society has scrapped mortgage application fees for all buy to let and residential products, including further advances, until...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s a warning this morning that stricter Energy Performance Certificate measures for the private rental sector may not have gone, after...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Analysts have warned landlords and others interested in the housing market from celebrating too much following the latest Halifax index figures. The...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest Halifax house price index shows average house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in December, the third monthly rise...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
One of the UK’s best known platforms for mortgages has significantly reduced its Buy To Let rates. Starting from 3.79 per cent,...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Escalating rents have led many first time buyers to adjust their property expectations and accept smaller homes when they purchase, a...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s no prospect of a rapid recovery for the housing market in 2024 despite some green shoots appearing. The warning comes from...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
New data from HM Revenue and Customs reveals a 22 per cent annual drop in residential transactions in the year to...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
UK house prices ended 2023 down 1.8 per cent compared with December 2022, leaving them almost 4.5 per cent below the...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - and has looked back on the past 12 months. This year, 2023, ends with...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
By Luke Lightfoot, Regional Director of Asset Management at Sigma Capital As the fastest growing sub-sector in the UK rental market, it’s...
23 December 2023
From: Top tips & guides
Monthly interest costs have surged by 283 per cent since 2021 for landlords using interest-only mortgages, research shows. Octane Capital compared rates...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Consumer Price Inflation in November was 3.9 per cent - significantly lower than the 4.4 per cent expected by many analysts. It’s...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The Nationwide says 2023 has seen a surprisingly-resilient housing market but there will be no full scale recovery in 2024 -...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices may fall by up to four per cent in 2024 the Halifax is warning. Its Outlook for 2024 report says...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest RICS Residential Survey, out today, points to an improved outlook for the housing market, with the more optimistic sentiment...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - but just as it has done this, it’s revealed asking prices have dropped...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The Mortgage Works is reducing rates on products for new and existing landlord customers by up to 0.40 percentage points, with...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
UK house prices rose for the second month in a row in November, boosted by a shortage of properties, says the...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
I recently attended the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham and a theme that still dominates discussion in the industry is the...
02 December 2023
From: Tax & Finance
Property investment is a dynamic and diverse field, offering numerous opportunities for investors to grow their wealth. At Mortgage Scout, we...
02 December 2023
From: Agent Advice
House prices fell 1.2 per cent in the past year, according to a new Zoopla report out today, with average discounts...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The asking price of homes coming to the market this month is down 1.7 per cent on October according to Rightmove. The...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A panel of experts forecast house prices will fall as much as 10 per cent by Autumn 2024. Financial website Finder brought...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
October saw a surprise 0.9 per cent rise in UK house prices according to the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Zoopla is warning that there will be further house price falls in 2024 on top of the 4.5 per cent drop...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Average house prices are now falling 2.9 per cent annually in England and Wales according to the monthly e.surv index. Yorkshire and...
17 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A survey by a finance firm suggests not all landlords are passing their higher mortgage costs on to tenants. Octane Capital has...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The UK housing market is remaining “more resilient than expected” despite the latest price index showing another small fall. The Halifax say...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
An insurance firm is warning landlords about the risks of personal guarantees as a condition of buy to let mortgages. Purbeck Personal...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The housing market remains a buyers’ market, with 80 per cent more homes for sale than in September 2021 according to...
29 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest government figures on the private rental sector show rents rose 5.5 per cent in the 12 months to August,...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Zoopla has given its latest market update on the private rental sector, with the headline rent rise now being 10.5 per...
18 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent analyst says her reading of the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market snapshot makes her believe more house...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled. That’s the view of high...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
As the ‘big buy-to-let’ sell off gathers momentum, we take a look ways you can guestimate the value of your rental...
14 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
A veteran Tory MP who has been a junior minister in the department responsible for housing now says the rental market...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Paragon Bank is the latest to reduce mortgage rates for landlords. It’s cut rates across 22 buy-to-let mortgage products, with fixed deals...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
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...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Zoopla says a buy to let property sold off by a landlord is “typically priced 25 per cent lower than the...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
August saw a further softening in house prices which are now 5.3 per cent down on a year ago. The Nationwide says...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Yearly returns on the average buy-to-let property in the UK were over £4000 lower in June 2023, compared to the same...
01 September 2023
From: Breaking News
New data from Zoopla this morning makes grim reading for landlords, especially those reliant on capital appreciation and with investment properties...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A PropTech entrepreneur has renewed his criticism of the government for failing to put flesh on the bones of the Renters...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
By Richard O’Neill, managing director, lettings at Romans Estate Agents As a landlord, your property’s yield is an important figure. It indicates...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
In an unusual move, London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says home owners in dire financial difficulties should be able to switch...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Rents continue to rise rapidly in every English region, Scotland and Wales according to the latest market snapshot from the respected...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties...
12 August 2023
From: Agent Advice
The challenges facing the property market right now are well reported; from rising interest rates pushing up mortgage payments to a...
03 August 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Whereas it’s likely that every single landlord has seen higher costs over the past year, two out of five tenants have...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Some 18 per cent of buy to let landlords have suggested they are not raising rents for tenants despite inflation and...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest market snapshot from Zoopla suggests landlords’ capital appreciation over the second half of this year depends almost entirely on...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
New housing affordability figures provide one underlying reason why many potential buyers cannot make the move and instead rely increasingly on...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Almost one in five renters say high mortgage rates mean they can’t afford to buy now and have put purchase plans...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A small poll of 100 letting agents by PropTech firm Goodlord has revealed that a strong majority believe the current pressures...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The average price of homes coming to the market have dipped slightly once again, according to Rightmove. The newly-marketed properties are some...
17 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Successive Chancellors (we’re looking at you Gordon Brown and George Osborne) have monkeyed around with the market as if it was...
15 July 2023
From: The Big Issues
If you are a landlord looking for the silver lining in a dark cloud, June’s interest rate decision will have certainly...
13 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Arrears in the buy to let sector are worsening at a faster rate than for homeowners. Octane Capital analysed industry figures on...
12 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The average UK house price fell slightly in June, by around £300 compared to May with a typical property now costing...