Category: Real Estate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alice James, technical director (historic environment), Lanpro Development-led archaeology plays a vital role in helping communities to record and understand read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Welsh government has rejected a proposal to hand two months of rent relief to tenants issued with no fault read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Property brands have been named as one of the worst for online experiences, research by brand communications agency Warbox has read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has vowed to train 60,000 construction workers with £600 million of investment. Reeves said: “We are determined read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

James Enos, National Account Manager at Hodge Bank is offering his expert analysis on the anticipated trends for interest rates and house read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paresh Raja, CEO of Market Financial Solutions, delves deeper into his company’s latest research, which reveals how the UK’s buy-to-let read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank Between September 2022 and June 2024, UK inflation exceeded read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Typical UK rents increased by 8.7% in the year to January 2025, rising to £1,332 per month, data from the read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The majority of the ‘New Towns’ spearheaded by Labour will actually comprise of extensions to existing towns and cities, the read more

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

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

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

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