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Decades ago, Belfast was regularly in the news for the wrong reasons. That, however, was then and ever since Belfast has...

A new development on the Costa Del Sol is aiming to become the 'most desirable residential destination in Spain' and possibly...

Landlords in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties (an average of £3,134 each), according...

London and Berlin have announced a new city-to-city partnership to strengthen trade and investments between the two capitals and support start-up...

Roby.ai, an Articificial Intelligence (AI) assistant, has been launched in the UK property market. Thought to be an industry first, Roby.ai works...

As Brexit draws closer it is only natural that home owners are worried about how it will affect them. However, experts...

Holiday lettings business cottages.com has seen a 23% growth in portfolio recruitment over the last six months, compared to the same...

A recent study by landlord insurance provider, Towergate, unveiled how landlords can better target student tenants in the UK. The study of...

Inadash, a new mobile application for landlords and property agents, aims to ‘revolutionise and simplify’ the process of finding new tenants. According...

New research has revealed that home movers from the European Union have become significantly less interested in moving to the UK...

The average rent paid by millennials declined in 2018, according to online estate agency yieldit. According to a survey of 2,000 UK...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  My name is Daniel and I’m a director at...

The vast majority (98%) of homeowners have made improvements to their properties over the last five years, spending a total of...

Spain recently announced a royal decree to limit the impact of a no-deal Brexit on British expats that own property in...

If you are already the lucky owner of an investment property, you may be questioning how you need to dress and...

Sellers in Runcorn, Cheshire, are seeing the fastest-moving property market outside London compared with a year ago, according to data from...

As London continues to wane in popularity for investors and renters alike – with increasing numbers of people moving out of...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate Agent Today,...

The fact that so much of Europe’s attention has been focused on Brexit and also events in some of the larger...

Homeowners always want to get the best possible price for their home, but there may be a number of reasons why...

The property market in the Lothians is outperforming the national average, according to property consultancy Galbraith. This strong growth in house prices...

Manchester, a city of football, music, innovation and culture which has reinvented itself in recent years to escape its post-industrial decline,...

Just under half (48%) of property movers move less than 10 miles from their current home, with just 27% moving less...

Propertymark has studied its sales and lettings data to reveal trends from the year, with the findings revealing that first-time buyer...

Over the course of this year, the economy of Cyprus has begun to stabilise and confidence started to return to the...

Property search agency Stacks Property has revealed its predictions for the market in 2019, with expectations of a good year to...

Sextant Properties, a one-stop-shop for people looking to buy a home in France, provides some advice on how to unearth the...

More and more Brits are dreaming of a new life in the Spanish sun, according to new research by AnyVan.com. Results from...

It now takes, on average, 102 days to sell a property in the UK, according to Post Office Money. Its latest ‘City...

The number of British expats living in Spain has dropped by 40%, according to Spanish newspaper El Pais. What’s more, between 2012...

A new report from estate agents Strutt & Parker has examined how policy and political events have transformed the property market...

The outlook for property investment in the UK remains positive, despite the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Brexit negotiations. That’s according to a...

Homeowners in the UK are selling up and relocating north in record numbers, according to new research from Hamptons. The estate agent...

Some 18% of relocating Brits are more than twice as likely to move to the country than the city, according to...

Living in the catchment area of one of England’s top 100 state secondary schools carries a 42% house price premium compared...

Hundreds of landlords are moving from long to short-term lets on Airbnb and other online outlets to counter falling yields, according...

UK national house price growth is on an upward curve, according to Carter Jonas. But it continues to slow with rates...

PropTech startup RentalStep has questioned whether long-term lifestyle tenants should have to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between...

Spain is still the top choice when it comes to Brits retiring to Europe, new figures from the Office for National...

France has been revealed as the top choice of EU country for British emigrants when it comes to moving overseas with...

A new report from Knight Frank has revealed that Berlin is the city with the fastest urban house price growth in...

International property consultancy and estate agency Knight Frank has revealed that it has strengthened its Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) business...

The first full development of family properties featuring Apple Home, Siri and Apple Homekit accessories has been built in the UK,...

One in eight Brits looking to move in the next twelve months have an average budget of £322,000 in order to...

Research by bridging finance lender mtf has found that a third of UK property professionals are set to expand their portfolios...

When I moved to London in winter 1997, I was determined to make my fortune. I didn’t know it at the...

Recently named as the most rapidly improving locations in the UK – investment in the UK’s second city shows no sign...

Every day, more than 6.5 million Brits are ‘dream searching’ for their perfect property but only one third are in the...

NAEA Propertymark and ARLA Propertmark have shared their forecasts for the rental and buying market in 2018, with rental prices set...

London has long been viewed as the UK’s premier location for property investment. In recent years, however, high property prices and...

More than a fifth of recent home buyers (those who purchased less than three years ago) would consider moving home if...

Birmingham was named as one of Europe’s top locations for property investment, and takes the number one spot amongst UK cities,...

A staggering 30% of Sunderland properties currently for sale have been on the market for six months or longer, according to...

Bishop Fleming has called for the Chancellor in his next Budget to assist residential landlords who wish to downsize their property...

Fresh data from rental accommodation platform Spotahome has revealed that London Bridge is the most searched for area for mid to...

The latest HSBC Expat Explorer survey has revealed that Singapore is the top expat destination for the third year in a...

Residential property price growth across Britain eased to a three-month low in August, as cooler economic conditions and political uncertainty continued...

Taking into account the wide range of views expressed to the proposals set out in the ‘places, people and planning’ consultation,...

Land broker Aston Mead has backed calls for a reduction to stamp duty across all property price brackets in order to...

Improvements to the existing stamp duty regime would significantly boost the number of housing transactions across England and Wales, according to...

Millennials are the generation born between the early 1980s and the early years of the 21st century, which means that at...

Recent months have seen the UK property market starting to slow down. So what has caused this, and will it change? Whilst...

With the average two-year fixed rate home loan currently at a record low of just 2.26%, there has never been a...

The mayor of London’s plan to build an additional 50,000 affordable homes across the capital’s 33 local authority districts over the...

There has been a sharp decline in the number of buy-to-let property acquisitions, following the government’s decision to introduce the 3%...

Despite recent turmoil, it seems Manchester is a city on the up, as it is now being identified as a true...

Auctions provide an excellent way to buy property competitively, with a number of great deals often secured under the hammer. However,...

There has been a fall in demand for homes across much of the UK, enabling buyers to negotiate better prices, fresh...

It has been exactly one year since Britain voted to leave the European Union by 52% to 48%, and while the...

Residential property transactions in May dropped by 3.3% on the previous month, following two successive months of growth, in what could...

The number of homes coming on to the market for sale continued to fall across the UK last month, adding to...

As a buy-to-let property owner, the last thing you want is for your investment to be sitting empty. But it’s not...

The tide has definitely turned against the seller in the UK housing market, a leading property expert has yesterday, following the...

The residential property market in the UK tends to be cyclical, moving in upward cycles of boom, bust and stability, and...

The residential property market in Fife continues to flourish following a strong start to the year thanks to growing buyer confidence,...

Home sales this month remained robust as buyers shrugged off pre-election jitters, signalling growing confidence in the UK economy and bolstering...

Dublin, Milan and Madrid lead the way in terms of European ‘hot’ cities for hotel investment, fresh research shows. The study, conducted...

Sales of homes at the top end of the housing market have collapsed over the past 12 months or so, especially...

Annual house price growth continues to slow, as affordability issues deter many prospective homebuyers. With 2017 proving to be a rather challenging time...

A growing number of property investors unable to secure finance from banks to buy property are turning to alternative finance providers...

Portugal has long appealed the Britons looking to buy property overseas, and with housing market conditions continuing to improve now could...

Households’ expectations on UK house prices for the coming year remains rather subdued following the outcome of last year’s EU referendum,...

Announcing her decision to hold a snap general election on 8 June, Theresa May yesterday made it clear that Brexit would...

More than one in 10 homeowners in the UK have tried to move property but decided against it after encountering issues...

UK house price may growth may have slowed to a four year low in March, but indications are that prices will...

Q: What does it say on your business card? Gavriel Merkado, Founder and CEO of REalyse Q: Who are REalyse? REalyse is a big data...

Rhymney received a major boost this week when it was announced that bio-tech business Sharp Clinical Services will be setting up...

UK home sales agreed by estate agents increased to a 10-year high in February, suggesting that confidence in the housing market...

Demand among home buyers has seen a modest recovery following initial post-referendum jitters, but with just 24 hours until Theresa May...

With high demand from tenants continuing to place upward pressure on rents, a growing number of national and international investors are...

Competitive bidding, lower asking prices, a weak pound, the residential property market in the capital continues to appeal to many prospective...

Mortgage lending to home buyers fell to a near two-year low in January amid a ‘stubbornly persistent’ lull in moving activity,...

The UK property market remains strong despite a marginal slowdown in activity levels last month, new data shows. The latest analysis of...

A chronic lack of homes for sale and historically low mortgage borrowing costs will continue to push UK house prices even...

The UK housing market remains remarkably solid, as reflected by the 4.9% increase in the volume of residential property transactions between...

UK house prices are likely to continue to rise in 2017 as building lags demand for homes, the Halifax has warned. The...

More than 20 properties across Coventry and Warwickshire will go under the hammer this evening – representing the highest number of...

Glasgow saw strong levels of office take-up last year, surpassing the 10-year annual average of 500,000 sq ft within the first...

SME housebuilders could start building significantly more new homes in England and Wales if barriers to growth were cut, according to...

Major plans to revamp Scotland’s planning system have been proposed by the Scottish government to help speed up housebuilding.  The proposals are...

Simon Tollit, director of central London sales at United Kingdom Sotheby’s International Realty, offers his thoughts on what property market trends...

There has been an increase in the number of overseas investors taking advantage of effective discounts caused by sterling’s nosedive after the...

Hundreds of thousands of homes acquired each year are at risk of a life-threatening gas incident, such as a carbon monoxide...

Allsop’s final commercial auction of the year will see 237 properties located throughout the UK go under the hammer, with guide...

A reliable broadband connection or good mobile coverage is now one of the first services that prospective homebuyers will now look...

The number of new homes recorded in England has increased to its highest level since the financial crash, official figures have...

Increasing demand from international investors, including Britons, looking to acquire residential property in Berlin is placing upward pressure on home prices...

A strong showing from private investors helped Allsop raise £61.1m at their November residential property auction, held at the Cumberland Hotel...

Business leaders have called for a "step change" in housebuilding if the government is to meet its ambition of delivering one...

The Cardiff office market has recorded its best ever third quarter on record, with take up levels reaching 183,992 sq ft,...

Around a third of Britain’s richest people, which includes many property investors, are under tax investigation by HMRC over almost £2bn...

The government’s decision to approve a third runway at Heathrow yesterday may have paved the way for hundreds of thousands more flights...

The UK housing market remains resilient post-Brexit, as illustrated by the latest house price index which shows a housing market that...

The number of properties for sale on the UK housing market has hit a six month high, helping to alleviate the...

There was more bad news for the pensions industry after a new study found that young people feel saving for property is...

House price inflation across the UK dropped to 8.3% in the year to July, down from 9.7% in June, according to...

A growing number of investors are choosing to invest in property, despite the introduction of higher stamp duty purchasing costs and...

The number of residential property transactions fell by 0.9% between June and July, according to newly released figures from HM Revenue...

The former chancellor George Osborne may have predicted pre-Brexit that UK house prices could take an 18% hit over the next...

  The Crossrail project, a new railway line spanning from Reading and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in...

Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) will be better equipped to increase much needed housing supply among other...

There has been a significant fall in residential property transactions across the UK which has had an adverse impact on home...

Following Lewis Hamilton’s comfortable victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, we delve into the fast lane to take you...

Global markets have plunged, David Cameron has announced that he is to step down as Prime Minister later this year and...

Up to 10,000 new homes will be built as part of a £3.5bn residential property development, Enfield Council has confirmed. The council hopes...

Tottenham Hotspur has edged out rivals West Ham and Watford to dominate the property Premier League when it comes to house...

The number of people in the UK who believe that the value of their home increased in value remained high in...

Values in both the residential and commercial property sectors look set to soar as demand continues to outstrip supply, new research...

Representatives and stakeholders from various leading property industry bodies, including the National Landlords Association, British Property Federation, Department for Communities and...

There was a significant increase in the volume of buy-to-let mortgage products available in the UK in the first quarter of...

Research carried out by London estate agents Portico has revealed that 61% of tenants living with partners in rental properties in...

New research by conveyancing services firm My Home Move has revealed that more than half of home buyers (57%) in Greater London...

Student utilities service provider Glide has launched a Risk Free Bills Inclusive Package, the first of its kind in the industry. Inclusive...

Birmingham has been announced as one of the most popular places to move to across every demographic, with an increasing number...

An immigration law solicitor has warned that almost three-quarters of private residential landlords in the UK don't understand the implications of the...

The Regenda Group, one of the North West's leading housing firms, is heading back to its Liverpool roots with a major...

The frustrations vented over the looming buy-to-let tax hike has sadly been all too predictable. In the latest twist to what have...

It has been revealed that a quarter of British renters are getting married (23%) and having children (25%) whilst living in...

Despite retired homeowners witnessing huge house price growth over the years, the average UK homeowner will live in their home for...

In the first half of 2015, £3.8 billion was invested in student property in the UK, and it’s predicted that this...

London rental values have increased by 5% in the four months to October 2015, it has been revealed. According to figures released...

Good mobile phone signal is now more important for buyers than the quality and performance of local schools. This is according...

Analysis by conveyancing firm My Home Move has revealed that homes in the South East, South West and London change hands...

After being awarded full authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority, a new property crowdfunding platform – Propnology – is preparing for...

The process of auctioning a property can be a messy affair in more ways than one. Keeping your property clean and...

Wakefield, Coventry, Brighton, Nottingham and Greater London top the list of hotspots where tenants new to the area account for the...

More than a third (35%) of household claims received by Endsleigh Insurance since the beginning of last year were for accidental...

Whether you’re buying to let or simply flipping a property, you will inevitably run into the age old ‘stuff’ obstacle –...

At a time of year when many are prone to re-evaluating their lives and the direction it is going in, now...