Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson has suggested that the burden of stamp duty – paid when a property is sold – should be switched...
14 March 2023 – Much is expected from the upcoming spring budget, and the property industry also has a list of things it would like...
New online mortgage broker platform Haysto draws attention to issues of anxiety and depression in rejected mortgage applicants, according to the results of their latest...
According to the latest Rightmove House Price Index, mortgage payments are only slightly higher than rental prices, making it no longer significantly cheaper to rent....
In an attempt to end the abuse of the leasehold system in the UK, the Government’s Housing Minister, the Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP announced...
The estate agency comparison website GetAgent claims that some homes in the Uk are worth 44% less now than a decade ago. GetAgent has discovered...
1 August 2023 – The new Renters Reform Bill is on its way through the lengthy parliamentary process to become law. But a law firm...
All property agents who deal with privately rented properties will be required to sign up to a new scheme that aims to protect both renters’...
Frustrated students, who have grown tired of poor levels of accommodation and rising rents, are joining forces to create a National Body of Student Housing...
There was a modest decrease in void rates in February, although rents experienced a dip in all but three regions in the UK, according to...
Mystery shrouds the situation regarding House Network, the UK’s first online estate agency, just two weeks after it was bought out of administration by a...
Leeds-based agent Manning Stainton’s complaint regarding Housesimple has been rejected by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The estate agent argued that the small-print clauses in...
Banks have begun withdrawing their cheapest mortgage deals from the market as interest rates are due to rise and increase the cost of home loans....
Unless changes are made to buy-to-let market, tenants could see their rents rise by as much 15% by 2023. That’s according to a new survey...
It’s good news for those looking to sell their home, as property website Rightmove revealed that 40 million individual property listings were viewed on Boxing...
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has unveiled his mini-budget, in which he announced a permanent cut to the Stamp Duty Land tax (SDLT). As part of the...
