Category: Real Estate

On the brink of becoming law, the government last week rejected the majority of amendments put forward by the House read more

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched a consultation on global construction standards. The plan is to release read more

Mega asset manager BlackRock has launched a £500 million investment programme to deliver data centres up and down the UK. read more

One million households could get a pet once the Renters’ Rights Bill passes, according to Co.Compare pet insurance. The legislation read more

Buy-to-let fixed rates dipped to their lowest level since September 2022, Moneyfacts analysis shows. The average two- and five-year fixed read more

The US have licensed realtors, as do Scandinavia, and the UK is semi-regulated as well, but in Spain, there’s no read more

Rents should rise by 4% in 2026 in prime central and outer London, Knight Frank has predicted. The forecasts were read more

A record number of people are buying properties via online auction, the number of which now dwarf in-person auctions. Some read more

Landlords in Glasgow are generating the best returns, based on the cost of renting against the average house price, Pepper read more

Letting agents are warning of a sharp rise in so-called ‘stopover tenants’ – renters who sign six- or 12-month agreements read more

By Trevor Abrahmsohn, managing director of Glentree International Yawn and stretch, the government have appointed a new housing Czar in read more

Buy-to-let profitability has rebounded, with average rental yields matching their highest levels in a decade, the Landlord Trends report (Q2 read more

Mortgage applications rose in the second quarter of 2025, signalling that we’re set for a busy few months of completions, read more

By Allison Thompson, national lettings managing director, Leaders The Renters’ Rights Bill is currently moving through the House of Lords read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Developers are turning to short-term finance to fill in the gap caused by funding challenges, Octane Capital research has found. read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There’s been a 38.6% increase in buy-to-let loans issued in the first quarter of 2025 year-on-year, the Buy-to-let Mortgage Market read more

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

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has made James Cleverly shadow housing secretary, bringing him back to the frontbench. Cleverly was formerly read more

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

Landlords will be targeted for minor issues in a draconian move that will see council officers targeting law-abiding landlords. Landlord read more

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

Rents are only expected to inflate by 1.0% in 2025, after Hamptons downgraded its forecast from 4.5%. So far this read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The cost of renting in Scotland increased by 5.1% to April 2025, the lowest monthly figure since November 2022, according read more

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

Athens, one of the most popular locations for Golden Visa investors in Greece, has seen double digit house price growth read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Estate agency trade body Propertymark has called for EPC ratings to be conducted on a ‘property-by-property’ basis. That means taking read more