Housing Secretary Michael Gove is changing the rules governing Airbnb-type lettings by requiring planning permission for properties let for more than 90 days per year, introducing...

Typically, rents rise in line with wages - which, in turn, tend to track inflation or increase at a slightly lower rate. From the late 90s,...

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

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

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

Housebuilder Crest Nicholson is hosting a pre-launch event at its new Windsor Gate development in Berkshire. On Saturday February 24 and Sunday February 25 between 10am and...

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

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

Total value of UK housing fell marginally in 2023 by 0.3 per cent or £27 billion, but remains significantly higher than the pre-pandemic average. That’s according to...

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

Commercial property agency Bond Wolfe is selling a major residential development site with planning permission for 93 apartments in the Suffolk town of Stowmarket. Offers based on...

Thames Ditton Marina in Surrey has come to the market for the first time in nearly 20 years. The freehold marina was first created in 1957 by...

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

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

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

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

Property investment specialist lender Shawbrook has completed its first limited company remortgage in just 28 business days. The professional property investor, an existing customer, was seeking a £70,000...

UK housing costs hit £200 billion for the first time in 2023, according to the latest research by the property firm Savills. The analysis of private and...

Figures released by the National House Building Council show 133,213 new homes were completed in 2023, down 12 per cent on 2022. Some 45,649 new homes were...

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

The most popular regions in Europe for prospective expats and holiday home owners have been revealed by sales website Your Overseas Home. Chief editor Christopher Nye says:...

Average house prices rose by 1.3 per cent in January, the fourth monthly rise in a row according to the Halifax. Property prices grew 2.5 per cent...

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

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

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

A property analyst has taken the long view and produced an optimistic snapshot of the current housing market for investors. Anthony Codling of RBC Capital Markets says: “Housing...

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

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

The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment in UK BTR schemes. This was...

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

Glasgow has been revealed as the UK city with the biggest rise in the number of buy to let properties in the past year, closely followed...

Commercial properties and development sites across the UK, from Bolton to Birmingham, Sheffield to Stoke-on-Trent and Kettering to Wolverhampton, will feature in Bond Wolfe’s next livestream...

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

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 data from Citylets, combined with...

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 £150m seed portfolio and...

A new analysis of the top 30 holiday hotspots across England has tried to quantify the premium for homes on sale. Using government data from the 2021...

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

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

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

Landlords and property developers can access a free course from a retrofit knowledge and skills provider. The online course - called Retrofit 101 - is curated and...

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

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 by offering exchange of contracts...

A recently completed residential development in the Birmingham suburb of Acocks Green will feature in Bond Wolfe’s next live-streamed auction, with a guide price of £200,000. The...

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

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

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 the price difference between unmodernised...

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

Cluttons, a prime London residential property specialist, has flagged an end to house price falls in its new forecasts for 2024 and 2025.   While the property consultancy...

Commercial property prices have shown strong year on year growth of as high as 21 per cent across some regions of Britain. That’s the claim from Octane...

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