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Housing Secretary Michael Gove is changing the rules governing Airbnb-type lettings by requiring planning permission for properties let for more than...

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

International entrepreneur David von Rosen has launched 25 Degrees – a new top-end Dubai-based property development company co-founded with a Dubai-based...

Hamptons head of research Aneisha Beveridge says the early signs in 2024 suggest that the market has firmly turned the page.   She...

London-focussed property data firm LonRes says there are signs of green shoots in the capital’s prime housing market. January saw a rise...

Housebuilder Crest Nicholson is hosting a pre-launch event at its new Windsor Gate development in Berkshire. On Saturday February 24 and Sunday...

Building homes on brownfield land will be turbocharged under a major shake-up to planning rules promised by the UK government. Every council...

New research has found the UK areas selling homes the most above list price. The study by experts at moving platform Getamover...

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

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has confirmed that Awaab’s Law - putting a strict timescale on urgent repairs being done -...

Commercial property agency Bond Wolfe is selling a major residential development site with planning permission for 93 apartments in the Suffolk...

Thames Ditton Marina in Surrey has come to the market for the first time in nearly 20 years. The freehold marina was...

Buy to let landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their rental stock should get tax relief. That’s the view of Heather...

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

Hamptons has struck a deal for its name and brand to be used in a new overseas territory - and in...

The number of prospective sellers contacting estate agents to arrange valuations ahead of sale hit an all-time high in January, says...

Property investment specialist lender Shawbrook has completed its first limited company remortgage in just 28 business days. The professional property investor, an existing...

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...

The number of landlords who have fallen behind on their mortgages has jumped, says lenders trade body UK Finance. Buy to let...

The most popular regions in Europe for prospective expats and holiday home owners have been revealed by sales website Your Overseas...

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

New government figures show a net loss of 16,000 social homes in England last year, as sales and demolitions continue to...

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

The West Midlands industrial market is poised for continued rental growth over the next five years, according to Savills latest Big...

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

In Q4 2023 the overall commercial vacancy rate was stagnant at 14.0 per cent - but there is good news for prospective...

Pressure is ramping up on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to cut stamp duty at next month’s Budget on March 6. Former Housing Secretary...

The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...

A new networking service for property insiders, including landlords and investors, is being launched by two brothers. The UK Homes Network is...

Glasgow has been revealed as the UK city with the biggest rise in the number of buy to let properties in...

Commercial properties and development sites across the UK, from Bolton to Birmingham, Sheffield to Stoke-on-Trent and Kettering to Wolverhampton, will feature...

Landlords are spoilt for choice, having seen the number of buy to let mortgage products increase by 8.8 per cent in...

Edinburgh-based property portal ESPC has revealed the city’s top-performing postcodes for rental yields in the last quarter of 2023. The latest rental...

Waypoint has launched its UK Affordable Single-Family Housing Fund focused on new build, affordable single-family housing.  The vehicle will be kick-started with...

A new analysis of the top 30 holiday hotspots across England has tried to quantify the premium for homes on sale. Using...

Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...

Analysis of £1m-plus sales by property consultancy TwentyCi, analysed by estate agency Savills, suggests that London locations continue to dominate the...

A French court has blocked a law change allowing Britons to stay in France for over 90 days without a visa...

Landlords and property developers can access a free course from a retrofit knowledge and skills provider. The online course - called Retrofit...

An estate agency has analysed the latest sold price data from the Land Registry looking at the best performing markets when...

An international off-plan property consultancy says it’s overseen a record 400-plus units launched in recent months. LH1 Global reckons it de-risks investments...

A recently completed residential development in the Birmingham suburb of Acocks Green will feature in Bond Wolfe’s next live-streamed auction, with...

International real estate advisor Savills has started the year with what it calls “a strategic and large-scale expansion” of its regional...

Data from London property data consultancy LonRes suggests supply in prime areas of the capital is improving and so rental growth...

An estate agency claims its research shows that fixer-uppers sell at only 6.2 per cent less than comparable ready-to-occupy properties. YOPA analysed...

An investment consultancy has produced new data analysing the complex regional differences between rental returns. Analysts at Invezz examined data provided by...

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

Commercial property prices have shown strong year on year growth of as high as 21 per cent across some regions of...

In the wake of a turbulent 2023 for the property industry, Essential Information Group, a leading provider of data and insights...

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...

Towns and cities across the UK are set to benefit from an upsurge in Baby Boomers returning from rural areas to...

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

2024 could be the year of investment in the regeneration of historic buildings a sector specialist forecasts. Charles Warrack, partner at property...

A finance company has analysed the scale of discount which auction properties claim to offer potential buyers. Apex Bridging analysed market data...

Claire Flynn, mortgages expert at Confused .com, has given 12 tips for anyone considering investing in student housing. “Investing in student properties...

Birmingham council, which last autumn declared itself effectively bankrupt, has instructed retained auctioneers Bond Wolfe to put 29 disused properties, investments,...

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

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

London’s restaurant scene is thriving in spite of the cost-of-living crisis, with 253 new openings in 2023, up from 243 in...

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

Savills has strengthened its European residential network with the acquisition of Verbier Hospitality SA, better known as Verbier Location. Founded by Jürgen Taudien in...

This year will be an opportunity to buy at the very bottom of the cycle for commercial investors – with retail,...

Anastasia Yianni of Cyprus Sotheby’s International Realty writes:  For overseas property investors looking for an investment in 2024, Cyprus continues to stand...

Institutional investors are increasingly recognising their crucial role in meeting residential property building targets and plan to boost funding levels, it’s...

Emerald Palace Group, which owns the luxurious Raffles The Palm Dubai, has announced that the largest penthouse in Dubai is up...

A teenager from Caterham in Surrey has shown that age has nothing on ambition after successfully completing his first redevelopment project...

Savills has revealed the residential element of its annual cross-sector forecasts for investments in 2024 to 2028. The agency says turbulence in...

By Sean Woolley, director of real estate agency Cloud Nine Spain   In 2022 we were predicting that the market would cool, but...

An investment platform is backing two of the more unusual property sectors - short lets and assisted living - as good...

There was a 10 per cent rise in billionaires buying luxury homes in London during 2023, driven by purchases by Gulf...

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

Flipping a property is something that so many people have a desire to do, in fact, data shows that searches for...

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors is bringing a city centre development opportunity in Dundee with potential for student accommodation development and other residential/commercial...

One of the country’s highest profile high-end property consultancies says confidence is returning to prime markets after a turbulent year, with...

British interest in international property has dipped slightly, claims property portal Kyero. It says British buyers await a possible relaxation of post-Brexit...

Last year, 2023, was a challenging one fo the housing market in the UK and a frustrating one for investors. While there...

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

BNP Paribas Real Estate research shows that Middle Eastern investment into central London offices is the busiest it has been since...

Agents working for one of the country’s highest profile and most respected buying services - Stacks Property Search - have been...

Investment returns and activity in London’s property market has been stronger than the rest of the country over the last 12...

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

“2023 has proved a tricky year but it’s also provided opportunities that haven’t been available for the last few years. “On the...

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

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...

Holiday Cottage Handbook and The Property Investor Show have joined forces to organise a new event dedicated to the short-term rentals...

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - but just as it has done this, it’s revealed asking prices have dropped...

The days of Cornish property selling unseen, over the asking price, overnight, are a long and distant memory. The prime Cornish market...

The latest research by Foxtons reveals just how much London homeowners can add  Ali’s to their property by digging down. The research...

An online property auction expert says investors and all others selling by auction in 2024 must be realistic on pricing. Stuart Collar...

The prestigious Property Investors Awards - organised by the Property Investors Bureau - have announced their 2023 results. “This year we saw...

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

Research by online agency Yopa has revealed that homes listed for sale within the last 30 days have been reducing in...

It’s not often you can say the property market was stronger in November than in September, but it was this year....

Two leading house price indices have shown recent rises - both the Nationwide last month and now the Halifax. The latter says...

David Leary of the Essential Information Group writes: As we conclude 2023, the property auction market reflects a year of twists and...