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25 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Commercial Property Investment Update - the professionals' view](/upload/images/shutterstock_2280847653(1).jpg)
Propertymark latest Commercial Outlook gives a mixed view of the sector’s imminent future. Propertymark’s commercial property agent members were asked to...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Build Sector about to boom despite buyer hesitations - claim](/upload/images/24%2004%2018%20%2003.jpg)
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...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![A look into 2024 so far: 3 key insights for landlords](/upload/images/Mature%20man%20orange%20shirt%20sat%20down%20on%20a%20phone%20call%20-%20360x280(1).png)
Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...
16 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![UK housing market improves but warning of obstacles to come](/upload/images/24%2003%2007%20%2004.jpg)
House prices across the UK are down just 0.5 per cent in a year as the housing market recovery continues. New data...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Will rents keep rising?](/upload/images/24%2002%2027%20%20%2002%20by%20Alison%20Thompson.jpg)
Typically, rents rise in line with wages - which, in turn, tend to track inflation or increase at a slightly lower...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let Investments - challenges and trends for 2024](/upload/images/24%2001%2016%2001.jpg)
New analysis from Rightmove looks at the most prominent trends expected in the rental market during 2024, with advertised rents predicted...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Investor Insight from Zoopla: what makes the UK rental market tick?](/upload/images/23%2012%2021%202.jpg)
A chronic mismatch between supply and demand has been the defining feature of the private rental market for three years. UK rents...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - How Residential Rental Market will perform in 2024 and beyond](/upload/images/23%2012%2005%2002.jpg)
The latest lettings market forecast from Savills says average UK rents to end 2023 at up 9.5 per cent year on...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge Mismatch of Supply and Demand keeps Buy To Let market attractive](/upload/images/23%2011%2002%202.jpg)
The level of rental properties remains drastically low, according to the latest Housing Insight report from letting agents trade body Propertymark. The...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investors’ Update - a subdued autumn for UK housing market](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2010%2031%202.jpg/23%2010%2031%202__400x226.jpg)
Knight Frank says the seasonal autumn bounce has failed to materialise in the UK housing market this year. It was a...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investors In London Property Buoyed By Better Returns](/upload/images/23%2010%2019%2002.jpg)
A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipates stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour Stamp Duty Plans May Hit Overseas Investors](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2010%2017%2002.jpg/23%2010%2017%2002__400x267.jpg)
Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to reform the housing market withs plan to build 1.5m new homes funded partly...
17 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Snapshot of the UK Housing Market Right Now](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2009%2021%202.jpg/23%2009%2021%202__400x267.jpg)
One of the many monthly house price market reports comes from Home - it’s arguably lower profile than most but is...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![The Front Line - UK market snapshot from sales and lettings agents](/upload/images/23%2008%2031%202%20The%20Front%20Line%20-%20UK%20market%20snapshot%20from%20sales%20and%20lettings%20agents.png)
Propertymark, the UK agents’ trade body, has given a snapshot of what’s happening with lettings and sales. Chief executive Nathan Emerson says...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top tips for selling properties in Spain](/upload/images/__thumbs/Top%20tips%20for%20selling%20properties%20in%20Spain.jpg/Top%20tips%20for%20selling%20properties%20in%20Spain__400x267.jpg)
Research from Idealista, Spain’s largest property portal, showed that in December 2022, 20% of properties listed sold within a week, 35%...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Why investors should take advantage of the BTR boom](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The last few years have seen an eruption of geopolitical volatility. A pandemic, several global lockdowns, and the re-emergence of war...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![New Avenue Living Fund delivers 450 energy efficient homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EcoHome-400x310.png)
A new social impact investment scheme by PfP Capital has successfully delivered more than 450 new homes. As the rental property supply...
11 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rising rents push renters towards smaller properties and lower running costs](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Cash%20property%20buyers%20image.jpg)
Renters must be banging their heads against the wall by now as they are being pushed towards smaller properties and lower...
14 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Home sellers sitting tight as stock levels drop -12.5% so far in 2022](/upload/images/library/HousePriceDown-400x310.png)
Despite a drop in the average number of homes listed for sale per estate agency branch across Britain as a whole,...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Solasta Riverside! Drum completes 324 BTR homes for Legal & General](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/The%20Solasta%20Riverside%20Building%20at%20Buchanan%20Wharf_400x310.png)
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...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![BTR roundup – Flying Butler enters the market and Strawberry Star growth](/upload/images/Locations/MuraLivingBedroom400x310.jpg)
A major UK-based operator of serviced apartments has announced the launch of its new Build to Rent brand, Mura Living, as...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Where do you see BTR in five years? 'Bigger', says former UKAA CEO](/upload/images/Headshots%20and%20Property%20People/Dave%20Butler_400x310.jpeg)
Dave Butler recently stood down as the CEO of the UKAA (the UK Apartment Association), the main membership body for the...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Market woes – UK rents hit £1,000 pcm as living costs squeeze households](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/uk-housing400x310.png)
Average UK rents have risen to almost £1,000 per month – £62 more than at the start of the pandemic, according...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government must focus on housing supply imbalance – claim](/upload/images/library/GovernmentImage-400x310.jpg)
The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has outlined the key areas it believes the government and the industry should focus on...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Supply/demand imbalance will continue in 2022 – warning](/upload/images/library/HousingReview-400x310.jpg)
New home supply challenges will persist throughout the year, housebuilders have warned. The WhatHouse? Predictions Report 22 reveals that while 71% of...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Can planning help to solve the social care crisis?](/upload/images/library/RetirementLiving-1-400x310.jpg)
In this guest piece, Bidwells discusses the important role that planning plays in housing and social care, and what can be...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Vacant Properties – research uncovers the countries with the most empty homes](/upload/images/Vacant%20Properties.jpg)
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...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Co-living boom - lets rise by over a third in post-lockdown period](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/StudentResearch-400x310.jpeg)
Fresh data from one of London’s largest co-living operators has revealed the positive impact of lockdown restrictions lifting on tenant sentiment...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Peter Grant, Sandstone Group](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/3x1/PeterGrant_360x280.png)
Who are you? Peter Grant, founder and CEO of Sandstone Group (formerly Grant Property). Out of hours, my passions include skiing and...
27 July 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Investors - leading the charge of sustainability in property development](/img/default/pit.png)
As a once in a lifetime event, the response to the pandemic has taken precedence over other global issues, including our...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![The BTR Paradox – how does supply, demand & seasonality impact on success?](/img/default/pit.png)
In this guest piece, Jess Brookes - content & research executive at Home Made, a London lettings company specialising in Build to...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why property investors should be looking to Sheffield](/img/default/pit.png)
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
From: Breaking News
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Resilient property income - why property investors are turning to social housing](/img/default/pit.png)
In this guest piece, Max Shenkman, head of investment at Triple Point Social Housing REIT, outlines why social housing REITs are continuing...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![UK PBSA sector remains resilient despite regional disparity – study](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK purpose-built student accommodation sector (PBSA) has grown by a net increase of 2.6% in 2020, with more than 25,000...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight: top tips for selling your Spanish property and buyers’ Brexit rush](/img/default/pit.png)
Advice has been offered to both those thinking about selling their Spanish property and those looking to buy in the country...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![L&G secures site for second Hampshire senior living community](/img/default/pit.png)
Legal & General’s later living business, Inspired Villages, has announced the acquisition of a 10-acre site in Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, for...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landlords – now is the perfect time to let your property](/img/default/pit.png)
With activity in the market continuing to rise and the number new tenancies back to pre-pandemic levels, landlords are enjoying strong...
07 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![European property and Brexit: does it pay to invest now?](/img/default/pit.png)
With the UK’s official departure from the European Union due to take place on December 31, Chris Nye, editor at Property...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Unprecedented property demand not being matched by supply - claim](/img/default/pit.png)
Housing supply in the UK is struggling to meet unprecedented levels of demand from property purchasers post-lockdown, according to Legal &...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Investment after lockdown - are investors seeking new BTLs?](/img/default/pit.png)
The property market in England is beginning to reopen, with the government green-lighting its restart on May 13, but are investors...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Should you wait to buy your first investment property?](/img/default/pit.png)
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...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![PCL witnesses large lockdown price drops, but market is recovering](/img/default/pit.png)
Knight Frank’s latest PCL (Prime Central London) index reveals that average prices in this market declined by 2.1% in April, the...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Development Q&A - coronavirus impact and why PBSA might be a safe haven](/img/default/pit.png)
With lockdown measures in place until at least May 7, and the coronavirus pandemic continuing to influence all aspects of everyday...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property predictions – what could happen to the housing market in 2020?](/img/default/pit.png)
Now that 2020 is underway, activity in the property market is likely to start picking up due to the traditional seasonal...
17 January 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![House price growth in southern cities continues to slow, Zoopla research reveals](/img/default/pit.png)
The June Zoopla UK Cities House Price Index has revealed that average house price growth across southern cities is running at...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Increased property transactions despite fall in supply and demand, says NAEA](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of sales agreed per member branch increased for the first time since October 2018, according to NAEA Propertymark. Its April...
31 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![‘A bleak outlook for renters in 2018’ says trade body](/img/default/pit.png)
The supply of rental properties fell by 8% from December to January, painting a bleak picture for renters this year, according...
23 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Scottish house prices are continuing their steady growth](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in Scotland continue to rise, according to new figures. The average price of a property in Scotland in May...
21 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK housing market hit by political uncertainty, says RICS](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property price growth in the UK has fallen to its lowest level for almost a year as political uncertainty continues...
14 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![More affordable housing and not small deposit mortgage deals needed](/img/default/pit.png)
The recent surge in small deposit mortgage deals for first-time buyers is good news for purchasers, especially first-time buyers. Recently released data...
29 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Growing signs of confidence returning to Aberdeenshire property market](/img/default/pit.png)
Confidence is returning to the Aberdeenshire property market, according to local experts. Following a somewhat turbulent few years in which local property...
25 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices in England and Wales rise marginally](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices continued to increase at a modest pace in April, the latest figures show. The average home in England and...
16 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housing market activity ‘will pick up again’ despite ‘gloomy’ housing report](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite new figures from the RICS Residential Market Survey showing a rather ‘gloomy’ outlook about the state of the residential property...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![U.S. home sales hit 10-year high](/img/default/pit.png)
U.S. home resales rose to a 10-year high in January despite higher prices and mortgage rates, suggesting that confidence in the...
01 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![‘Expect the unexpected’ in 2017, says Savills](/img/default/pit.png)
The surprising political events of 2016 will lead to greater ‘caution and risk aversion’ among property investors in 2017, making secure...
17 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![House prices in England and Wales edge up in November](/img/default/pit.png)
The average residential property price in England and Wales edged up by 0.1% in November, according to the latest the LSL/Acadata...
13 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house price growth continues to defy post-Brexit gloomy forecasts](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK increased by an average of 7.7% in the year to September, according to the latest...
19 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK housing shortage means no letup in rising home prices](/img/default/pit.png)
A chronic shortage of housing in the UK is continuing to place upward pressure on residential property prices, according to the...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Homebuyers return to the housing market as Brexit fears diminish](/img/default/pit.png)
Homebuyers are returning to the housing market as post EU referendum fears continue to calm, the latest RICS UK Residential Market...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Housing supply hits six-month high, says NAEA](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of properties for sale on the UK housing market has hit a six month high, helping to alleviate the...
27 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Now is a ‘great time’ to invest in UK property, says LSLi director](/img/default/pit.png)
It is now a ‘great time’ to invest in the UK housing market despite a new report showing that house price...
26 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Brexit impact on house prices is ‘not certain’](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices increased at their fastest annual pace in four months in July, but the early impact of Brexit has...
29 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices set to fall, says RICS](/img/default/pit.png)
House prices are still rising but surveyors are warning the market to be braced for a significant slowdown in the coming...
09 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![The calm after the storm](/img/default/pit.png)
Activity in the UK housing market is slowing, as reflected by a fall in the annual rate of property price growth,...
10 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Shared ownership to provide ‘stable returns’ – Savills](/img/default/pit.png)
New government funding to help significantly boost the supply of new shared ownership homes across the UK looks set to open...
22 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Two million young buyers locked out of the housing market](/img/default/pit.png)
Homeownership rates have massively declined in the last 15 years, with almost two million young buyers priced out of homeownership, according...
26 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![ARLA reveals seasonal supply and demand drop in PRS](/img/default/pit.png)
Supply and demand of rental property dipped in December, according to the December Private Rental Sector (PRS) report from the Association...
27 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Vancouver and Sydney lead the way in the global prime property price stakes](/img/default/pit.png)
Average prime property prices in the world's key global cities increased by 1.9% in the year to September 2015, according to...