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A total of 149 lots are listed across southern England in the latest auction by Clive Emson Auctioneers. Bidding by the...

There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...

The typical buy-to-let investor has reduced the size of their portfolio by as much as 27% across England and Wales in...

With analysis from property lender Together finding that, as of 2023, there are 1.55m abandoned residential homes worth £531 billion across...

Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...

Homes England and Network Rail Property have signed a development agreement with McLaren Property and Arlington Real Estate to be strategic...

The private rental sector may have been tough for investors in recent months in particular, but new figures show a healthy...

New data from Rightmove reveals that Carluke in Scotland is Great Britain’s fastest selling market, with sellers in the area finding...

Slowly reducing mortgage rates this year have led to first-time buyers accounting for a record 33% of all buyers across Britain...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax. London, the...

A study into crime rates, potential rental yield and nearby tourist attractions has listed a selection of the top holiday cottage...

The Home Builders Federation, the developers trade body, says planning permissions for new homes continues to fall sharply. Figures for 2023 -...

New research claims investors who buy at auction can bag a bargain for 43% less than the price on the wider...

New research has produced league tables of UK locations which saw the largest residential price rises and falls in 2023. Researchers at...

Home sellers’ optimism is vastly improved compared to March last year, according to the latest Asking Price Index from respected property...

The Sunday Times has published its latest ‘Best Places’ guide - often considered a pointer to up-and-coming locations which could be...

A developer once said that after a slowdown, you need no further bad news for two consecutive quarters for a recovery...

UK house prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in February, up by 0.4 per cent or £1,091 in cash terms,...

The Chancellor has abolished multiple dwellings relief for stamp duty land tax. Relief from SDLT for multiple dwellings in England and Northern Ireland...

The director of two companies which operated an unauthorised property investment scheme costing investors more than £57 million has been banned...

The UK house building industry needs “significant intervention” from government to address planning, quality and financial problems according to the Competition...

Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...

Zero Deposit has analysed historic rental data from the Office for National Statistics for each region of England, to forecast what...

Based on average house prices in the UK, a correlation has been found that properties with a higher Energy Performance Certificate...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is changing the rules governing Airbnb-type lettings by requiring planning permission for properties let for more than...

Hamptons head of research Aneisha Beveridge says the early signs in 2024 suggest that the market has firmly turned the page.   She...

Building homes on brownfield land will be turbocharged under a major shake-up to planning rules promised by the UK government. Every council...

Total value of UK housing fell marginally in 2023 by 0.3 per cent or £27 billion, but remains significantly higher than...

New government figures show a net loss of 16,000 social homes in England last year, as sales and demolitions continue to...

Sales Market: The UK housing market is at an inflection point, which means mixed signals for buyers and sellers. Inflation has fallen...

A new analysis of the top 30 holiday hotspots across England has tried to quantify the premium for homes on sale. Using...

An investment consultancy has produced new data analysing the complex regional differences between rental returns. Analysts at Invezz examined data provided by...

Cluttons, a prime London residential property specialist, has flagged an end to house price falls in its new forecasts for 2024...

Commercial property prices have shown strong year on year growth of as high as 21 per cent across some regions of...

New research shows that the West Midlands has been the best performing housing market since the Bank of England started to...

Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...

A house price index has indicated a gentle rise in capital appreciation coming through at the end of 2023, and says...

We believe a well-functioning housing system is one that meets everyone’s housing needs. There will always be people who can’t or...

It looks like investors in mainstream UK homes who anticipated losing capital values in the 2023 may have been mistaken -...

Savills has revealed the residential element of its annual cross-sector forecasts for investments in 2024 to 2028. The agency says turbulence in...

The Nationwide - the mortgage lender behind one of the UK’s leading house price indices - says there have been some...

Black Brick has been advising professional property investors, buyers, sellers and developers since 2007.  It says it’s advised, sourced and acquired almost...

Research by online agency Yopa has revealed that homes listed for sale within the last 30 days have been reducing in...

It’s not often you can say the property market was stronger in November than in September, but it was this year....

Two leading house price indices have shown recent rises - both the Nationwide last month and now the Halifax. The latter says...

A prominent investment platform says the recent small house price rises recorded by both the Nationwide and the Halifax are merely...

Latest data from The Deposit Protection Service shows that average UK monthly rents for Q3 2023 were £1,121.46: a rise of...

A new report from Zoopla shows that the average discount is at a five-year high, with property sales being agreed at 5.5...

New research from an over-50’s property company reveals that bungalow construction has dropped to account for just 1.2 per cent of...

Integritas Property Group, which describes itself as one of the fastest-growing property developers in the North West of England, is opening...

There’s been a circa 25 per cent increase in the average value of a home across England since the pandemic, notwithstanding...

It’s been a much better year than many analysts expected says Rightmove - despite this month’s dip in asking prices. New seller...

The average sale price of completed home transactions using cash or mortgages in England and Wales in October 2023 fell by...

Investors are buying second homes in the North East and North West at an increased rate compared to the rest of...

An ethical property investment is claiming impressive rental yields on student accommodation in the north of England. The Integritas Property Group says...

What do the property markets in North Norfolk, Kensington and Chelsea and East Devon have in common?  They are the only areas...

New research by digital mortgage lender Molo shows where in England and Wales offers the highest and lowest rental yields.  The current...

A bank says seasoned property investors are sizing up commercial opportunities given the hostile landscape for residential investment. Emma Cox, MD of...

House prices in England and Wales will fall by four per cent over the final quarter of 2023, thanks to inflation,...

Rent controls as currently in force in Scotland and under consideration in Wales will not be put into effect in England,...

Research by a specialist lender has lifted the lid on potential property investment with HMO conversions. Octane Capital says that while the...

The average price of a home in Wales has fallen to £239,378 in the third quarter of 2023, the first time...

England and Wales have seen rising rental yields for the third quarter in a row, with the total yield up 1.0...

All regions saw annual price falls in Q3 The Nationwide has produced regional house price indices for Q3 - the July to...

The latest UK house price index, over the weekend, lifts the lid on exactly what’s happening in the UK housing market...

With the Ryder Cup in the forefront of our minds, new research has revealed the premiums for property located near a...

Buy to let investors keen to bag a bargain will be interested to know that over a third of homes now...

Every month Britain’s ‘third property portal’ - On The Market - publishes a sentiment index. This is not the usual snapshot on...

New research by lending service Octane Capital reveals that the average buy to let investor has seen the money they owe...

One of the many monthly house price market reports comes from Home - it’s arguably lower profile than most but is...

Market analysis by debt advisory firm Sirius Property Finance reveals the North East is currently England’s mixed-use property hotspot, providing opportunities...

If you want the best chance of snagging a new home, the place to be is South Derbyshire, which has embraced...

Zoopla is giving investors five key takeaways in its latest market analysis: 1. UK house prices have risen 0.1 per cent in...

Here Richard O’Neill - managing director of lettings at Romans Estate Agents - advises investors how to recognise and optimise yield for...

That’s the clear result of a survey by the National Residential Landlords Association.  It says some 12 per cent of landlords in...

Buy to Let investors about to remortgage are being urged to secure a new rate as early as possible - even...

Research by a property consultancy shows that there is still some capital appreciation in most of the north of England -...

Cash-paying investors are swooping in and making purchases for less than their mortgage counterparts, new data suggests. In June 2023 cash buyers...

The North of England is outperforming the South for both capital appreciation and rental yields.  Sourced Franchise has analysed annual changes in...

Houses on corner plots with possible potential for small-scale development are attracting a premium of around £25,000. An estate agency has searched...

Arguably the most comprehensive source of market snapshot data about the UK housing market comes from the TwentyCi consultancy. In addition to...

Conversions may present new opportunities for property investors if two groups of MPs have their way. That’s because two all-party groups of...

Bricklane, the residential property investment platform, has doubled its geographic footprint by expanding into select markets in the north west of...

Investors looking to buy into commercial property have a guiding hand from a new analysis which shows that the North West...

A Leeds property agent is making the case for investment in his city. Neil Dawkin, director of HOP, says his firm’s investment...

Smarter Rent co-founder Alex Sullivan says: “People often ask us if now is the right moment to invest in property. While...

Having bounced back from pandemic decline, the size of the commercial building construction sector is forecast to grow further this year. Sirius...

The latest market update from the research team at property portal Zoopla gives a steer for investors on what’s hot and...

The commercial property sector in England is in the midst of a seismic shift propelled by the introduction of stringent minimum...

The number of build-to-rent completions fell substantially in the past year, according to research by Stripe Property Group. Stripe analysed historic data...

 Young people across the UK continue to face great difficulties getting onto the property ladder, but do students from some universities...

The West Midlands is, from my point of view, the beating heart of England. In this industrial centre of the country,...

Research by Alliance Fund, the end to end real estate fund, has revealed that while Greater London may have seen the...

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, this week released its latest Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q4 2022 rental yields across England...

Where are the top locations for property investment in 2023? It's the question all existing or budding property investors will be...

A five-year joint venture partnership to deliver more than 1,000 highly sustainable, affordable modular homes has been announced by Legal & General...

Buying a property in areas actively undergoing urban regeneration can offer a good investment opportunity for purchasers looking to get onto...

Mortgage experts at money.co.uk analysed local authority areas in England to discover how much it costs to live in the most beautiful areas. Of...

Historical market trends infer that a good World Cup performance by the England team usually correlates to a boost in house...

In this guest piece, Mark Simpson from Boostly looks at how holiday let owners can navigate the cost-of-living crisis and keep...