House viewings and instructions increased significantly in July as a result of the stamp duty holiday announced by the Chancellor earlier in the month, according...
A surge in house prices and the number of buyers and sellers, together with changes in the lettings market, has brought renewed optimism to the...
Landlords across England and Wales are risking fines of up £5,000 by failing to prepare for a new law that comes into effect next month....
Surprising though it may seem, 70,000 homes that may be ineligible for Flood Re insurance have been built in the highest risk flood zones (type...
17 April 2024 – A recent Nationwide poll revealed that young Brits are pessimistic about homeownership. One out of five surveyed expressed that they expect...
After the Prime Minister’s housing announcement last week, agency trade body Propertymark is calling on the government to do more to boost the housing supply....
Global property consultancy, Knight Frank, has updated its short-term forecast for the UK’s property market and predicts a fall in house sales of 38pc for...
April showed a sharp upturn in mortgage approvals according to residential chartered surveyors e.surv’s Mortgage Monitor as borrowers take advantage of low mortgage rates across...
28 November 2023 – Yesterday the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities unveiled the long-awaited Leasehold Reform Bill in parliament. But a...
Many property investors are considering buying a UK holiday home at a time when mortgage experts forecast a boom in the purchase of ‘staycation’ properties...
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...
7 March 2023 – Industry insiders say Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are no longer fit for purpose and need to be updated. When EPCs were...
The chancellor claimed on Wednesday a phased end to the stamp duty holiday and a government guarantee for 95pc mortgages will turn ‘generation rent’ into...
Analysis of the housing market shows a dramatic fall in the amount of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) revenue received by the Treasury, with the...
6 June 2023 – To get mortgage payments to an affordable level, buyers take out longer fixed-term mortgages. A record 19% of first-time buyers took...
While it may seem to tenants that rents are always rising and taking an ever larger portion of their monthly income, the reality is that...
