Category: Real Estate

Mark Chick, director of ALEP and a partner at Bishop & Sewell LLP Matthew Pennycook has recently announced proposals to…

Property investors are switching from residential to commercial, which is a response to the government attempting to rebalance the power…

Artificial intelligence and regulatory changes mean borrowers could be driven away from the intermediary channel, multiple broker firms have warned.…

By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International As well as tea, football and chicken tikka masala, it is intrinsically British to obsess about…

Brits’ support for housebuilding in their local area has fallen since the General Election, research by Stack Data Strategy has…

Property investors in Kent should look to Gravesend and Dartford, both of which benefit from strong consumer demand, population growth…

A landlord has won a £17,000 Rent Repayment Order case brought by non-profit Justice for Tenants. The claim alleged that…

Just 11,830 buy-to-let mortgages were in arrears in the first quarter of 2025, figures from UK Finance show. This represents…

The Scottish parliament has agreed to limit rent increases to CPI+1%, to a maximum of 6% for properties in rent…

Disabled and older renters are underserved by the private rented sector, says estate agency body Propertymark. There’s a lack of…

Most homebuyers think hybrid heating systems that combine air source heat pumps and gas boilers should be covered by its…

The number of people enquiring from the United States about homes for sale in the UK is at an eight-year…

Homebuyers in Leicester pay amongst the highest premiums for garages in the UK, indicating that demand is especially high in…

The price of a home sold in Wales increased by 2.2% in the first quarter of 2025, the steepest growth…

Nicola Gifford, general counsel & company secretary, SmartSearch Why is fraud a big problem in the UK’s property market? The…

Richard Beresford of the National Federation of Builders has called for an immigration system that’s strategic rather than political, given…

From tomorrow letting agents must check tenants, landlords, and other clients against the UK’s official sanctions list. If they find…

A record 39% of buy-to-lets purchased so far this year were in the Midlands or North England, indicating that investors…

A product helping limited company landlords file their tax returns has launched from fintech firm Taxd. The platform costs landlords…

Deposit alternative provider flatfair has signed a partnership with build-to-rent developer Placefirst, Investment into build-to-rent hit a record high of…

There are plans to redevelop an office near Waterloo Station in London into purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA). This marks European…

A commercial property lawyer has warned landlords about taking back possession from a tenant with a protected lease – and…

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that City Hall will be actively exploring the release of parts of London’s…

The Mortgage Works has cut rates on buy-to-let and limited company products by up to 0.30%. New business rate reductions…

Landlords across England and Wales who are struggling to get their properties back because of months of delays and a…

Blackpool is the worst area of the UK for EPC ratings, where nearly three quarters (74.1%) of homes have an…

Tenant demand is increasing while landlord instructions are dwindling, raising expectations of rent increases in the months ahead, the RICS…

Construction for residential housebuilding is rapidly improving, as starts surged by 24% quarter-on-quarter and 22% year-on-year. The research, from construction…

The Scottish government has pledged to introduce stronger rights for tenants in the country in its ‘Programme for Government’. First…

As the Mayor’s team sets about writing the next iteration of the London Plan, how can they ensure it delivers…

The government has released a guide designed for tenants suffering from damp and mould issues in their homes. Tenants are…

Shadow deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has pledged to make commonhold the default tenure for all properties, saying “if the…

Countries across Asia and the Middle East are leading house price growth, with western cities like London, New York and…

There are 13.6% more households in temporary accommodation annually, statistics from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has…

By David Cole, technical director at Sandfield Engineering  No-one likes to plan for a crisis. It means contemplating all manner…

The Scottish governments’ announcement of a consultation on rent cap exemptions highlights just how confused their current policy is, property…

A collection of shared ownership homes are being released for sale at Clapham Park Estate in Lambeth, south London. The…

Some 80 new homes will be built in the village of Cotford St Luke, after the developer Lovell was granted…

In two years’ time nearly all new builds will be fitted with solar panels in plans set to be announced…

Some 368 build-to-rent apartments have been completed in Sheffield’s West Bar, known as Soho Yard. This forms part of the…

The government is looking to expand the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to include air-to-air heat pumps and heat batteries. Air-to-air heat…

Affordable areas of East London have seen the strongest house price growth in the past 10 years, analysis from agent…

The upcoming Renters’ Rights Bill is prompting tenants to quit their tenancies via early surrender agreements, Propertymark’s former president Greg…

People are paying more income tax due to successive governments failing to increase tax in line with inflation, research from…

A relaxation in how lenders assess mortgage affordability should serve to boost buying power by between 15-20%, Zoopla has predicted…

Plans to restrict a key student housing exemption to larger Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs) risk undermining supply and disrupting…

Over 70% of housebuilders are considering or actively submitting applications for “grey belt” land following recent policy changes, suggesting we…

Keystone Property Finance has launched a refurb to let range which provides short-term finance for landlords carrying out light refurb…

Industrial developer Panattoni has secured full reserved matters planning consent at Panattoni Park Coventry, paving the way for construction to…

There are fewer build-to-rent projects in Scotland so far this year – which the Scottish Property Federation and Savills blamed…

The issue of renting an apartment in Dubai does not lose its relevance. Concluding a long-term contract for renting an…

The number of enquiries to lease office space is at its highest point since before the pandemic, signalling that more…

There was a dramatic surge in mortgage completions ahead of the stamp duty thresholds being lowered, data from Moneybox has…

Capital Gains Tax and the Renters’ Rights Bill regulations are pushing landlords out of the buy-to-let market, a poll from…

Peter Cox provides expert tips on how homeowners can safely and effectively tackle mould infested asbestos containing materials in their…

Wealthy homeowners in London are leaving and renting out their properties ahead of April’s abolition of the non-dom tax regime,…

Two peers have proposed amending the Renters’ Rights Bill so it limits how much landlords can hike rents on their…

House prices have declined for three months in a row in Canada, as the country deals with the damaging effects…

The average two-year fixed mortgage rate with a 40% deposit (60% LTV) is now cheaper than the five-year fixed equivalent,…

Younger people (25-34 year olds) are investing in property at record levels – and are opting to invest in property…

Liberal Democrat peers have called for the government to review the impact of ending Section 21 evictions on the justice…

Developer Wyatt Homes has signed a financial package with HSBC UK with the assistance of Homes England’s Home Building Fund.…

By Bruce Evans, chief commercial officer, RentGuarantor The Renters (Rights) Bill is poised to reshape the UK rental market —…

Tenants would pay more to live with good housemates, showing that affordability isn’t the only requirement when renting an HMO.…

Some 284 homes marked as affordable will be at North Middlesex University Hospital in Enfield, in plans confirmed by Mayor…

UK rents increased by 7.7% in the 12 months to March 2025, over twice the current level of CPI inflation.…

The cost of mortgages is slowly falling, both on a weekly and annual basis, Rightmove analysis shows. As it stands…

There were 1,000 fewer landlords in Scotland between August 2024 and February 2025, dropping from 237,717 to 236,737, figures from…

The UK’s continued difficulties in remediating flammable cladding from its housing stock following the Grenfell Tower disaster in 2017 has…

Ireland has experienced stronger economic growth than its Northern counterpart, with citizens earning more and having higher living standards, analysis…

Geospatial platform REalyse has launched a property intelligence tool for estate agents utilising data and AI. The platform said it…

A landlord couple have been ordered to pay more than £270,000 for illegally converting a house in West London into…

The cost of new property coming to market has risen by 1.4% so far in April despite the stamp duty…

March 18 2025 was the busiest day for buy-to-let mortgage searches on record, as landlords look to restructure their portfolios…

Cornwall is the nation’s housebuilder hotspot, with its local planning authority receiving more residential planning applications than any other part…

This could rise to two years if convicted on indictment, meaning a serious offence, while the amendment is to the…

A landlord in Barnet, London, has been fined £37,000 after cramming 18 people into an unlicensed three-bed HMO. Charles Egbiremolen…

A 76-storey tower standing at 246 metres is being constructed by property developer Salboy Group. The building will be known…

UK landlords are spending an average £1,374.07 on maintaining their rental properties annually, reflecting the rising costs of being a…

The inflationary effects of President Donald Trump’s tariffs mean the Bank of England could keep the base rate at its…

Homes near the sea are taking three weeks longer to sell than in 2020, with buyers instead gravitating towards cities,…

Landlords can benefit from better rental yields than a year ago, as investors made typical returns of 7.4% in the…

Scotland will need to decarbonise its housing stock by 2045, under the revised version of the Heat in Buildings Bill…

Housebuilding has surged in Dundee, Glasgow and Stirling since 2019, analysis of the latest Scottish Government Housing Statistics quarterly update…

The proportion of international applicants in UK property fell to 1% in the first quarter of 2025, the lowest level…

Donald Trump is seemingly doing his level best to create global turmoil, with the Dow Jones dropping by 10% in…

West End law firm Seddons and city law firm GSC Solicitors have completed their merger, becoming a 150-person law firm…

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched a guide for retrofitting homes. Some of the important topics covered…

Construction works have begun to build a new luxury hotel, pub and restaurant in at Runswick Bay near Whitby in…

Shoosmiths is a law firm specialising in the real estate sector The long-awaited rates for the building safety levy have…

Premises with a capacity of more than 100 must plan for a terrorist attack, after the Terrorism (Protection of Premises)…

ESW1 forms should be regulated due to industry mistrust of the document, which was unveiled to assess the fire safety…

The National Residential Landlords Association has asked the government to give a clear timespan of when the Renters’ Rights Bill…

The government is looking to reform environmental regulations in a bid to speed up planning applications for major infrastructure and…

If Section 6B of the Renters’ Rights Bill goes through landlords could have a new route to regain possession when…

David Stritch is senior FX analyst at Caxton Recent weeks saw the team at RAW Capital Partners release research suggesting…

It’s taking almost half a year on average to make a decision on the construction and refurbishment of high-rise buildings,…

By Scott Goldstein, partner at Payne Hicks Beach We are about to take a great leap towards commonhold. The 2024…

The government’s move to spend £1.29 billion on retrofitting 170,000 homes in England has been praised as ‘crucial’ by a…

Tim Foreman, managing director of land and new homes, Leaders Romans Group (LRG) Building Safety Levy to be pushed back…

Jonathan Cox is partner and social housing specialist at Anthony Collins The social housing crisis is worsening, with fewer affordable…

Bridging market activity is increasingly being fuelled by refurbishment activity, analysis from Octane Capital shows. Throughout 2024 refurbishment was used…

The average London buyer will have to pay £17,827 towards stamp duty once the higher bands come into force at…

Bob Pritchard is a senior professional support lawyer and planning specialist at Shoosmiths The Planning and Infrastructure Bill had its…

The government’s reforms to the UK’s planning system will result in housebuilding reaching its highest level in over 40 years, the…

The National Federation of Builders has called for Labour to “rally around” the Spring Statement, after it received a mixed…

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit out at the Spring Statement, which committed £625 million to construction funding but…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has hit back after a fellow Labour MP said making cuts instead of taxing wealth was a…

The plan to spend £625 million on training 60,000 construction workers has gone ahead in the Spring Statement. Investment will…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves may be hamstrung financially in today’s Spring Statement, but she could still tweak the market with a…

Developers have been handed a reprieve after the Building Safety Levy was delayed until Autumn 2026, one year later than…

Nine in 10 (89%) of SMEs reduced their workforce since the Autumn Budget, research from The Global Payroll Association shows.…

The government is at risk of not delivering on its promise of remediating cladding on all buildings over 18 metres…

Research by award winning mortgage adviser, Alexander Hall, has revealed that homebuyers currently sat on the fence in hopes of improving…

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £3.67 million refinance and capital raise for an experienced portfolio landlord, consolidating 22 properties…

British Land has secured planning approval to redevelop Euston Tower into a highly sustainable, world-class building at its Regent’s Place…

Around 7.7 million UK adults expect to take out a loan this year, according to the research by Go.Compare. Using average…

Shawbrook has provided a £6.8 million Development Exit loan to support a London-based developer in completing a high-end residential project…

Liz Kendall, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has outlined plans to cut £5bn of Government spending on welfare…

The Bank of England held interest rates at 4.5% and warned against assumptions that they would be cut over its…

The global office market has been in a state of flux throughout the 21st Century. Or perhaps it’s more accurate…

Tender prices increased by an estimated average of 0.5% between 4Q 2024 and 1Q 2025, according to the latest data…

The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to highlight concerns over the impact of…

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has announced the launch of New Build Boost, the first scheme since Help to Buy…

Trevor Stunden – Partner at Kettel Homes, and Lars Kreutzmann – Partner at Kettel Homes, provide an update on the…

The Scottish commercial property market is shifting as the economy edges towards stability but with new development at historically low…

The average price of property coming to the market for sale rises by 1.1% (+£3,876) this month to £371,870, which…

Bellway has started construction on a new housing development on the north-eastern edge of Crediton, Devon. Libbets Grange will provide…

Colin Brown, head of planning & development, Carter Jonas The government has set itself an ambitious target of delivering 1.5m…

UK landlords remain confident in the buy-to-let (BTL) market, with many planning to expand their portfolios in 2025, but economic…

According to recent figures released by the Association for British Insurers (ABI), insurers paid out £585 million for weather-related damage to homes…

Athens City For professionals who are looking to relocate to Greece, there is nowhere more prosperous to be than the…

The UK’s self-employed workers and freelancers are making huge personal and professional sacrifices just to achieve their home-ownership ambitions, new…

New insight from the boutique debt advisory and investments firm, Excellion Capital, reveals how real estate developers can produce business…

Whilst national house prices overall continued to rise, the UK Residential Property Survey found that several factors of uncertainty reduced momentum…

Towns and villages in the Cotswolds and Cumbria are among the best places in the UK to own a holiday…

The industry should introduce a ‘Property MOT’ for new listings in a bid to speed up the house sales process,…

The government has introduced the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, with the remit of speeding up planning decisions to boost housebuilding.…

The government plans to stop a number of official bodies from having a say in planning decisions, in a bid…

Cornerstone Tax has blamed Labour’s policy decisions on its failure to make progress in its mission to deliver 1.5 million…

A landlord couple who rented out an overcrowded East London property have been fined £90,000, The Standard reports. They wouldn’t…

Most property managers, developers, and landlords plan to install electric vehicle (EV) chargers by 2028, but plans are stagnating due…

Blackburn with Darwen Council has shelved a licensing scheme amid warnings that it could drive landlords out of the sector.…

There’s growing demand for industrial and logistics sites from overseas investors amidst the global economic and geopolitical volatility triggered by…

Mark Chick, director of ALEP and a partner at Bishop & Sewell LLP On Monday 3 March, the government published…

Annual house price growth fell to 2.9% in February 2025, after stalling by 0.1% on a monthly basis, Halifax’s House…

Chartered surveyor and entrepreneur Anna Roberts speaks to PropertyWire editor Ryan Bembridge after releasing Home Buyers’ Essentials, a guide book…

Bank lending to SME property developers has fallen by 49% from £9.7bn in January 2017 to just £4.9bn November 2024,…

As the UK’s holiday-let market continues to thrive, many property investors are looking to tap into the potential of short-term…

The high cost of homeownership has caused the property market at coastal locations to slump over the last year, analysis…

The UK government plans to ban the sale of new leasehold flats in England and Wales, as revealed in a…

The Experts Group has launched a new self-employed model for commercial property agents. The model gives the commercial agent 70%…

Lomond Investment Management has appointed Brent Stojanovic as managing director of investment management. Stojanovic was the founding director at VervLife,…

While most UK mortgage brokers are keen to grow their customer base internationally, finding suitable lenders and dealing with the…

Private renters are dealing with annual inflation of 3.9% – hitting them harder than other groups. In comparison general household…

A trio of property organisations have responded to the Chancellor’s desire to bring the “highest skilled” people to the UK.…

Foxtons employees have been accused of sexist and inappropriate behaviour following an investigation from Bloomberg. One female employee, who was…

Labour needs to encourage property investors to take advantage of Permitted Development Rights (PDRs), investment firm Excellion Capital has urged.…

By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International I have been approached now by countless entrepreneurs looking to use an AI platform to…

A rising number of small and medium sized businesses are considering laying off staff due to the imminent increases to…

West One Loans, a provider of property finance and specialist mortgages, who looked at the current and historic trajectory of…

The government is investigating into seven organisations over failures that led to the Grenfell Tower disaster. Fingers are being pointed…

Scotland’s Budget has passed though Holyrood, which includes investment in affordable housing but has saddled landlords with higher taxes. Some…

Investors have been urged to focus on Northern cities if they want to buy properties to rent, which are set…

Buyers who miss the March stamp duty deadline should be granted an extension, according to property portal Rightmove. Some 74,000…

A landlord has been convicted after housing a family in an outbuilding with multiple hazards in Peterborough – for the…

The proportion of purchases to landlords dropped to 9.6% in January 2025, underlying how the market is becoming less attractive…

A platform is being launched in parliament to help tenants complain about bad landlords. The ‘My Housing Issue’ Gateway, designed…

Propertymark has issued its Leasehold “Still a Life Sentence” survey to understand how the current leasehold changes have affected leaseholders…

Estate agency trade group Propertymark has appealed to the Welsh government to attract more landlords to the sector by halting…

By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International The wholesale ritual slaughter of agents coffers by the digital portals, is as predictable as…

Megan Harris is Associate solicitor in law firm Blandy & Blandy’s commercial property team The simple answer to the question…

Scotland’s tax reliefs for property investors and the end of rent controls in Scotland could spur on more landlords to…

The CPI Inflation rate returned to 3.0% in January, which is likely to slow down the Bank of England’s trajectory…

A spike in the number of households falling into rental arrears could be on the cards due to the Renters’…

Allison Thompson, is national lettings managing director at Leaders We know that tenants are generally prepared to pay more to…

Insurance experts at Pikl have analysed the top locations in the UK with the most properties listed under £200k, helping…

House prices in Wales were flat throughout 2024, but the market could be set for a comeback this year, Principality…

By Chris Dietz, president at Leading Real Estate Companies of the World In 2025, real estate remains one of the…

Section 21 evictions hit their highest level last year since 2016, and it’s expected numbers will increase again this year.…

Savills has come under fire in a BBC Panorama documentary on the state of mouldy rental homes. BBC reporter Rahil…

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has launched a product transfer offering so mortgage holders can switch to a new rate three months…

Landlords would need to spend an average of £8,148 on upgrading their properties to bring EPCs to C, analysis from…

The London Assembly has called on the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to introduce a commonhold pilot project on Greater…

Jason Instrell, industry lead at SFG20, the industry standard for building maintenance, explains how landlords can deal with mould issues,…

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been urged to protect London’s Green Belt from the government’s National Planning Policy Framework.…

Internet of Things (IoT) technology has stepped in to help landlords manage costs, deliver efficiency, ensure their properties stand out…

A net 10% increase of RICS surveyors expect the sales market to pick up in the next three months, demonstrating…

Santander UK has seen a 130% increase in mortgage applications in Q4 2024 compared to the year before, as buyers…

A landlord operating an unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) has been ordered to pay £4,272 after being found guilty…

The British Property Federation (BPF) has urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to better fund planning departments to improve the speed of…

Thirdfort has acquired the Homeppl rental platform – creating a one-stop shop due diligence platform across both the sales and…

Private landlords need to bring the Energy Performance Certificate levels of their properties to at least C by 2030, up…

The UK dog population was as high as 13 million in 2019 – up to four million higher than previously…

Whitby in Ontario is Canada’s highest demand housing market, where properties only stay on the market for an average of…