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

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

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

The latest market analysis from Zoopla shows housing market activity improving by all key measures during Q1 2024. Sales activity and house...

New research shows that sellers in Wales are likely to be hit hardest by a down valuation, with the average home...

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

The average landlord looking to offload their portfolio from April 6 stands to save 4% on the rate of Capital Gains...

The prime London sales market recorded both price and transaction falls in February, while in lettings, rental growth increased slightly and...

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

Two players in the online auction sector have merged.  My Auction and Bamboo Auctions have teamed up to form a new brand...

The average price of property coming to the market for sale rises by 1.5% (+£5,279) this month to £368,118, as the...

January 2024 has been classed as the busiest ever January in property auction history by the Essential Information Group. Regarding the number...

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

New research suggests investment buyers with cash can secure chunky discounts on residential properties. Octane Capital analysed house price data for both...

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in February, says the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal effects. This resulted in...

In the Spanish property podcast “La Piedra”, Sean Woolley from Cloud Nine Spain and Mark Stücklinfrom Spanish Property Insight reviewed the market to give...

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

New research has found the UK areas selling homes the most above list price. The study by experts at moving platform Getamover...

Commercial property agency Bond Wolfe is selling a major residential development site with planning permission for 93 apartments in the Suffolk...

Growing confidence in the property sales market and lower mortgage costs led to a 21 per cent increase in the number...

The number of prospective sellers contacting estate agents to arrange valuations ahead of sale hit an all-time high in January, says...

Average house prices rose by 1.3 per cent in January, the fourth monthly rise in a row according to the Halifax. Property...

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

A recent survey by digital mortgage lender, Molo, revealed that nearly 60% of UK landlords have seen a rise in late...

An estate agency claims its research shows that fixer-uppers sell at only 6.2 per cent less than comparable ready-to-occupy properties. YOPA analysed...

In the wake of a turbulent 2023 for the property industry, Essential Information Group, a leading provider of data and insights...

Birmingham council, which last autumn declared itself effectively bankrupt, has instructed retained auctioneers Bond Wolfe to put 29 disused properties, investments,...

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

By Sean Woolley, director of real estate agency Cloud Nine Spain   In 2022 we were predicting that the market would cool, but...

Agents working for one of the country’s highest profile and most respected buying services - Stacks Property Search - have been...

Richard Worrall, the NAVA Propertymark President, writes: Having been in having been involved in the sale of properties for nearly 38 years...

“2023 has proved a tricky year but it’s also provided opportunities that haven’t been available for the last few years. “On the...

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

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - but just as it has done this, it’s revealed asking prices have dropped...

The days of Cornish property selling unseen, over the asking price, overnight, are a long and distant memory. The prime Cornish market...

An online property auction expert says investors and all others selling by auction in 2024 must be realistic on pricing. Stuart Collar...

A property search company - Recoco - has given a radical reassessment of some investment hotspots in its preview of 2024. Nigel...

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

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

David Leary of the Essential Information Group writes: As we conclude 2023, the property auction market reflects a year of twists and...

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

A leading estate agent in London has revealed a glut of properties awaiting modernisation and shrewd investment in a sought after...

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

The latest lettings market forecast from Savills says average UK rents to end 2023 at up 9.5 per cent year on...

Pub company Three Thistles has instructed Shepherd Chartered Surveyors to sell a long-established portfolio of seven licensed premises stretching across Scotland’s...

Allsop, which describes itself as the UK’s largest property auction house, has raised over £135m in residential and commercial sales in...

By specialist estate agent Sean Woolley Marbella has suddenly become a hotspot for branded residences – villa or apartment developments, in collaboration...

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

Well located building plots and renovation projects near the Cornish coast have historically been in high demand and short supply -...

It’s not just the weather that’s wet and dreary – the outlook looks bleak for landlords too as we head towards...

A property consultancy selling rental units says there’s been exponential growth in the short-lets AirBnb-style rental market over recent months. The yields...

There was a record number of properties sold by agents using online auctions in the third quarter of this year, according...

Shock news about house prices tend to mean one thing - a downward lurch. But the latest index from the Nationwide...

Over £1 billion has been invested in the burgeoning Build To Rent Single Family Housing sector in the first three quarters...

Lots submitted to residential auctions have more than doubled in numbers in recent months. Fresh figures released by EIG Property Auctions show...

Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says high end agency Savills. Prices in...

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to reform the housing market withs plan to build 1.5m new homes funded partly...

The average new seller asking price has increased by just 0.5 per cent in the past month - the smallest increase...

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

A property entrepreneur best known for having been a contestant on The Apprentice is seeking up to 200 portfolio landlords or...

A new heat map is making available information to investors about the threat of Japanese Knotweed. Investors can enter their postcode directly...

A new study of over 600,000 available properties on Rightmove reveals that homes in need of renovation are the most in...

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...

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

As the ‘big buy-to-let’ sell off gathers momentum, we take a look ways you can guestimate the value of your rental...

A property investment service says investing in the EPC rating of a property before selling can increase sale profits by more...

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

Almost three quarters of investors  have yet to see a decline in the value of their property portfolio, it’s being claimed. A survey...

Another legal firm is reporting a “significant rise” in landlords selling up ahead of the Renters Reform Bill becoming law. A blog...

Buy to let investors con siding quitting the sector because of government red tape, higher taxes and the threat of the...

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

It’s not often front line data from estate agents are released to potential investors but Hamptons - part of Connells -...

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

An investment platform claims to offer a new home-buying model whereby purchasers who cannot afford a home put funds in with...

Higher interest rates mean UK prime regional house values continued to soften over the three months to the end of June. This...

A prominent buying agent says nervous buyers are pre-emptively slashing asking prices before the housing market worsens. If true, this could present...

According to estate agent Jackson-Stops’ annual Waterside Review, the average price paid for homes in waterside postcodes have risen by 23...

A new guide on how to sell an investment property has been launched by the National Residential Landlords Association and its...

A new report shows that average sales in the UK take a depressingly long time - some 220 days. This comprises of...

We all need to learn more about how to reduce our energy bills and take steps to ensure our homes are...

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

There was fierce competition from bidders for a one-bedroom flat in the Dalry area of Edinburgh at Auction House Scotland’s recent...

Research from Idealista, Spain’s largest property portal, showed that in December 2022, 20% of properties listed sold within a week, 35%...

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

The Embassy of Kosovo has purchased the former home of comedian Spike Milligan. The Diplomatic mission of Kosovo purchased 9 Orme Court...

International real estate advisor Savills has strengthened its European residential network with the acquisition of Beliving in Italy, a real estate...

Whether for a holiday home or a permanent move, Cyprus has no shortage of reasons to invest in property. The island...

Despite a backdrop of continued economic uncertainty and hesitancy amongst buyers, SDL Property Auctions has reported its best ever January.  Selling more...

Leading property investment experts Redmayne Smith offers advice to new investors With rental demand at an all-time high, research from Aviva...

Untold Living, a new later living developer and operator, has received backing from Matter Real Estate to acquire and develop multiple...

International Off-Plan Property Consultancy, LH1 Global has launched The Residence. The renovated Regency-style Grade II listed building in Cheltenham includes 17 stylish one- and two-bedroom...

Two experts on Spanish property have come together to launch a Spanish property podcast. Sean Woolley from Cloud Nine Spain and Mark...

A six-bedroom HMO in Portsmouth, with a rental income of £63,480 pa, was one of the purchasing highlights of Clive Emson Auctioneers’...

Auctioneers at Auction House London recently highlighted that the number of bidders taking part in auctions have dropped. These changes are said...

A leading buying agent has claimed that, with the mortgage market still in turmoil post-the disastrous mini-Budget (and its near total...

Visual elements can be extremely enticing and beneficial to your success in selling. Leading estate agent media provider, Giraffe360, has taken...

New research from Shawnbrook reveals that there has been a major increase in energy-efficient improvements. The specialist financial services company claims that...

Berkshire, Hampshire, and Buckinghamshire will become home to new developments over the next few years. Housebuilder Kebbell is behind the three new...

Brits looking to make the most of their hard-earned savings and plan for the future have been offered helpful tips and...