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

Landlords play a crucial role in providing safe and comfortable housing for tenants while also managing rental properties effectively. Staying informed...

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

A property analyst has taken the long view and produced an optimistic snapshot of the current housing market for investors. Anthony Codling...

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

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

Over 70 locations in Britain have seen average house prices rise over the last year, bucking the national trend. An analysis of...

Zoopla is warning that there will be further house prices in 2024 on top of the 4.5 per cent drop it...

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

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

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

The current volatility in the UK housing market is leading to more British investment in the US, an expert claims.  Alistair Brown,...

Property investors should not look to closely at current market mayhem and instead rely on long-term trends for capital appreciation. That’s the...

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

Arguably the most comprehensive source of market snapshot data about the UK housing market comes from the TwentyCi consultancy. In addition to...

Bricklane, the residential property investment platform, has doubled its geographic footprint by expanding into select markets in the north west of...

The housing market in the UK may be challenging but some areas are bucking the trend.  A study by PropTech operator The...

As the idea of a new prime minister takes effect, how the government tackles the economic challenges facing the country remains...

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

Over the last two years, the housing market has been less than predictable. Despite the doom and gloom foreseen at the...

In this guest piece, Dennis Chan, head of international sales at Chestertons, gives his take on the off plan market and...

The government’s ambitious plans to ‘level up’ in the UK could boost the value of the nation’s property market by a...

We’re already into the second month of 2022, but predictions on what the market could bring for the remainder of the...

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

In this opinion piece, Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, outlines the key things for those with a stake in...

Wealthy Chinese investors have long been reliable investors in the market, and have frequently looked to the UK, specifically London, as...

Despite recent warnings from the Bank of England that it could be worthless and investors being at a potentially greater risk...

Birmingham is being left behind in the race to deliver new homes, according to Davidson Estates. Ben Davidson, managing director of the...

New research from Environet UK has revealed that the blight of Japanese knotweed has wiped an estimated £11.8 billion off the...

New analysis carried out by Knight Frank has highlighted the areas which have seen the biggest increase in the value of...

One of the key problems facing the UK housing market can be boiled down to: lots of demand and not enough...

Global travel is on the mend as the UK has opened its doors to international countries that meet the government’s criteria....

Although summer is winding down, the world of property auctions is still very much active, with data from iamsold revealing that...

Property construction work is now underway in Middleton St George, Darlington. Maven Capital Partners (Maven), a leading UK property and private...

With the UK enduring its third national lockdown, Property Investor Today speaks with Michael Taggart, chief executive officer of luxury homebuilder...

With mixed views of what 2021 could bring to the property market, Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine & Country UK...

As property investors, it is very important that we monitor house price trends when assessing new deals and during existing long-term...

HMOs are an important part of the UK housing market as they offer students and young professionals affordable accommodation. There is...

It would be hard to deny that the UK housing market isn’t in desperate need of reform. The government has acknowledged...

A closed-ended real estate investment trust has announced the completion of the 2,000th home for its portfolio. The PRS REIT was established...

Buy a property below market value, renovate it and then make a tidy profit by selling it at a higher price, all within...

UK house sales are predicted to decline by 38% on 2019 to 734,000 transactions for the full year (2020). That is according...

With the number of major modular housing providers in the UK increasing, and calls getting ever-louder for more modern methods of...

On Monday, this guest piece from Iain Brown at Aria Resorts analysed why the UK holiday property sector is attracting huge...

Welcome back to our Women in Property Investment series, where we focus on women who are breaking down barriers in the...

A report has asked whether luxury renting is the new home ownership for millennials, with the dying dream of home ownership...

Investors are increasingly searching for cheaper and higher yielding properties despite buy-to-let (BTL) investments offering attractive return rates, according to a...

Winning a singles title at Wimbledon wouldn’t cover the cost of a detached home in the tournament’s SW19 postcode, according to...

New research from Legal & General and economics consultancy CEBR has revealed that last time buyers now own £938 billion of...

Fresh from his keynote speech at the Landlord Investment Show last month, property expert Kam Dovedi shares his five property predictions with...

The latest Property & Homemover Report, released by marketing consultancy TwentyCi, has shown a sharp rise in the number of rental...

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

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

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

The shock result of the recent UK general election which returned a hung parliament, coupled with ongoing concerns about the impact...

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

Following May’s fall in property sales, the number of homes sold in the UK during June improved significantly, as buyers and...

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

UK house price growth may have currently flattened to the lowest level since 2013, but this does not necessarily mean that...

A growing number of property investors are turning to alternative finance options to overcome tougher mainstream mortgage lending criteria and stress...

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

Britain’s housing market is once again proving resilient despite political turmoil caused by Theresa May’s decision to call a snap general...

With housing high on the political agenda ahead of tomorrow’s general election, all the major parties have pledged to tackle the...

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

Many buyers desperate to purchase their desired home have been asked to enter into a bidding war, which can often include...

Asking prices increased across most of England and Wales between March and April, with the exception of London where values continued...

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

April is traditionally a busy time for the UK housing market, but fewer homeowners put their properties up for sale last...

There was a sharp rise in the number of home buyers using cash to buy property last year, with mortgage lending...

UK house prices fell again in April, as growing uncertainty and affordability constraints continue to have an impact on buyers across...

The number of residential properties receiving planning consent continues to increase and reached almost 300,000 last year, fresh figures show. According to...

TSB has reduced mortgage lending to first-time buyers, especially in London, amid growing concerns that many homeowners without significant equity in...

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

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

More home loans were secured to buy property in the UK during the first two months of 2017 than any year...

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 properties listed for sale across the UK was up 21.7% in March compared to February, fresh figures...

Confidence about investing in property continues to grow, as many property investors, including buy-to-let landlords, predict a good year ahead for...

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

Supply of property increased during February, as sellers returned to the test the housing market, according to the latest research from...

This week’s Budget statement will present the Chancellor Philip Hammond with a prime opportunity to address the inequality in VAT between new...

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

Political and economic uncertainty and a dip in sentiment and transactions generated in part by the outcome of the EU referendum...

A chronic shortage of homes for sale is pushing house prices in the UK even higher, a property investment specialist has...

Home sales in the UK increased in December compared with the previous month, but were significantly lower than 12 months earlier,...

The UK housing market ground to a virtual halt in December as price growth cooled and fewer homes changed hands, according...

Confidence in the UK housing market has weakened in recent months amid economic uncertainty, together with pressure on householders’ finances from...

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

The UK housing market is showing signs of cooling as it enters the traditionally calm period in the run-up to Christmas...

The UK housing market remained ‘surprisingly buoyant’ last month with only a marginal decline in the volume of homes changing hands,...

It is now more affordable than ever before to take out a mortgage, new figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders...

The UK housing market is returning to ‘business as usual’ after the vote to leave the EU, estate agents have claimed. According...

House prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to the EU referendum with the now former...

Historically, UK property prices have demonstrated a distinct spatial pattern over time, rising initially in a cyclical upswing in prime central...

The number of mortgages approved by British banks rose last month from a 19-month low in August, according to fresh data...

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

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

Confidence appears to be returning to the UK housing market as new figures reveal an increase in the number of homes...

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

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