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NatWest has announced it will introduce new Airbnb-friendly mortgage terms that embrace home sharing via short lets. And now Airbnb wants...

Property data consultancy TwentyEA has released its latest snapshot of the housing sales and lettings markets. One stand-out point is the substantial...

Construction industry consultancy Glenigan says the new government is already reducing political uncertainty, rallying markets, and boosting long-term prospects for house...

The average price of property coming to the market for sale dropped 0.4% in the past month to £373,493 says Rightmove. This...

Property investors are cautiously optimistic and focusing on the prospect of base rate cuts ahead of UK and global political issues,...

There’s a new investment hotspot list prepared by fast-growing UK property portal OnTheMarket. It applies to the second quarter of this year...

Nearly three in five High Net Worth investors plan to significantly increase their overall investment allocation to real estate in the...

A prominent housing index claims prices are, on average, some 3.3% lower than a year ago but with the North East...

Data sourced from millions of bank accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages increased 6.3 per cent year-on-year in May. Barclays data...

There’s been a modest rebound in house price growth according to new figures from the Nationwide. The lender says UK house prices...

Savills has given an upbeat assessment of how the new homes sector has performed so far in 2024 - but it...

Sunderland is the best place to buy a "fixer-upper" home, according to a new study by home experts from National Insulation...

Non-residential transactions have performed better than residential in the past year, research suggests. Software service APRAO analysed the latest data on quarterly...

What are bridging loans and when are they useful? Bridging loans are a type of short-term financing that property investors can use...

The average price of property coming to the market for sale rose by 0.8% this month (+£2,807) to a new record...

The first quarter of 2024 witnessed an average annual growth rate of 4.1% across the 44 markets covered by the Knight...

New research by property software firm APRAO shows that developer demand for land-only plots has declined by 11% on an annual...

A European real estate valuation service has released what it calls “a comprehensive study on housing affordability in the United Kingdom”,...

The average price of detached homes in Edinburgh has risen by over £1,000 a week over the last year according to...

Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...

Average prices across 56 major global housing markets increased again last quarter, with average annual growth now at 3.9% across a...

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

Slowly reducing mortgage rates this year have led to first-time buyers accounting for a record 33% of all buyers across Britain...

Although economic activity has picked up since the start of the year, the outlook remains weak by historical standards according to...

More than two in five UK property investors say they rely on the property and finance trade press - such as...

New retail and leisure research has revealed a boom in commercial real estate activity over 2023.  The latest report by the Local...

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

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

A developer once said that after a slowdown, you need no further bad news for two consecutive quarters for a recovery...

UK house prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in February, up by 0.4 per cent or £1,091 in cash terms,...

If interest rate rises weren’t enough to drive landlords out the market, mounting maintenance costs could be. Various studies and surveys have...

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...

Knight Frank says private investors remain the most active buyers in global commercial property. In 2023 private capital invested US$338 billion globally,...

Four key ‘megatrends’ are set to dominate investment decisions in 2024 despite the year potentially bringing uncertainty and volatility, a property...

Average house prices rose £7,599 in Scotland last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by DJ Alexander Ltd, the...

Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...

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

Total value of UK housing fell marginally in 2023 by 0.3 per cent or £27 billion, but remains significantly higher than...

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

UK housing costs hit £200 billion for the first time in 2023, according to the latest research by the property firm...

Figures released by the National House Building Council show 133,213 new homes were completed in 2023, down 12 per cent on...

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

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

Cluttons, a prime London residential property specialist, has flagged an end to house price falls in its new forecasts for 2024...

New research shows that the West Midlands has been the best performing housing market since the Bank of England started to...

An expert has shared his eight steps to help boost chances of securing capital growth when investing in property this year.  Jonathan...

Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...

Investors relying on capital appreciation are in for a pleasant surprise in 2024 according to Knight Frank. Tom Bill, head of the...

A house price index has indicated a gentle rise in capital appreciation coming through at the end of 2023, and says...

The Nationwide - the mortgage lender behind one of the UK’s leading house price indices - says there have been some...

A new global league table for residential property investment has placed the Republic of Ireland as its top tip for 2024. This...

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

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

House prices in the world’s major property investment centres remain robust in the face of higher debt costs, with average annual...

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

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...

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

The average sale price of completed home transactions using cash or mortgages in England and Wales in October 2023 fell by...

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

Average annual price growth in prime global city markets ticked up in Q3 2023 to 2.1 per cent, well above the...

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

House prices in England and Wales will fall by four per cent over the final quarter of 2023, thanks to inflation,...

The average price of a home in Wales has fallen to £239,378 in the third quarter of 2023, the first time...

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

House prices across the UK’s increasingly price sensitive prime markets nudged down for a fourth consecutive quarter in the three months...

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

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...

Residential sales above US$10m in the 12 cities covered by the Knight Frank Global Super-Prime Intelligence Report totalled 422 in Q2...

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

Buy to Let investors about to remortgage are being urged to secure a new rate as early as possible - even...

Cash-paying investors are swooping in and making purchases for less than their mortgage counterparts, new data suggests. In June 2023 cash buyers...

New data from Rightmove and commercial property intelligence provider EG reveals that demand to lease office space is still higher than...

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

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...

Construction industry insight and intelligence consultancy Glenigan has produced its industry forecast for the next three years - and in a...

Landlord investors’ net profits fell below 4.0 per cent in Q1 2023, marking a dramatic shift in finances for mortgaged buy...

Having bounced back from pandemic decline, the size of the commercial building construction sector is forecast to grow further this year. Sirius...

An international ratings agency has given its verdict on investors’ prospects for the UK buy to let market - and it...

New starts on construction continued to fall during April, according to Construction industry insight experts, Glenigan. Their May edition of the Construction...

Following three years of seismic shifts in the property sector, the UK is moving towards a ‘new normal’ – with the...

Pepper Advantage, a global credit intelligence company, has released data which points to potential future increases in credit impairments in the...

With the latest news of interest rates rising, banks closing, and the stock market plummeting, now is not a “safe” time...

Investing in Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) can be a smart move for those looking for a higher return on investment...

Spanish property experts Sean Woolley from Cloud Nine Spain and Mark Stücklin from Spanish Property Insight have been sharing their thoughts...

The capital city’s super-top-end property transactions rose by 30% last year, and that is likely to continue in 2023. Multi-millionaires and billionaires...

It’s reasonable to say that the 2022 property market was unpredictable and a whirlwind (although we did make some good predictions!)....

It's been another busy year in the property invesmtment world, from new developments all across the UK to new overseas schemes,...

The current economic environment is still uncertain, and it is likely that the alarming rising cost of living, high inflation rates,...

The value of the UK's fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector has risen to £56 billion, up 60% from £35 billion...

New research by UK financial services provider, CMC Markets, discovered the average monthly search volume for investment-related search terms across the most populated...

Buying a property in areas actively undergoing urban regeneration can offer a good investment opportunity for purchasers looking to get onto...

The significant expected growth of Build to Rent (BTR) homes in the UK is a result of a changing society, according...

A leading housing expert has claimed that property owners could witness the value of their homes dipping by more than £50,000...

Every quarter the British Property Federation (BPF) and Savills work together, along with data specialists Molior, to plot a Build to...