The government promise to build 200,000 starter homes in England for first-time buyers has resulted in none being built, according to the National Audit office....
New Prime Minister Boris Johnson is looking at investing public funds in a new part-buy, part-rent scheme. Leading estate agents, the Romans Leaders Group, have...
Housebuilder Persimmon and insurer Aviva are to refund leaseholders after a UK ground rent inquiry by the watchdog uncovered evidence of overcharging. Thousands of leaseholders...
Homebuyers in the UK are shunning the property market with demand falling to a six-year low, one survey reveals. According to the National Association of...
Research suggests that the area in the UK that enjoyed the fastest growing property prices in 2017, was Cheltenham. The town in Gloucestershire recorded an...
Research by property website Zoopla shows that the average homeowner moves just once every 21 years. The property portal reached this conclusion after analysing Land...
A recent survey conducted by Legal and General (L&G) suggests that parents are spending so much money helping their children onto the housing ladder that...
In his Spring Statement, the Chancellor has announced a VAT cut on insulation and energy saving products from 5% to zero, to help home owners...
The numbers of first-time buyers reached an estimated 353,436 in 2019, the highest level since 2007, according to the Yorkshire Building Society (YBS). First-time buyers...
The Government has proposed reform of the leasehold laws with the new rules possibly rolled out within two years. There are three major changes being...
The COVID-19 global pandemic that swept the UK – and the world – earlier this year has evidently had a huge negative impact on people’s...
The demand for rental accommodation is growing, due partly to the change in public attitudes towards the private rented sector and to shifting opinions concerning...
The rates of home ownership remained stable in 2018-19, although overcrowding increased, especially in the private rented sector (PRS), according to the results of the...
Purplebricks has announced it is entering the German real estate market which will be the online estate agent’s first move into Europe. The agency has...
Lending rules eased by banks have handed a lifeline to retiree landlords previously barred from buy-to-let investing. Minimum income requirements, which specify buy-to-let borrowers must...
According to the latest House Price Index by Halifax, house prices have fallen by 0.1% in September, signalling a continued housing market slowdown. Halifax has...
