On Wednesday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a stamp duty holiday with immediate effect which means home buyers will pay no tax on properties up to...
The private rental sector (PRS), one of the fastest-growing markets in housing, now numbers more than 4.5 million households in the UK, having increased by...
The Government has laid out plans to restart England’s housing market which has been frozen effectively since the start of the coronavirus lockdown. Housing Secretary...
Even though house prices have seen a 9% increase in 2021, the highest number of first-time buyers since 2002 have made the step onto the...
20 June 2023 – In a first since 2017, house prices fell in June, albeit only marginally, prompting fears that the summer slowdown has come...
The number one reason why home owners want to move house is the desire for more room (64%), followed by the need for a more...
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick announced a package of new planning reforms yesterday aimed at speeding up the delivery of new homes. Jenrick announced the plans...
17 October 2023 – October has seen a modest monthly price increase of 0.5% compared to last month. But there are more buyers in the...
As UK house prices took a slight downward trend in February, there were small murmurs in the market that this was the start of something...
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...
Landlords of student accommodation have encountered a challenging 18 months, facing a slump in tenant demand and falling yields as students were compelled to stay...
Since the start of lockdown in March, 43pc of landlords have been contacted by their tenants to say they will struggle to pay rent and...
As part of Wednesday’s Spending Review, Rishi Sunak will pump an extra £2.3bn of funding into the Government’s housing budgets over the next four years....
Many properties currently let as student digs could end up empty as freshers’ weeks are cancelled and universities plan to move lectures online. As students...
Boris Johnson’s conference promise to create two million new homeowners with 95pc loans leaves the the mortgage industry bemused as to how it can be...
