Category: Real Estate

Amendments to the Renters’ Rights Bill including one making it easier for student landlords to reclaim properties have been controversially…

Newly appointed housing secretary Steve Reed has vowed to increase housebuilding ahead of meeting developers and housebuilders this week. The…

Calum Allmond is head of architectural and energy services at DM Hall Chartered Surveyors The clarity and concision of the…

The government has been slammed after both the housing secretary and homelessness minister lefts under a cloud. Firstly Angela Rayner…

Landlords with HMOs (houses in multiple occupation) are seeing gross annual income levels far beyond what non-HMO landlords are enjoying.…

Almost a third of households in England are occupied by just one person, with the number of people living on…

Provider BluePine Living has launched an affordable housing platform in England to deliver homes through social rent, affordable rent and…

A 253-home build-to-rent development is coming to Edinburgh city centre from developer Vastint UK. New Fountainbridge is located on the…

The former Reno nightclub site in Manchester is being redeveloped into 212 affordable homes across a mix of tenures. There…

A tax raid on landlords in the upcoming Autumn Budget would cause more financial issues for tenants, Daniel Bell, director…

The UK’s rental supply crisis is now most acute in towns as more renters are priced out of cities, Q2…

Homebuyers in the South East and East of England are the most likely to search for homes further afield due…

Letting agents in Haringey have been hit with over £100,000 in fines for failing to display clear fees and breaching…

The Scottish government has committed to investing £4.9 billion in the next four years to deliver around 36,000 affordable homes…

By Robert Poole, director – block management, Glide Property Management, part of LRG In an industry increasingly shaped by regulation,…

Hull, Sunderland and Carlisle are the most affordable student cities across Great Britain, analysis from Rightmove shows. In Hull and…

By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime Minister, is…

Dr. Neil Cobbold, commercial Director, Reapit Buyers, sellers and the bond market are digesting the recent property tax speculation as…

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) has created a series of social media videos for students as well as their…

More homes are coming to a market and a greater number of sales are being agreed, according to data from…

Property investors and experts are concerned about Labour’s leaked idea to charge landlords national insurance contributions on their rental income.…

Landlords are already heavily taxed and this tax could result in the nation’s tenants paying the price, writes Sarah Coles,…

Yet another tax on landlords in the form of National Insurance contributions would result in fewer smaller landlords and more…

The Treasury should tax commercial banks to compensate for the effects of quantitative easing, according to think tank the Institute…

Landlords could have to pay national insurance payments based on rental income under leaked plans being considered by Chancellor Rachel…

Coastal areas in southern England have the most competition amongst sellers, meaning property buyers are well placed to haggle in…

Some 40% of properties owned by anonymous firms based in tax havens are in the UK capital, analysis from international…

There’s been an influx of mortgages issued worth more than £5 million, driven by non-doms departing from the UK. In…

Capital gains tax on main homes, council tax reform and scrapping stamp duty are among the proposals ministers are reportedly…

The government needs to be careful about stalling parts of the market with far-reaching tax changes, Rightmove has warned. One…

Property experts are cautious about changes to stamp duty, though most acknowledge that the current system is flawed. Chancellor Rachel…

Just over half of flatsharers (51%) are relying on some form of loan, credit, advance or a second income stream…

Kevin Shaw, national sales managing director, Romans (an LRG company) When it comes to property maintenance, prevention is the best cure.…

Bradford was the leading property hotspot in the country between May and July, research from OnTheMarket has revealed. This is…

By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International Rumours are rife that our hapless Chancellor is cooking up some very unpalatable recipes to…

It’s predicted that the government will rake in over £9bn from inheritance tax this tax year, exceeding the previous year’s…

Annual house price inflation has climbed to 3.7% in June from 2.7% in May, bringing the average to £269,000, the…

Private rental growth slowed in July, falling to 5.9% from 6.7% the month before, ONS data shows. Despite the slowdown…

A property expert has raised concerns that replacing stamp duty with a new tax could force the elderly to move.…

There’s speculation that capital gains taxes could be revamped to prevent wealthy individuals from hoarding wealth in the form of…

Some 170,520 landlords bought a property in the last 12 months compared to 255,780 a year earlier – demonstrating that…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering replacing stamp duty with a tax paid by the sellers of high-value properties. It’s thought…

A commercial building that receives the highest rating in one country could receive a grade up to four places lower…

The typical asking price of properties has dropped by £10,000 in just three months, pointing to a buyers’ market where…

The CEO of an organisation representing individual investors, advisers and businesses has called for an Italian-style flat tax for investors.…

Four in five (81%) landlords across Yorkshire & the Humber are experiencing strong tenant demand, indicating that there’s strong competition…

By Robert Poole, director – block management, Glide Property Management, part of LRG As scrutiny of service charges continues to…

Buy-to-let mortgage repossessions are up by 11% year-on-year, data from UK Finance shows. Some 790 buy-to-let mortgaged properties were repossessed…

The average two-year mortgage rate is at a three-year low at 4.99%, the first time below 5% since the Liz…

Leasehold structures are limiting upgrades and pushing landlords away from buying flats, research from Leaders Romans Group (LRG) shows. Some…

Fears of a mass landlord exodus ahead of the Renters’ Rights Bill becoming law have yet to materialise, analysis from…

By Allison Thompson, national lettings managing director, Leaders The government is preparing to extend the Decent Homes Standard to the…

The Renters’ Rights Bill, currently in the reporting stage in the House of Lords, is expected to be enacted by…

An AI agent has been launched to automate tenant communications called WorkFlo, which has been developed by VerbaFlo. This is…

Sarah Dodd runs Tree Law, a tree law firm The UK is experiencing another spell of hot, dry weather, with temperatures…

Santander has changed its loan-to-income rules so those earning less than £45,000 can borrow up to 4.45x their income across…

Tenants should be protected from escalating rents by caps, similar to caps to energy and water bills. That is according…

The cost of beach huts has surged by 102.1% in three years in West Sussex, where the going rate is…

UK property investment volume slipped to a two-year low in Q2 – largely due to a lack of large-scale deals,…

Three in five landlords had to deal with their fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage maturing in the past two years, analysis…

Tom Bill is head of UK residential research at Knight Frank A House of Lords event last week underlined growing…

The Buckinghamshire towns of Chesham and Amersham have been ranked as the best places to retire by Legal & General’s…

The number of homeowners remortgaging reached a two-year high in June according to Bank of England data. They rose by…

The government has unveiled plans to protect existing pubs, clubs and music venues from noise complaints made by people in…

Three in five (58.5%) landlords have raised rents in the past year alone, signalling that many are profiting from an…

House prices surged by nearly £28,000 in East Lothian and by £20,000 in Midlothian, the regions East and South of…

Daniel Austin, CEO and co-founder at ASK Partners, asks Chancellor Rachel Reeves on how she can stablise the property market…

More people are dipping into their properties as a source of wealth, data from the Equity Release Council shows. In…

Property management platform Concurrent from Sturents has partnered with guarantor waiver service Leap to offer landlords protection against financial risks…

Berkeley Group has launched the Net Zero Skills in Construction Programme, an initiative providing construction training, support and awareness for…

Plans for 274 homes in Lots Road South, a brownfield regeneration site in Chelsea, have been submitted by specialist developer…

Tax contributions paid by the UK’s wealthy individuals increased by 40% in the past four years alone, Ashtons analysis shows.…

While the housing market has cooled over the summer demand for family homes has remained strong, data from mortgage tech…

Landlords are routinely failing to carry out Section 20 consultations, where landlords should consult leaseholders before starting major works. The…

A bridging lender has launched called Momentus Capital from Dani Spitzer, who has experience in private banking. The lender has…

Private renters are seeing costs rise at a faster rate than mortgaged homeowners, analysis from Zoopla has revealed. In the…

The Renters’ Rights Bill is an opportunity rather than an obstacle for thousands of letting agents, according to Sally Lawson,…

infinitSpace is to open its fourth – and biggest – flexible workspace location in central London as the company doubles…

Some 104 single family rental homes will launch in Bilborough, Nottingham, in a scheme called Chingford Meadows. There will be…

Non-doms are leaving the UK but holding on to their London properties, according to Knight Frank. Under the old rules,…

The Renters’ Rights Bill could result in more tenants being handed CCJs due to the elimination of Section 21 evictions,…

The latest U-turn in the Renter’s Rights Bill (RRB) concerning pet ownership may temporarily protect landlords from the cost of…

16 and 17 year olds will be able to vote in the next general election, meaning a greater number of…

Issues with the Japanese knotweed are by far the most prevalent in Bristol, analysis from invasive plant specialist Environet shows.…

Knight Frank expects prime central London house prices to fall by 1% this year, down from a prediction of a…

John McHugh is managing partner of DM Hall, LLP, Chartered Surveyors. Scotland’s residential property market has long defied simple categorisation.…

The inflation rate climbed to 3.6% in the year to June 2025, threatening the prospect of an August base rate…

By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International Our biggest issue stems from fellow estate agents who deliberately elevate the vendor’s expectation of…

Ed Philips is construction partner at Wedlake Bell The UK data centre industry boom – fuelled by the unprecedented adoption…

More lenient buy-to-let stress tests are rejuvenating the market with more product choice and lower rates, research from mortgage adviser…

The government’s relaunch version of the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme called Freedom to Buy has been confirmed. The scheme, which is…

Smaller housebuilders are struggling to build at scale because they have to submit more planning applications than the big players…

The real estate and construction sector is showing cautious but growing optimism for Mergers and Acquisition (M&A) and inward investment…

Legal requirements to install solar panels on the roofs of new properties by 2027 is already impacting the financial viability…

Across London and the South East of England the loan-to-income ratio is approximately 3.65 times, higher than other regions, analysis…

The Financial Conduct Authority’s loan-to-income limits won’t make a big difference and feels like more of a pilot. That is…

Tight supply compared to demand is continuing to push up both yields and rents, Fleet Mortgages’ rental barometer for Q2…

Scottish housing secretary Mairi McAllan has targeted preventing “unacceptable” levels of empty homes in the country. She that she was…

The government plans to ban upward-only rent reviews for commercial leases, a practice where rent is guaranteed to increase on…

A wealth tax would further affect the already beleaguered Prime London market, Camilla Dell, managing partner at property consultancy service…

By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International After all the debacle around winter fuel payments, the welfare reforms, the two-child benefit cap,…

Details of the permanent successor to the mortgage guarantee scheme are set to be announced next Tuesday by Chancellor Rachel…

The Renters’ Rights Bill has been amended so tenants keeping pets will have to pay an extra deposit to cover…

The House of Lords have altered the Renters’ Rights Bill by giving student landlords more power to evict tenants. An…

Lloyds Banking Group and Peabody have signed a £60m loan agreement to fund the sustainable retrofit of thousands of social…

Property prices were flat in June after falling by 0.3% in May, Halifax’s house price index has revealed. The long-term…

The lack of a government-backed guaranteed price for selling back surplus clean power to the UK energy grid is discouraging…

A developer has won a case against a high-rise building designer – after opting to carry out remedial works. Following…

First-time buyers are leaning harder on high loan-to-value mortgages, analysis of UK Finance data from HouzeCheck has revealed. In the…

According to property platforms such as Rightmove and Zoopla, energy-efficient homes can sell faster and can even add up to…

By Allison Thompson, national lettings managing director, LRG As the Renters’ Rights Bill continues its progress through the House of…

After exactly one year of the new Labour government, its biggest failures relating to the property market are ineffective planning…

Online remortgage searches dropped by 10% in June, indicating that many are waiting for an expected base rate cut. That…

The Prime Central London market is the most ‘anxious’ it’s been for over a decade, according to London property broker…

The British obsession with property as a means of building wealth is outdated, as today’s house buyers will not match…

By Jonathan Pearson, director at Residentially I have spent many years working in social housing, yet rarely have I felt…

Telecoms masts are increasingly becoming a barrier to redevelopment or urgent building works – and the legal framework for removing…

The Decent Homes Standard is being extended from social housing to private in the Renters’ Rights Bill, but the National…

The government is reforming the Building Safety Regulator in a bid to speed up construction of high-rise homes. This will…

Only one legal challenge will be permitted on decisions on major infrastructure in a bid to reduce building delays. The…

 Some 69% of landlords plan to sell at least one property in the next 12 months, research from GoSimpleTax has…

UK house price inflation has slowed to 1.4%, led by falling values in London and the South, Zoopla’s house price…

The Stafford Building Society has introduced two buy-to-let mortgage products – which includes a 2-year product at 3.05% to 70%…

The South West of England is the UK’s top destination for over-50s looking to downsize, as nearly half (43%) of…

Jessica Anderson is senior associate at Hunters Law The High Court’s Decision in London Trocadero (2015) LLP v Picturehouse Cinemas…

The Renters’ Rights Bill’s cap of advance rents to one month could have the effect of pushing vulnerable tenants out…

The Renters’ Rights Bill, which includes measures to ban Section 21 evictions, won’t pass until Autumn at the earliest. That…

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has called for EPC regulations to focus on the least energy efficient properties first, rather than…

Tenants and first-time buyers could be left worse off if the government continues to squeeze landlords, industry figures warned. Landlord…

Planned changes to the Renters’ Rights Bill will mean landlords will be required to shoulder the risk of damage to…

The majority of estate agents rely on AI or automated valuation models (AVMs) – despite most distrusting the results. The…

The government wants to reduce energy costs for businesses as part of its ‘industrial strategy’. It will launch a “British…

London needs to allow more high-rise buildings in areas with strong public infrastructure, a think tank has recommended. Centre for…

infinitSpace, the global flexible workspace provider, has appointed Heiko Himme as its new Head of Real Estate for Continental Europe,…

OBS Group has launched a technology-led buy-to-let lending brand called Rely. Rely will use data-led underwriting on a newly created…

The falling number of high-value residential transactions has put more pressure on the government’s finances, Knight Frank estimates show By…

Oliver Novakovic, head of innovation at Barratt David Wilson Homes, has provided seven expert tips for keeping your home cool…

Gemma Donnelly, head of customer propositions at Gatehouse Bank A recent webinar poll of property professionals showed that many are…

The government has pledged to spend £725 billion in 10 years to boost infrastructure. As part of this commitment £39…

A UK law firm has spoken out against councils for discouraging tenants from pursuing ‘no win, no fee’ compensation claims.…

The Bank of England has opted to hold the base rate at 4.25% – but its Governor indicated that further…

The government has failed to explain how they will ready the courts for the end of Section 21 evictions, prompting…

A fake landlord has been convicted of fraud after booking Airbnbs and selling them on as long-term rentals. Samy Daim…

Tenant applications surged by 35% between April and May, counteracting April’s dip with a strong seasonal uplift. At the same…

Mark Bailey, partner at Landwood Group Attempts to improve the energy efficiency of UK properties are laudable but, without adequate…

The government has launched a publicly owned ‘National Housing Bank’ to support small housebuilders and provide certainty on funding for…

Three estate agents and two letting agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensation awards…

Kevin Shaw, national sales managing director, Leaders (an LRG company) The property market tends to thrive when the economy is…

Robin Edwards is a partner at Curetons Property Finders, central London-based property buying agent For decades London’s prime property market…

Estate and lettings agents say they feel unsupported by the government after ‘drip pricing’ was outlawed, which is when consumers…

An iconic railway viaduct crucial to the Peak District quarrying industry is getting a multi-million-pound upgrade this summer. Network Rail…

GB Bank has opened up access to foreign nationals and expatriate clients who do not hold UK residency, but hold…

A growing number of homeowners are using second charge mortgages, also known as secured loans, for home improvements. Internal data…

By Trevor Abrahmsohn, chief executive of Glentree Estates Having heard the Chancellor trying to make a quasi plausable job of…

The higher-priced South West, South East and London areas have seen the largest price drops this month (June). Rightmove, which…

A London Assembly Housing Committee has called for the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to cap service charges for shared-ownership…

Much of the property industry has responded positively to the Chancellor’s Spending Review, with the exception of the National Residential…

The cost of renting should inflate in the months ahead due to a shortage of landlord purchases combined with stronger…

The government has committed to investing £39bn in social and affordable housing in its Spending Review. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said…

Flexible workspace provider infinitSpace has completed a new partnership with PATRIZIA, an investment manager in global real assets, to open…

The government will launch an Artificial Intelligence tool in collaboration with Google to speed up the planning system. The AI…

Trevor Abrahmsohn is managing director of north London agency Glentree International Let’s face it, estate agents are pretty clueless when…

If regulations go through Scottish properties will need to comply with a minimum EPC rating of C for newly let…

The government is refusing to publish the Justice Impact Test for the Renters’ Rights Bill, a document outlining the legislation’s…

Representatives from major high streets have urged the government to reform policing and crime reporting across the UK. High Streets…

Kevin Shaw, national sales managing director, LRG Historically, older properties have been generally viewed as more desirable than new builds,…

A decline in planning permission in England is threatening UK housebuilding targets, Investec research shows. In 2024 only 241,000 housing…

A council is using a second homes tax to fund loans to first-time buyers in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The Homebuy Pembrokeshire…

There was a 25% uptick in projects staring in the three months to the end of May, research from Glenigan…

Dallas-based private equity firm Lone Star Real Estate Fund VII has agreed to buy nine purpose-built student accommodation assets for…

May was especially busy this year, with agreed sales reaching a four-year high, Rightmove research has revealed. More favourable mortgage…

The National Residential Landlords Association has accused the government of setting ‘unachievable’ and ‘unrealistic’ goals when it comes to EPC…

The Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) has called on Labour to focus on detailed infrastructure projects to boost economic growth.…

Flatshare adverts have surged amidst the looming spectre of the Renters’ Rights Bill, research from flatshare site SpareRoom has found.…

UK landlords should prepare for a shift in how they manage tenancies, given how the Renters’ Rights Bill is rapidly…

Nearly half of buy-to-let landlords (44%) plan to pre-emptively raise rents in response to the new Renters’ Rights Bill, survey…

A rogue landlord is letting out properties as emergency accommodation via a third-party provider, The Bristol Cable reports. Naomi Knapp,…

Chris Hemmings, partner, Carter Jonas Do the changes to the NPPF really open up opportunity? The publication of a substantially…

Leaseholders are increasingly responding with legal action as freeholders and property managers look to develop flat roofs. That is according…

Mortgage intermediaries are very confident in the state of their own business, signaling that most are confident in the thriving…

HMO investors can net a 10% return by turning a 3–4-bedroom property into a 6-bed, analysis from debt advisory and…

Areas like Sheffield and Rotherham are some of the worst for burglaries in the UK, research by Go.Compare Home Insurance…

Savills has expanded its super prime lettings business beyond the capital with a team covering the prime rental market across…

Mark Wilson, director of Myleasehold and a member of ALEP (Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners) The government wants to make…

Buyers in North Eastern United States are attracting the most buyer interest, led by Buffalo in New York state, Zillow…

Housing secretary Angela Rayner wants smaller housebuilders to pick up more of the slack when it comes to building homes.…

The number of agreed property sales in May reached its highest rate in four years, Zoopla’s house price index has…

By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International When I started Glentree in 1976, estate agents were a crusty old lot, populated by…

Mortgage brokers are mainly recommending fixed-rate mortgages to landlords, with 5-year fixed products being the top choice. Buy-to-let lender Landbay…

Luxury estate agency firm Circa London has partnered with Castlemere Developments to market its new £9.6 million townhouse development in…

A commercial building spanning 233,000 sq ft near Manchester’s Piccadilly Station is being constructed called The Republic. The development will…

The true scale of mortgage fraud in the UK may be far greater than official enforcement figures suggest, client due…

Matt Clarke, director, Boyer (an LRG company) To meet housing targets, it is imperative that the challenging issue of water…

Just 3% of property professionals are most confident in the prospects of buy-to-let this year, suggesting many regard the current…

Government agency Homes England has surpassed its housing delivery targets for 2024-25. The agency facilitated the completion of 36,757 homes,…

Wales is home to the most in-demand shared living market in Britain, analysis from HMO management platform COHO has revealed.…

Housebuilders’ suppliers are on the hook for building remediation costs following a ruling from the Supreme Court. The developer Barratt…

Funders are seeing overwhelming interest in the build-to-rent sector. Half (50%) of funders experienced a very strong appetite for lending…