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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...

The coalition of 20-plus groups which have previously spoken enthusiastically about the Renters Reform Bill has now changed its mind. On April...

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

A controversial wealth management company claims that almost two thirds of private tenants have suffered a deterioration in their mental and...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of two approved ombudsman-style schemes for the private rental sector, has published the findings from a...

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

A string of debt advice charities want Housing Secretary Michael Gove to go well beyond merely banning Section 21 in a...

Like a parent whose kids expected half term in Disneyland, Jeremy Hunt is spending the week managing expectations – and crushing...

Building on the momentum of 2023, the North West is poised for continued growth in rental and property prices. Early investment...

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

A survey claims landlords are now more responsive to tenants’ needs and have improved compliance standards. Building on comparative analysis with data...

Confidence has returned to the mortgage market, with sentiment improving steadily month by month in the last quarter of 2023, according...

HSBC bank is working with Shelter on housing campaigns. A statement from the charity says: “With support from partners including HSBC UK,...

The UK’s private rental sector grapples with a surge in waiting times for contractor appointments, according to industry supplier Fixflo.  A new...

A building society is calling upon politicians, government, the Bank of England and local councils and other bodies to cooperate on...

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

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - and has looked back on the past 12 months. This year, 2023, ends with...

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

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - but just as it has done this, it’s revealed asking prices have dropped...

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...

One in four people don’t have enough savings to cover a 25 per cent drop in earnings - and that rises...

Average house price fell by 0.3 per cent in July, a fourth consecutive monthly decline, according to the Halifax. This means property...

The Labour dominated council in Bristol has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove demanding that he gives it the powers to...

A Labour Mayor whose post was abolished by a public vote last year now wants to become an MP. Marvin Rees’ position...

Renters in both the private and social housing sectors have been described as having “a pension problem” by a financial analyst. Helen...

Hitting the UK’s net zero carbon objective is an immense task, but one that we must strive for. We all have...

A senior financial analyst says “runaway rents” are destroying the financial resilience of tenants. Sarah Coles, head of personal finance at business...

Experts are forecasting that London rental prices are predicted to grow by 3% this year alone, while prices may increase by...

  Second home market growth and falling house prices could be a combination for success. There’s been a clear positive correlation between profit...

Landlords increasingly reliant on capital appreciation may be relieved to hear that one of the country’s best respected indices suggests house...

A business consultancy says the high cost of renting is ruining the retirement dreams of different groups, such as single people...

A think tank says household costs are under more pressure from the cost of living crisis than in the pandemic, with...

The Hargreaves Lansdown business consultancy is forecasting a 10.4 per cent drop in house prices from their peak, to take place...

A new survey of UK-based investors reveals the outlook for alternative investments amid growing concerns over the state of the economy. The...

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

The Hargreaves Lansdown Savings and Resilience Barometer - which looks at national resilience on debts, savings, investing and planning for later...

Annual house price growth slowed slightly last month, dipping to 10.7 in June from 11.2 per cent in May, according to...

A prominent financial analyst says the fast-rising costs of renting mean tenants are becoming less financially resilient - and this applies...

Energy regulator Ofgem is suggesting that the energy price cap be updated quarterly rather than every six months.  This is only a...

Renters are amongst the three groups likely to suffer worst as the cost of living crisis unfolds, an analyst has warned.  Sarah...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Giles Atkinson and I’m one part of...

Official government data suggests that rents are rising by 1.8 per cent a year - but a prominent analyst has gone...

The UK Build To Rent sector recorded a total of £2.1 billion of investment in the final three months of 2021...

As I write, at home in bed recovering from Covid, I can’t fail to notice the irony of attempting to predict...

The proportion of private renters in arrears in England has more than doubled during the Covid-19 pandemic according to government data. The...

New research shows that the average rental yield in Britain has remained at roughly 4.2 per cent throughout the pandemic. Regionally, the...

Understanding the exact position of your property portfolio is crucial, this means, you need to   get constant access to accurate information. The...

Investment consultancy Thirlmere Deacon says serviced apartments, typically for visitors, can provide an attractive option for investors right now. Thirlmere Deacon director...

There’s good news for landlords considering investing or refinancing in the buy to let sector as interest rates are beginning to...

The latest survey from PropTech platform Goodlord suggests the lettings landscape is relatively stable entering 2021 - but with the prospect...

The government-backed reinsurance service Flood Re claims there’s substantial tenant support for the introduction of a Flood Performance Certificate. An FPC, similar...

The Generation Rent campaign wants the government to write off private renters’ arrears built up during the pandemic. And it has repeated...

The number of UK landlords has risen 49 per cent in the last five years to an all-time high of 2.7m...

The number of buy to let mortgages for landlords has dropped to 1,792 - and in comparison to last year that’s...

Build To Rent, which has predominantly focussed on secondary sites in major city centres, is branching out to the suburbs. One of...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased by 1.5% in the 12 months to June 2020, the latest...

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has increased rates across its buy-to-let mortgage range by 0.3%. Rates now start at 3.39% for 70% loan-to-value...

Residential property transactions increased by 5.2% in the year to January 2020, according to HMRC ‘s latest property transaction statistics. There were...

Scotland’s rental market continued to go from strength to strength, with the average rental property north of the border generating a...

A shortage of housing supply will push up rents up by an average of 13.7% over the next five years, according...

Investec Private Bank is offering landlords the opportunity to lock into low interest rates for a decade, after the lender launched...

A number of landlords remain confident about the buy-to-let sector despite tax hikes and tougher mortgage rules hitting the private rented...

But-to-let landlords have shown remarkable resilience and adaptability in the face of the onslaught on their livelihoods, following justifiable concerns about...

Millions of people are being priced out of buying a property due to high house prices, the latest figures suggest. A dearth...

Property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market may wish to consider buying property in Luton, which currently offers the...

The north of England, supported by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has already attracted a lot of investment, helping to drive up...

There was a sharp decline in the amount buy-to-let investors borrowed to acquire property in August, reflecting the fact that a...

Buy-to-let activity surged in August despite the various economic and political challenges that the sector has faced recently, fresh research shows. Despite the...

London Central Apartments III (LCA III), the latest property investment fund to invest in prime central London’s private rented sector (PRS)...

Rents have started to fall as landlords who rushed to acquire homes before the introduction of the extra stamp duty surcharge...