Despite the well publicised problems hitting buy to let investment, demand looks set to stay strong as first time buyers struggle...
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23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![How to transform property ‘hidden gems’ in your area](/upload/images/24%2004%2018%20%2004.jpg)
With analysis from property lender Together finding that, as of 2023, there are 1.55m abandoned residential homes worth £531 billion across...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![First Time Buyers take advantage of slowly-reducing rates](/upload/images/24%2004%2009%2002.jpg)
Slowly reducing mortgage rates this year have led to first-time buyers accounting for a record 33% of all buyers across Britain...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Boost for buy to let as renting judged lower cost than buying](/upload/images/240405%20%20%2003.jpg)
For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax. London, the...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental demand to stay high as first time buyers hit obstacles](/upload/images/24%2003%2007%20%2001.jpg)
New research by consumer group HomeOwners Alliance shows that for many young people, homeownership has become an impossible dream. A sentiment survey...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: which graduates are first to own their own homes](/upload/images/Revealed%20-%20which%20graduates%20are%20the%20first%20to%20own%20their%20own%20homes.png)
Young people across the UK continue to face great difficulties getting onto the property ladder, but do students from some universities...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Insight - top 5 urban regeneration hotspots in 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.png)
Buying a property in areas actively undergoing urban regeneration can offer a good investment opportunity for purchasers looking to get onto...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pocket Living breaks ground at affordable homes scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Portal_Agents-400x310.png)
Ground was recently broken at Pocket Living's Sheepcote Road development, marking the first significant milestone for the scheme which will eventually...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - England’s largest first-time buyer-only housing scheme](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/Pocket%20Living%20Osier%20Way%20400x310.jpg)
Deputy leader of Waltham Forest, Ahsan Khan, Leyton ward councillor Rhiannon Elgin and Pocket’s chief commercial officer Nick Cuff recently laid...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pocket Living secures a £19.3m funding deal from Pluto Finance](/upload/images/Pocket%20Living.jpg)
Pocket Living has been granted a £19.3 million debt facility with Pluto Finance for the recently completed Addiscombe Grove asset in Croydon. This deal with the provider...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Development roundup – sustainable homes are at the forefront](/upload/images/library/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
This development roundup focuses on building sustainable homes, with Beech Holdings regenerating a former office into 43 eco-friendly apartments, a £10...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - a day in the life of a show home interior designer](/img/default/pit.png)
For property developers, show homes and marketing suites play a key role when it comes to advertising and selling properties in...
27 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with St. Modwen Homes - how has Covid affected buyers and investors?](/img/default/pit.png)
Housebuilding took a hit as a result of the pandemic, but there are signs that it is now starting to recover. In...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Housing shortage for older people: stamp duty cut is short-term fix](/img/default/pit.png)
It would be hard to deny that the UK housing market isn’t in desperate need of reform. The government has acknowledged...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Should you wait to buy your first investment property?](/img/default/pit.png)
It’s a question many would-be investors will have been asking themselves, with so much remaining up-in-the-air and uncertain at present. But...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![First Time Buyer Home Show returns to Stratford](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest First Time Buyer Home Show will take place at Stratford’s Old Town Hall on Saturday 2 March 2019. The show,...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Aston Mead backs MPs call to cut stamp duty](/img/default/pit.png)
Land broker Aston Mead has backed calls for a reduction to stamp duty across all property price brackets in order to...
16 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![The Positives of Property Investment in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
You would have had to have been living under a rock to not know about the Government’s recent tax attacks on...
26 July 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![High house prices force many adults to live with their parents](/img/default/pit.png)
Many young people are being left with little alternative but to live with their parents to save enough money for a...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK property price growth is ‘occurring at an unattainable rate’](/img/default/pit.png)
The average asking price in the UK fell 0.4% in June compared with the previous month according to new data released...
20 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![New government urged to make housing ‘a top priority’](/img/default/pit.png)
The Conservative party, assuming it is able to form a new government, is being urged to make tacking the growing housing...
09 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![It was ‘inevitable’ that UK house prices would ease](/img/default/pit.png)
The recent slowdown in UK house prices suggests that the market is cooling, but very few experts are surprised. The latest house...
08 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Caridon Calls for Coherent Housing Policies from Politicians](/img/default/pit.png)
The policy focus of the upcoming election will be on Brexit, but political parties will do well to remember that housing...
11 May 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Is boom and bust just a natural part of the property cycle?](/img/default/pit.png)
The property market tends to be cyclical, when you study property markets from across the globe, it is clear that the...
19 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices in England and Wales rise at their fastest pace for 12 months](/img/default/pit.png)
The average price of a home in England and Wales increased by almost £1,900 in February compared with the previous month,...
13 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Record numbers acquiring their first home](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a surge in the number of first-time buyers cashing in on low cost mortgages and stalling property price...
25 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices set to remain flat in 2017 amid Brexit uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
UK property prices are expected to remain largely unchanged in 2017, owed largely to uncertainty over Brexit negotiations, according to the...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![New measures to boost housebuilding](/img/default/pit.png)
The chancellor Philip Hammond announced a range of housing measures in his first Autumn Statement, including £1.4bn of cash to help build...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Raise stamp duty threshold to boost property investment](/img/default/pit.png)
The chancellor Phillip Hammond should use his upcoming Autumn Statement to raise the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) threshold to £250,000...
31 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![House price growth slows in September – Halifax](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices continued to cool in September as the property market softens, with the latest data from Halifax revealing that...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property industry welcomes government’s £5bn building fund](/img/default/pit.png)
The government’s plan to tackle the housing shortage by building 25,000 new homes using a £3bn Home Building Fund has been broadly...
08 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK housebuilding rises but numbers still below target](/img/default/pit.png)
An increase in housebuilding levels helped to ensure that overall construction output remained flat in July following a 1% drop in...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Fewer investors visiting auction rooms, claims Auction House](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK's largest auction network, Auction House, says that the introduction of the 3% stamp duty surcharge in April has paved...
16 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Crossrail 2: Property hotspots tipped for house price growth](/img/default/pit.png)
Crossrail 2 is coming to London! The £27bn project is now well underway, which will link Surrey to Hertfordshire via London...
14 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Scotland election 2016: What the parties propose on housing](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a notable rise in Scottish property sales and prices in recent months, although activity in the market has...
05 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Why investing in property beats a lifetime of 9 to 5](/img/default/pit.png)
A report recently released by Royal London revealed that Brits earning the national average wage of £27,600 a year who saved...
23 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sales to first time buyers dip as demand continues to outstrip supply](/img/default/pit.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents November Housing Market report has revealed that the number of sales to first time buyers...
05 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![New Year will bring first-time buyer optimism](/img/default/pit.png)
Following the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, 2016 is set to be the year of the first-time buyer, with a number of measures...
17 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Younger generation keen to join the 'buy-to-let party'](/img/default/pit.png)
Almost half of 18-39 year-olds believe that purchasing a buy-to-let property is the best investment opportunity available at the moment, according...
21 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Investing In London Real Estate](/img/default/pit.png)
Typically, the best investment opportunities in London centre around areas with planned redevelopment or transport hub improvements are expected. This means...