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Across the UK, there has been an average increase in rent by 8.0 per cent in the past year according to...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
In this guest piece, Guy Horne, co-founder and chief executive of HSPG, sets out why provision of affordable and supported housing...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
After graduating from university, priorities in life tend to shift. Studying and living near the university is no longer important, but...
11 August 2021
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One of the biggest frustrations for leasehold homeowners – aside from factors like doubling ground rents and a sense that they...
26 April 2021
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Since the housing market reopened after lockdown, the release of pent-up demand has led to record levels of enquiries for homes...
12 February 2021
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With Britain, and many other parts of the world, currently undergoing the worst months of the Covid-19 pandemic, some have called...
20 January 2021
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Rents increased in many rural areas and fell sharply in some cities over the summer as more UK tenants looked to...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The whole world is currently dealing with the challenge of Covid-19. Huge government support is being promised on a scale even...
24 April 2020
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In an unprecedented global climate, and with the new tax year looming, investors everywhere will be thinking about the future and...
30 March 2020
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Merilee Karr, chair of the UK Short Term Accommodation Association and chief executive of UnderTheDoormat, has penned an open letter to...
23 March 2020
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Hostmaker, the London-based short-let property management company, has entered administration, just a week after speculation of its possible insolvency was revealed in the Sunday...
04 March 2020
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Birmingham has quickly become a favourite for property investors in 2020. With HS2 all but rubber stamped by Parliament, parts of...
04 March 2020
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The Premier League – the world’s most watched domestic football competition – returns on Friday when Champions League winners (and last...
07 August 2019
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Almost one in four households in Britain will be renting privately by then end of 2021. This is due to soaring...
29 May 2019
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The minimum income first-time buyers require to purchase a home in the UK has rocketed by 18% in the past three...
28 September 2018
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The death of the £100,000 property in London is now official, with research revealing that there are now no properties for...
26 September 2018
From: Breaking News
UK national house price growth is on an upward curve, according to Carter Jonas. But it continues to slow with rates...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) has found that average UK rents increased at less than half the rate during 2017...
07 February 2018
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Residential property price growth across Britain eased to a three-month low in August, as cooler economic conditions and political uncertainty continued...
30 August 2017
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Growth prospects for the UK construction industry have been downgraded amid growing signs that 2018 will be a difficult year for...
09 August 2017
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A third of small building firms, which includes property investors taking on renovation jobs, say that soaring material prices are squeezing...
03 August 2017
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Recent months have seen the UK property market starting to slow down. So what has caused this, and will it change? Whilst...
25 July 2017
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Growth in residential property prices in the UK continued to slow, but the cost of the average home still increased by...
19 July 2017
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The Conservative party, assuming it is able to form a new government, is being urged to make tacking the growing housing...
09 June 2017
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Annual house price growth continues to slow, as affordability issues deter many prospective homebuyers. With 2017 proving to be a rather challenging time...
17 May 2017
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Levels of remortgaging reached the highest level for eight years in February, while the average amount borrowed fell, according to new...
12 April 2017
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Residential property prices in England and Wales now cost 7.6 times the average income, up from 3.6 times earnings in 1997,...
20 March 2017
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Political and economic uncertainty and a dip in sentiment and transactions generated in part by the outcome of the EU referendum...
03 February 2017
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Residential property prices in 20 major cities monitored across the U.S. maintained steady growth in October as demand continued to outstrip...
06 January 2017
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Residential property prices in the UK were unchanged in October compared with the previous month following 15 consecutive months of house...
03 November 2016
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The government’s plan to tackle the housing shortage by building 25,000 new homes using a £3bn Home Building Fund has been broadly...
08 October 2016
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08 September 2016
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Housing market activity in the UK remained healthy as overall valuation activity in May increased by almost a fifth on an...
08 June 2016
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The decline in the rate of homeownership seen over the past decade in this country looks set to continue as a...
29 April 2016
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According to new statistics from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) the total number of evictions reached a record high of 42,728. Whilst...
17 February 2016
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House prices have risen by 0.3% in January, according to the latest findings from Nationwide. Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s Chief Economist, said the...
29 January 2016
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Average UK rental prices outperformed wages across 2015, according to findings from the monthly Landbay Rental Index. Despite a seasonal dip in...
19 January 2016
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The latest report by Nationwide has shown that the average price of property in the UK has now risen to £196,999, an...
05 January 2016
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If rents continue at the same pace, the average two bed home in the capital will surpass the £2,000pcm mark by...
24 November 2015
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The vast majority of UK households believe house prices in their area will rise in the next six months, according to...