While many have cautiously welcomed the prospect of leasehold reform, Mick Platt, chief executive of Wallace Partnership Group, offers a different...
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With the average homeowner staying put in their property for 23 years, mortgage loan company Ocean Finance has uncovered the top...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

This week’s results have proven, once again, that auctions – particularly, online auctions – continue to thrive in the face of...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The coronavirus crisis has hit the UK's economic outlook, and many buy-to-let landlords are understandably worried about their post-lockdown rental property...
30 October 2020
From: Conveyancing, Mortgages, Tax & Finance

Virtual viewings are on the increase according to a new study by the UK's technology-led estate agent, Purplebricks, with one in six buyers...
30 October 2020
From: Property Investment & Strategy

As all those responsible for managing property will be only too aware, landlords have many obligations under the laws and regulations...
30 October 2020
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance

The high street was already struggling before the pandemic, but Covid-19 has perhaps sent it into terminal decline. High streets in major...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Affordable housing is very often a thorny bone of contention. Arbitrary government targets are regularly missed and this part of the...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

In recent days we have been exploring the future of property auctions with a number of major auction houses across the...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank’s latest Global Residential Cities Index, which tracks the movement in mainstream residential prices across 150 cities worldwide using official...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Unite – one of the largest providers of student beds in the UK – recently announced the successful completion of the...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News

While Covid-19 continues to affect us all in differing ways, many countries in Central and Eastern Europe are tentatively lifting lockdown...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News

With lockdown measures starting to be eased, and the possible move to step 2 of the three-step plan from June 1,...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

New images have been released to highlight how the £1 billion regeneration of Purfleet-on-Thames will transform the Essex town’s town centre...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Whether you’re a first-time landlord or a seasoned one looking to build your portfolio, you will need to consider how you...
17 February 2020
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With the property market set to recover this year – recent research, for example, has shown buyers are growing in confidence...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

With approximately 120,250 Chinese people living in London, accounting for 1.5% of the capital's population, and many young Chinese people coming...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties (an average of £3,134 each), according...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Private sector buy-to-let landlords sometimes get a bad rap from renters, who blame property investors for fuelling a housing boom which...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Christmas, more than any other time of the year, is one for watching films you've seen a hundred times before. We all...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Ireland has retained its position as Europe’s most attractive destination for buy-to-let investors for the third year in a row, according...
10 October 2018
From: Breaking News

DIY disasters and cluttered bedrooms could knock £10,000 off the price of an average home in the UK, a panel of...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A new report from Knight Frank has revealed that Berlin is the city with the fastest urban house price growth in...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of buy-to-let investors in the UK reached a record high of 2.5 million in the latest tax year, up...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News

With continued media interest in the unfair leasehold practices of some freeholders and ever-increasing queries from clients surrounding this point, I...
12 October 2017
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The government’s decision to launch an independent review of building regulations after tests showed that at least 82 residential high-rises use...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Economically vibrant and at the heart of the Northern Powerhouse, Leeds is a magnet for businesses, which partly explains why office...
19 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Overall housing output north of the border continued to flatline with just 88 more homes, the equivalent of around 1%, built...
19 June 2017
From: Breaking News

International buyers of residential property in the U.S. may not necessarily have a major impact on the overall housing market, but...
09 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Real estate markets across Germany’s main cities are starting to look increasingly attractive to international property investors, especially those in southern...
05 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Plans to transform a former Yorkshire colliery into a new business park have been given the green light. According to the plans...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News

There are currently 10 buyers chasing every property on the market across England and Wales, according to a leading estate agency firm. haart,...
21 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Growing uncertainty over Brexit and insecurities regarding future subsidies, as well as low commodity prices, continues to drive down demand for...
27 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The Chinese city of Shanghai has become the number one destination for property investment in Asia Pacific, replacing Tokyo in top...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Borrowers that require a very quick turnaround to secure their next property investment will be pleased to learn that LendInvest has...
20 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Fewer people are buying resale properties in the U.S., mainly because there is a shortage of housing on the market, new...
26 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Specialist lender InterBay has reduced rates across its commercial and semi-commercial mortgage range. Pricing has also been simplified through the introduction of...
13 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The introduction of a new tax to replace stamp duty in Scotland has so far proved successful, but a Holyrood committee...
13 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Demand from homebuyers in the UK continued to fall in November and is now down by more than a fifth year-over-year,...
09 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Increasing demand from international investors, including Britons, looking to acquire residential property in Berlin is placing upward pressure on home prices...
10 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The government’s approval of a third runway at Heathrow may have a negative impact on demand for homes in the local...
26 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Investment into the UK hotel market totalled £3.1bn in the first nine months of the year, according to new research from...
24 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The UK housing market remains resilient post-Brexit, as illustrated by the latest house price index which shows a housing market that...
22 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A growing number of investors are targeting Vienna’s pied-a-terre market, where attractive yields are on offer in key up-and-coming districts, according...
04 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The volume of mortgages approved dropped to an 18-month low in July suggesting that housing market activity will slow during the...
25 August 2016
From: Breaking News

London is no longer the world's premier city for foreign investment in commercial property as the UK’s decision to exit the...
22 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Cheshire West and Chester Council have formally submitted plans for the regeneration of the Northgate area of Chester city centre. The retail-led...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Residential property sales in the United States rose further in April despite rising prices and a decline in housing supply, the...
24 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A sharp rise in the number of homes coming on to the rental market in Australia is placing downward pressure on...
03 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The property industry’s big players dominated the top of the Sunday Times Rich List yesterday, with the Reuben brothers topping the...
25 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Tenants will bear the cost of recent buy-to-let tax hikes for landlords as they will almost inevitably result in a fall...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Landlords are finding the full-time nature of letting property to be more stressful than they initially thought, according to new research. The...
02 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Birmingham has been announced as one of the most popular places to move to across every demographic, with an increasing number...
19 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Announced in the Summer Budget of 2015, the government is introducing significant changes to how UK landlords can cover the cost...
18 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The founder of Spareroom.co.uk has received over 7,250 applications to his “pay what you can afford” room-sharing drive. A few weeks...
05 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Unless agreed otherwise by underwriters in very particular circumstances, landlord insurance policies will stipulate that the insured property is in a...
12 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Residential property investors are facing a number of tax reforms that will fundamentally change the profitability of their portfolios. The changes will...
08 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The government will be extending mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in order to raise the standards in the...