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Buyer appetites for new-build properties have dipped by 0.1% while stock levels have fallen by 0.5%.  But the quarterly figures show a...

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

House prices across the UK are down just 0.5 per cent in a year as the housing market recovery continues. New data...

Typically, rents rise in line with wages - which, in turn, tend to track inflation or increase at a slightly lower...

New analysis from Rightmove looks at the most prominent trends expected in the rental market during 2024, with advertised rents predicted...

A chronic mismatch between supply and demand has been the defining feature of the private rental market for three years.  UK rents...

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

The level of rental properties remains drastically low, according to the latest Housing Insight report from letting agents trade body Propertymark. The...

Knight Frank says the seasonal autumn bounce has failed to materialise in the UK housing market this year. It was a...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipates stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

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

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

Propertymark, the UK agents’ trade body, has given a snapshot of what’s happening with lettings and sales.  Chief executive Nathan Emerson says...

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

The last few years have seen an eruption of geopolitical volatility. A pandemic, several global lockdowns, and the re-emergence of war...

A new social impact investment scheme by PfP Capital has successfully delivered more than 450 new homes. As the rental property supply...

Renters must be banging their heads against the wall by now as they are being pushed towards smaller properties and lower...

Despite a drop in the average number of homes listed for sale per estate agency branch across Britain as a whole,...

The fast growth of the BTR sector has continued with Drum Property Group completing the construction of 324 Build to Rent (BTR) apartments on behalf...

A major UK-based operator of serviced apartments has announced the launch of its new Build to Rent brand, Mura Living, as...

Dave Butler recently stood down as the CEO of the UKAA (the UK Apartment Association), the main membership body for the...

Average UK rents have risen to almost £1,000 per month – £62 more than at the start of the pandemic, according...

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has outlined the key areas it believes the government and the industry should focus on...

New home supply challenges will persist throughout the year, housebuilders have warned. The WhatHouse? Predictions Report 22 reveals that while 71% of...

In this guest piece, Bidwells discusses the important role that planning plays in housing and social care, and what can be...

Money.co.uk, an online comparison service that allows users to compare thousands of financial products, recently conducted a study analysing countries with the highest...

Fresh data from one of London’s largest co-living operators has revealed the positive impact of lockdown restrictions lifting on tenant sentiment...

Who are you? Peter Grant, founder and CEO of Sandstone Group (formerly Grant Property). Out of hours, my passions include skiing and...

As a once in a lifetime event, the response to the pandemic has taken precedence over other global issues, including our...

In this guest piece, Jess Brookes - content & research executive at Home Made, a London lettings company specialising in Build to...

Since the housing market reopened after lockdown, the release of pent-up demand has led to record levels of enquiries for homes...

Build to Rent (BTR) has been a growing trend in the UK for a number of years, but what about in...

In this guest piece, Max Shenkman, head of investment at Triple Point Social Housing REIT, outlines why social housing REITs are continuing...

The UK purpose-built student accommodation sector (PBSA) has grown by a net increase of 2.6% in 2020, with more than 25,000...

Advice has been offered to both those thinking about selling their Spanish property and those looking to buy in the country...

Legal & General’s later living business, Inspired Villages, has announced the acquisition of a 10-acre site in Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, for...

With activity in the market continuing to rise and the number new tenancies back to pre-pandemic levels, landlords are enjoying strong...

With the UK’s official departure from the European Union due to take place on December 31, Chris Nye, editor at Property...

Housing supply in the UK is struggling to meet unprecedented levels of demand from property purchasers post-lockdown, according to Legal &...

The property market in England is beginning to reopen, with the government green-lighting its restart on May 13, but are investors...

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...

Knight Frank’s latest PCL (Prime Central London) index reveals that average prices in this market declined by 2.1% in April, the...

With lockdown measures in place until at least May 7, and the coronavirus pandemic continuing to influence all aspects of everyday...

Now that 2020 is underway, activity in the property market is likely to start picking up due to the traditional seasonal...

The June Zoopla UK Cities House Price Index has revealed that average house price growth across southern cities is running at...

The number of sales agreed per member branch increased for the first time since October 2018, according to NAEA Propertymark. Its April...

The supply of rental properties fell by 8% from December to January, painting a bleak picture for renters this year, according...

Residential property prices in Scotland continue to rise, according to new figures. The average price of a property in Scotland in May...

Residential property price growth in the UK has fallen to its lowest level for almost a year as political uncertainty continues...

The recent surge in small deposit mortgage deals for first-time buyers is good news for purchasers, especially first-time buyers. Recently released data...

Confidence is returning to the Aberdeenshire property market, according to local experts. Following a somewhat turbulent few years in which local property...

Residential property prices continued to increase at a modest pace in April, the latest figures show. The average home in England and...

Despite new figures from the RICS Residential Market Survey showing a rather ‘gloomy’ outlook about the state of the residential property...

U.S. home resales rose to a 10-year high in January despite higher prices and mortgage rates, suggesting that confidence in the...

The surprising political events of 2016 will lead to greater ‘caution and risk aversion’ among property investors in 2017, making secure...

The average residential property price in England and Wales edged up by 0.1% in November, according to the latest the LSL/Acadata...

Residential property prices in the UK increased by an average of 7.7% in the year to September, according to the latest...

A chronic shortage of housing in the UK is continuing to place upward pressure on residential property prices, according to the...

Homebuyers are returning to the housing market as post EU referendum fears continue to calm, the latest RICS UK Residential Market...

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

It is now a ‘great time’ to invest in the UK housing market despite a new report showing that house price...

Residential property prices increased at their fastest annual pace in four months in July, but the early impact of Brexit has...

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

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

New government funding to help significantly boost the supply of new shared ownership homes across the UK looks set to open...

Homeownership rates have massively declined in the last 15 years, with almost two million young buyers priced out of homeownership, according...

Supply and demand of rental property dipped in December, according to the December Private Rental Sector (PRS) report from the Association...

Average prime property prices in the world's key global cities increased by 1.9% in the year to September 2015, according to...

The supply of rental properties is increasing, according to the latest report from the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA), with...