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Whether you’re a first-time landlord or an experienced one, there are frequent regulatory changes in the buy-to-let sector that you will...

Retirees and families priced out of the UK’s holiday home hotspots can find much better value for money and potential for...

You can earn good money from buy-to-let property. Over the last few decades, people have been investing in property to supplement...

Some 97% of property investors do not think the government is doing enough to support the UK property market, new research...

Rent rises in South West London have significantly outpaced the rest of the capital, despite the imminent ban on tenant fees,...

House prices in UK cities increased by 1.7% over the 12 months to March 2019, the same levels of growth recorded...

London's average asking rents are at an all-time high of £2,093 per month following a record year-on-year price increase, new Rightmove...

A Brexit-inspired holiday letting boom is expected to hit the South West this year, according to local holiday letting agency Bournecoast. The...

New research has suggested that more than half (58%) of landlords are involving accountants when making key property decisions. Kent Reliance for...

The property and development industry in London remains unimpressed with central and local government when it comes to enabling development activity. That’s...

Letting a home can be an intimidating task if you’re doing it for the first time. You may have deliberately entered...

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

Brexit uncertainty is continuing to drive foreign investment in the UK, research by CashbackRemortgages.co.uk has claimed. A third of multi-million pound homes...

Even though the most recent Budget offered some welcome relief for landlords and the buy-to-let sector as a whole, there are...

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

New data from AA Financial Services recently revealed that the number of British adults who say they want to move from...

Homes that need major structural work can be bought for £40,000 less than the market average, according to new research by...

Asking rents have reached a record high this quarter following an ongoing trend of fewer property investors purchasing buy-to-let properties, according...

Some 80% of landlords plan to increase their portfolios over the next 12 months, according to advice website The Property Hub. Its...

Who are you? I’m Stephen Moss, the founder and managing director of the largest property investment platform in the UK, Sourced. I’ve worked...

Theresa May kicked off the Conservative Party conference – which is taking place in Birmingham this week – by outlining plans...

Government measures are among the top causes for landlords increasing rents, according to research from Property Partner. The government is increasing its...

The death of the £100,000 property in London is now official, with research revealing that there are now no properties for...

Britain’s love affair with property projects is booming, according to Jackson-Stops. Its research revealed that 81% of buyers would purchase a...

The housing market is not set up for the increasing number of life-long renters, a property management company has claimed. DJ Alexander,...

There will be a continued dampening of the buy-to-let sector over the next three years, before the market stabilises in 2021...

Attitudes towards being a landlord in the current economic and political climate remain optimistic, according to recent research from Your Move. Its...

More than half of British buyers still want to buy a holiday home in the UK, according to estate agent Jackson-Stops. The...

Prices for prime waterfront properties are as much as 80% higher than comparable properties inland, climbing to 133% for properties with...

Property is still top choice when it comes to long-term investment, according to findings from a survey carried out by Perrys...

The number of homes sold in London was lower than any other part of England and Wales last year, according to...

Allsop saw strong results at its May residential auction despite growing wariness among investors across the UK. By close of business, the...

As the National Landlord Investment Show prepares to celebrate its fifth anniversary at Aston Villa Football Club on Wednesday May 16th,...

Despite the resilience in the buy-to-let (BTL) market, landlords are taking a ‘wait and see’ approach to assess how the market...

New research from Simple Landlords Insurance has revealed accidental and part-time landlords feel most negative about legislative changes and their future. The...

The number of buy-to-let investors in the UK reached a record high of 2.5 million in the latest tax year, up...

A property expert from Finchley-based Richard Anthony Chartered Accountants has warned potential investors to plan their investment with care. This comes...

Prime central London has seen a 2% increase in trading volumes in the year to February 2018 compared to the previous...

Strong demand from home movers at the beginning of the year has led to the average asking price of a newly-marketed...

The share of buy-to-let (BTL) lending decreased to 12.5% in June 2017 – the lowest percentage since Q3 2013 – which...

The number of house-hunters looking for new homes rose by 37% in January in line with the supply of available properties...

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

Private Finance’s latest buy-to-let hotspots analysis has revealed that Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best-performing locations for property investment, with...

Allsop Residential Auctions has taken a look back on a successful 2017 for the firm, when it raised a total of...

New research carried out by Rightmove has revealed that national average asking rents (excluding London) increased by only 0.7% in 2017. This...

Landlords showed extreme resilience in 2017, new data has revealed, with 57% of the mortgage applications received by Accord Buy To...

Ahead of today’s Budget, property experts are waiting to see whether their predictions will be dispelled, or whether they will prove...

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

The UK property market is becoming stagnant as people who wish to move homes are being hindered by Stamp Duty Land...

Over £23 million of land and property was sold by Clive Emson Auctioneers at its autumn auction. Achieving a sale rate of...

Millennials are making a career out of being a landlord, according to a new survey by Intus Lettings. Surprisingly, almost half of...

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

The UK is now the fifth worst country in Europe for buy-to-let investment, with average rental yields of just 4%. The findings,...

Asking price reductions continue to stimulate demand in transaction volumes in prime central London with a steady recovery through the summer,...

Sales of buy-to-let properties continue to be driven by pension “pot hunters”, according to the latest findings from Sequre Property Investment. Sequre’s...

A number of buy-to-let landlords are turning their attention to student housing, which is regarded by many property investors as a...

A growing number of investors are starting to shun residential property, deterred by recent tax hikes, and are opting instead to...

Demand from first-time buyers is driving the UK housing market as landlords and homeowners hold off making any big decisions, according...

The UK housing crisis will be top of the political agenda in September and October when the main political parties hold...

The number of investors using gifted deposits, a sum of money that is given by a family member forming all or...

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...

A single mum who lived in a council flat with her newborn baby has been given a new £120,000 home for...

Who are you? Harvey Raybould What does it say on your business card? Building Dreams and Empowering Lives What is Creative Development Services (CDS)? We are...

There was a marginal increase in the number of residential property sales in prime central London in the first half of...

It is undoubtedly a buyer’s market in London at the moment, with those who are looking to buy prime property in...

Wealthy foreign investors, particularly from mainland China, are continuing to invest in Hong Kong’s ultra-luxury housing market as part of a...

You would have had to have been living under a rock to not know about the Government’s recent tax attacks on...

What does it say on your business card? Adam Joseph, CEO of The Happy Tenant Company.  What is the Happy Tenant Company? We are...

The decline in property prices at the upper end of London’s housing market has led to a sharp rise in home...

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...

There was a marginal rise in prime country prices in the UK in the second quarter of the year, thanks in...

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...

Buy-to-let investors and property enthusiasts will descend on the Olympia Conference Centre in London tomorrow where they will be able to...

A new ‘questions and answers’ resource designed to make it easier for those investing in property to understand their Stamp Duty...

The government’s decision to introduce stamp duty land tax (SDLT) reforms 12 months ago has had an adverse impact on the...

The recent slowdown in UK house prices suggests that the market is cooling, but very few experts are surprised. The latest house...

Despite a backdrop of political uncertainty, sales volumes are starting to pick up in the prime central London property market as...

Strettons has raised almost £13.5m, including post-auction sales, on the back of an 88% success rate in what was the firm’s...

Sterner affordability criteria, stress testing and more robust risk management for lenders seeking to underwrite mortgage contracts has left many property...

The recent rise in the level of both first-time buyer and remortgage lending is expected to ‘maintain momentum’ thanks to the...

Property transactions fell in April this year, down 3.2% on March’s total, according to the latest figures from HM Revenue &...

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

There was a sharp rise in the number of property transactions north of the border in March, as demand for property...

The number of property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market continued to fall last month as a result of...

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...

As soon as the general election determines the next government, emphasis will need to be placed on making more pressing issues,...

There was a 9% decline in the number of residential property sales recorded last month, owed in part to a fall...

The supply of available housing dropped to the lowest level ever for March, according to the latest figures from the National...

The property auctions market continued to slow across the UK last month, with the number of lots offered and sold at...

The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, takes place at London ExCeL this week – 28...

Homeowners across the UK planning to sell up are being warned of the risks of listing their home at an unrealistic...

Gross mortgage lending held up relatively well last month despite a fall of almost 20% year-on-year, according to the latest estimate...

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

Residential property prices will surge by more than £50,000 over the next four years despite Brexit uncertainty, economists predict. The average UK...

The number of new homes breaking ground in central London has plunged by 75% year-on-year as housebuilders put planned projects on...

Investors, landlords and property enthusiasts will descend on London's ExCel on April 28 and 29 for the annual Property Investor &...

From the vantage point of the rostrum, in unprecedented economic times with historically low interest rates and persistently low inflation, the...

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

Residential property sales across many parts of the UK will fall in the year ahead, especially in London, if demand for...

There are currently 10 buyers chasing every property on the market across England and Wales, according to a leading estate agency firm. haart,...

The average price of a home in central London hit a new high of £1,818,262 in 2016, thanks largely to a rally...

Asking prices in the housing market in England and Wales continued to rise in March, led by gains in the Midlands,...

Sales volumes are increasing in the prime central London property market as purchasers look to take advantage of more ‘realistic’ asking...

Yesterday’s rather low-key Budget statement failed to mention the housing market as the government continues to bury its head on the...

Britain is a nation obsessed with property but experts have warned those thinking of investing in buy-to-let are facing headwinds that...

There was a surge in remortgage activity in 2016, which peaked in Q4, as more borrowers opted for longer term fixed...

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

Allsop raised £62.8m at its first residential auction of 2017, selling 80% of the 247 lots on offer. A high number of...

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

Residential property price growth across all prime regional markets slowed during the final quarter of last year, bringing annual growth to...

Transaction volumes in prime central property have dipped further as a result of changes in residential taxation, Brexit and global economic...

With attractive returns on offer, a growing number of property investors are looking to add commercial properties to their portfolios, according...

Asking prices for homes in Britain have increased marginally in the last month, while demand on the house-hunting website Rightmove has...

Residential property prices were at the forefront of the Brexit debate in the run-up to the EU referendum, with the now...

Despite ongoing political and economic uncertainty, sales volumes are rising in the central London prime property market as buyers look to...

Filled with glitzy glass towers and a fusion of Eastern and Western cultures, Hong Kong proudly proclaims itself to be ‘Asia’s...

Richard Barber, director at Prime Central London estate agency W.A.Ellis, part of the JLL Group, offers his thoughts on what property market...

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

Jake Russell, director at Russell Simpson, offers his thoughts on what property market trends we can expect over the coming year. Much...

Marc Langdon, a partner at Bidwells, offers his thoughts on what property market trends we can expect over the coming year. I...

Trevor Abrahmsohn, director at Glentree Estates offers his thoughts on what property market trends we can expect over the coming year.  2016 has...

Will Herrmann, director at West Eleven, a property developer and investment company, offers his thoughts on what property market trends we...

UK property prices are expected to remain largely unchanged in 2017, owed largely to uncertainty over Brexit negotiations, according to the...

Fewer people are expected to invest in residential property in 2017, as tax changes and economic uncertainty deter many property investors...

Mortgage lending was down 11% in October compared with the corresponding month last year with £10.5bn borrowed for residential property purchases...

Residential property price inflation across the UK is continuing to slow, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...

The introduction of a new tax to replace stamp duty in Scotland has so far proved successful, but a Holyrood committee...

Residential property sales in Hong Kong have increased significantly despite the government’s decision to more than double stamp duty last month...

Homeowners and property investors in Greater London are facing steep falls in house prices as the slowdown in prime areas of...

A number of property investors, including buy-to-let landlords and property developers, are still unaware that they are liable to pay the...

The number of mortgages approved for residential property purchases rose for the second consecutive month in October as the housing market...

From a property investor’s perspective, it has been a tough year following a raft of changes introduced by the government. Aside from the...

London remains among the most desirable cities in the world for the super wealthy, but with property prices reaching record-breaking levels...

While buying property in the UK has proved to be a lucrative move for many buy-to-let landlords, it is increasingly holding...

We live in interesting times indeed; who would have predicted at the start of 2016, Britain voting to leave the European...

With demand for high-end properties in central London cooling following the Brexit vote and property tax increases, Britain’s largest housebuilder, Barratt...

There was a surprise rise in UK home prices in October, despite the slowdown in the housing market in recent months,...

Residential property prices in the UK were unchanged in October compared with the previous month following 15 consecutive months of house...

Prime residential property prices across the world’s major cities increased on average by 3.8% in the 12 months to September 2016,...

The chancellor Phillip Hammond should use his upcoming Autumn Statement to raise the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) threshold to £250,000...

The Nine Elms’ borough of Southwark has experienced a boom in residential property prices over the past 12 months, but with...

A high number of investors up and down the country are continuing to turn to auctions to invest in property despite heightened political...

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

The number of home sales fell sharply in the year to September, the latest figures from the tax office show. According to...

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

Letting agency Knight Frank reports that the number of new tenancies it agreed in August was the highest it has ever...

Ireland is at risk of another economic disaster because the country has failed to learn from the mistakes of the last...

The government is being urged to take fresh steps to tackle the shortage of homes by incentivising landowners and developers to increase...

The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, gets underway tomorrow at London ExCeL and is free to enter. However, all...

Stamp duty receipts fell 2.5% to £7.3bn as the reforms made by former chancellor George Osborne take their toll on the...

House prices in London are at risk of falling sharply because they are grossly overvalued, according to research from UBS Global...

Three months on from the EU referendum and economists are still trying to assess what impact the decision to leave the...

Investors, landlords and property enthusiasts will descend on London's ExCel on October 7 and 8 for the annual Property Investor &...

Properties which are well located, have a reliable income stream or offer the potential to add value will continue to attract...

Residential property prices continued to boom in some parts of the world, with the five strongest housing markets in Global Property...

The number of residential property transactions decreased slightly between July and August according to newly released data from HMRC, with last...

The annual rate of residential property price growth across 20 of the largest UK cities slowed to 8.2% in August, from...

Residential property prices rose in 17 of the 22 European housing markets for which figures were available during the year to...

Former Conservative Chancellor Lord Lawson, who served under Margaret Thatcher’s government, has called on the new man in the Treasury to...

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 annual rate of UK house price growth cooled further in August, after slowing the previous month, fresh data shows. Halifax said...

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

Residential property prices in the UK rose marginally in August to reach yet another all-time high, according to fresh data from...

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

Residential property prices look set to fall across many part of the UK next year as the housing market and wider...

The UK's largest auction network, Auction House, says that the introduction of the 3% stamp duty surcharge in April has paved...

The average asking price for a residential property in England and Wales fell by 1.2% in August compared with the previous...

Residential property prices in the UK dipped by 0.9% in July compared with a month earlier, despite a healthy rise in...

The Residential Property Surveyors Association (RPSA) is calling on the government to consider some radical measures to stimulate all aspects of...

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

The number of residential property transactions in the UK increased by 4.9% between May and June, according to new data from...

Gross mortgage lending rose by 16% last month compared with May to reach an eight-year high for the month of June,...

Fewer homes are now changing hands in prime central London than during the trough of 2008, fresh research shows. Looking specifically at...

There was a marginal rise in the amount of private rents paid by commercial property tenants last month, fresh data reveals. The...

Property prices across London’s prime housing markets continued to fall in the run-up to the EU referendum, with further declines anticipated...

More than a quarter of residential property sales fell through in the UK during the second quarter of the year mainly because...

Residential property prices in the UK increased marginally in June, despite greater uncertainty in the run-up to the EU referendum, the...

Gross mortgage lending reached £18.2bn in May, the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reveal. Lending was 4% higher...

Residential property sales in the UK increased by 1.5% in May compared with April but the month’s seasonally adjusted figure is...

Residential property prices in the UK could fall by up to 20% as a consequence of the Chancellor George Osborne’s buy-to-...

Property auction sales rose sharply in May on the back of a significant increase in the volume of lots offered under...

High property prices and an ultra-low interest rate environment are tempting many property owners in prime central London to sell up...

Residential property prices in the UK fell by 0.4% in May, the steepest decline since November 2011, as the European Union...

Government measures to rein in property prices and curb speculation in Hong Kong, including a 15% stamp duty for foreign buyers,...

House prices are still rising but surveyors are warning the market to be braced for a significant slowdown in the coming...

Housing market activity in the UK remained healthy as overall valuation activity in May increased by almost a fifth on an...

Residential property prices in the UK rose by 0.6% in May, twice the rate forecast in a Reuters poll of economists...

Whether investing in a standard or more unusual property, the auction house remains a good place to pick up ‘great value’...

Residential property prices in cities such as Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester have increased significantly over the past year, a survey...

Demand for residential property across the UK has fallen to one of the lowest levels on record as prospective buyers and...

Residential property auction sales remained relatively firm in April despite the introduction of the new stamp duty surcharge, according to official...

Name and business title: Andy Thompson, Auction Consultant, Edward Mellor Auctions. Where in the country does your firm cover? We operate in the North West...

UK property investors seeking lucrative buy-to-let investments should consider looking to the continent for higher rental yields, according to new research...

Demand for residential properties unsurprisingly fell in April following the introduction of higher stamp duty for buy-to-let and second home buyers,...

Activity in the UK housing market is slowing, as reflected by a fall in the annual rate of property price growth,...

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

Foreign investors are expected to push through deals for properties in the Australian state of Victoria before an increase in taxes...

More than a third of prime London property acquisitions made by buy-to-let investors in the first quarter of the year were...

Property investor Marco Robinson is offering fellow property investors an opportunity to win a buy-to-let property in Manchester worth in the...

Hometrack forecast that residential property prices will continue to rise, albeit at a slower rate of growth. The latest figures released by...

Mortgage lenders are slashing the cost of buy-to-let mortgages in a move that will bring some relief to private investors eyeing...

There was a sharp increase in the number of property transactions between February and March 2016 as property investors rushed to...

The latest property auction to be held in London saw a diverse portfolio of residential properties help ensure an 82% success...

Last month was a good one for the UK property auction sector, which continues to attract a wide array of national...

There has been a sharp fall in buy-to-let acquisitions following the hike in stamp duty for investment properties and second homes...

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

Residential property prices across many parts of the UK look set to cool over the next few months amid ‘Brexit’ uncertainty, but...

In response to recent calls for landlords and property investors to incorporate, one letting agency is urging people to take a...

Tenants will bear the cost of recent buy-to-let tax hikes for landlords as they will almost inevitably result in a fall...

According to research from the NLA, 4 in 10 landlords are either seriously considering forming a limited company or looking into...

As the deadline for stamp duty purchases before the 3% surcharge passed last night, it has been reported that investors have...

Research by conveyancing experts My Home Move has revealed that activity within the buy-to-let and second home market has risen by...

The introduction of a stamp duty surcharge next month has again been deemed responsible for a boost in housing demand, with...

The UK's student numbers have been growing for the past few years, despite an initial slump in the wake of the...

If interest rates rise by just 2.5% over the next four years, the average investment property could make an annual loss of...

Increased activity from landlords and investors has pushed demand for property to a six-month high, according to the latest report from...

Never one to miss an opportunity, George Osborne knew he was onto a winner when he chose to raise stamp duty...

Buyer registrations and tenancy agreements in Prime London have soared in the last year, according to Marsh & Parsons’ latest London...

Buy-to-let investors must ensure that they are compliant with current legislation to avoid facing costly consequences, according to Legal Associate Andrew...

Nearly three quarters (72%) of buy-to-let investors have claimed that legal changes to the sector this year will have a negative...

George Osborne’s recent tax reforms have sparked a surge in landlords buying property through a company in order to safeguard tax...

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

Average house prices in England and Wales increased by almost £18,000 across 2015, meaning the UK average property price now stands...

Thousands of people will be rushing to purchase a buy-to-let property in the New Year. This is because, as of April...

The value of prime country houses increased by 3.1% during 2015 – a sign that the market is finally adjusting to...

Some 45% of landlords surveyed by flatsharing website SpareRoom.co.uk said they plan to raise their rents this year. Covering the costs of...

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

Buy-to-let investors could be forgiven for feeling rather under siege as 2015 draws to a close. Landlords who had been encouraged over...

The Residential Landlords Association has warned that Treasury proposals to make access to buy-to-let lending harder could cut off the supply...

As 2015 draws to a close and we look towards the New Year, there’s lots of good news for property sellers...

As 2015 draws to a close, the Essential Information Group (EIG) has published its latest figures covering the whole of the...

Nationwide auctioneer Auction House has sold 3,000 lots this year, claiming to be the first auctioneer to pass the 3,000 milestone...

Residential property investors are facing a number of tax reforms that will fundamentally change the profitability of their portfolios.  The changes will...

UK homebuyers have collectively saved £1.9bn since the stamp duty reform in December 2014, according to My Home Move. This equates to...

The unexpected increase in stamp duty for buy-to-let homes will precipitate a rush of property investment, according to buying agency Black Brick.  Chancellor...

Paragon Group has released its results for the year ending 30 September 2015, reporting that buy-to-let lending has increased by over...

Cumulative growth in UK prices will total 20.3% in the five years to the end of 2020, according to Knight Frank’s...

Research from Lloyds Bank has shown that the number of homes sold for more than £1m fell by 11% in the first...

The number of sales for properties over £1.5 million seems set to drop for the first time in two years, according...

The surprise election result is set to boost transaction levels across Prime Central London, according to new research by high-end agency...