Category: Real Estate

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

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

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

The government has unveiled plans to create 10,000 more apprenticeships taking eight months, down from the usual 12. Employers will read more

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

The home insurance team at Compare the Market shares some of the lesser-known projects that permission or approvals may be read more

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

Typical service charges for flats increased by 11% in 2024 to £2,300, or £192 per month, research from Hamptons estate read more

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

Global construction costs are set to rise by up to 7% in 2025, thanks to labour shortages, economic uncertainty and read more

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

Some 77 homes are being constructed Folkestone in Kent from housebuilders Chartway and Orbit Homes. Construction will start in February read more

Symple, a compliance automation platform for letting agencies and landlords, has launched a non-emergency callout service. This enables landlords and read more

Whether you’re planning on laying a new patio or putting up a fence, many homeowners will be looking to make read more

The markets expect there to be three more base rate cuts this year, which means it should be down to read more

The Bank of England has cut its base rate to 4.5%, down from 4.75%. Seven members of the Bank’s Monetary read more

Scotland’s rent controls will expire on March 31 2025, meaning landlords will be able to set rents with no restriction read more

Haringey in North London has received the highest number of complaints regarding mould and damp in England, with an estimated read more

A House of Lords committee has delivered a withering assessment of Labour’s ‘grey belt’ policy, saying it’s impact will at read more

The rate of housebuilding has dropped by 10% since Labour came to power in July, deepening the task of increasing read more

The Renters’ Rights Bill needs to increase funding of the justice system to cope with changes like the abolition of read more

By Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank Chancellor Rachel Reeves spoke this week about the need read more

The second reading of the Renters Rights’ Bill will take place in the House of Lords – and Propertymark has read more

The cost of renting a new property outside London has finally fallen – after rising every quarter since 2019. The read more

Some 27,000 homes could now be approved for construction due to the grey belt reclassification, analysis from development site firm read more

Aaron Mcwilliam, founder and CEO of out-of-hours property management business PropCall, discusses the challenges facing the property sector that is read more

Annual house price growth reached 4.1% despite only rising by 0.1% in January, Nationwide’s House Price Index has revealed. This read more

Hull is the most affordable city to rent in with a typical rent of £799 per month, analysis from Rightmove read more

Trevor Abrahmsohn, CEO of luxury property consultancy firm Glentree International, responds to Rachel Reeves’ speech about growing the UK economy read more

Sales activity has reached a three-year high so far in 2024, as people look to buy before stamp duty thresholds read more

Conveyancers are increasingly using Artificial Intelligence to collect data on large property portfolios. Some one in 10 of the UK’s read more

Scotland will cap rent increases at CPI+1% up to a maximum of 6% within a rent control area, a more read more

The government has been urged to make it clear if and when boilers are going to be outlawed on new read more

New stamp duty rules are set to come in from April which could catch out many homebuyers and leave them read more

The UK’s best HMO yields are found In the North East, at a whopping 15.4%, analysis from property management platform read more

The Renters’ Rights Bill legislation that prohibits ‘bidding wars’ could have an adverse effect on the market, Goodlord chief executive read more

In October the government confirmed significant updates to the Stamp Duty Land Tax, some of which came into effect in read more

There’s been a surge in demand to invest in commercial property after interest rates dropped following the latest base rate cut read more

Buy-to-let rental yields rose to 6.93% in the third quarter of 2024, rising from 6.53% in the same quarter the read more

Recent ‘right to light’ disputes are set to be increase following the relaxation of planning laws by the government last read more

Nuclear plants, trainlines and windfarms will be built quicker thanks to changes to the rules, the Labour government has announced. read more

Over half of landlords who own properties with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating below C are putting off work read more

England’s housing ombudsman Richard Blakeley has raised concerns about dangerous levels of lead found in properties. Some older homes have read more

London has been labelled the buy-to-let capital of the UK, with 13% growth in new landlords taking out insurance between read more

Tenants in Wales who are evicted via a Section 173 possession notice should be able to keep the last two read more

Much of the Installations and Logistics (I&L) sector could be deemed unlettable if planned Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) regulations read more

Spain is set to implement an 100% tax on properties bought by non-EU residents, which could have a dramatic effect read more

The Financial Conduct Authority said it is exploring reducing the ‘regulatory burden’ on mortgage borrowers, signifying that mortgage affordability rules read more

Propertywire speaks to Ray Boulger, senior technical manager of John Charcol, on the mortgage rules the Financial Conduct Authority and read more

Sunbury-on-Thames in Surrey saw the greatest house price growth in 2024, at an annual level of 12.5%. The cost of read more

Typical mortgage rates dropped this week after it emerged that the inflation rate fell to 2.5% in December, down from read more

Some 43% of Americans are willing to spend more to live in a place more closely matching their political values, read more

There are over 30,000 grey belt sites across England that could deliver 3.4 million homes if developed, data from Searchland read more

By Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank Before Donald Trump was even inaugurated for his second read more

UK property insurance claims are expected to reach their highest level since 2007, demonstrating the threat of climate change on read more

Andy Birch, vice president, portfolio marketing for MRI Software During a recent panel discussion – Make Smarter Decisions with AI-Powered read more

The Renters’ Rights Bill has passed its third reading in parliament without there being action on reforming the courts, furthering read more

The Renters’ Rights Bill has passed it’s third reading in parliament, confirming amendments including landlords being banned for asking for read more

Landlords think that possession grounds proposed by the Renters’ Rights Bill could help them cope with the abolition of Section read more

The Report Stage and Third Reading of the Renter’s Rights Bill is scheduled for today – and landlords are worried read more

Six of the largest US landlords have been accused colluding to raise rents using property management software RealPage. Last week, read more

Half of property agents are worried about the upcoming Renters’ Rights Bill, which has now reached the Report Stage in read more

Applications for Spanish Golden Visas must be submitted before 3 April 2025, after the Spanish government halted the scheme. This read more

Trump’s economic policies like tariffs and mass deportations are likely to weaken the broader economy while pushing inflation and interest read more

The December inflation rate is set to rise again when the figures are released next week. The CPI inflation rate read more

Homebuyers viewing properties during the next three months should be extra watchful for signs of invasive Japanese knotweed, which has read more

Property website Zoopla has added local area information about crime rates, flood risk, and planning applications to accompany its listings. read more

Mark Elwell, managing director of Summit Environmental and an authority on asbestos, fire and legionella safety and risk management, outlines read more

By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International Those who sneer at the humble estate agents For Sale Board and dismiss it as read more

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has admitted that even if the country succeeded in constructing 1.5 million homes in this read more

Landlords shifted their focus towards higher-yielding property types like semi-commercial and commercial property purchases in 2024, Shawbrook data shows. As read more

The Renters’ Rights Bill is facing an amendment that would restrict landlords from receiving multiple months of rent in advance. read more

Housebuilding activity has fallen for three consecutive months to November, worryingly for the new Labour government. Subdued demand conditions, higher read more

Demand for Prime London properties increased in the fourth quarter of 2024, as 19.7% of properties in the £2m to read more

The government is set to axe the 2035 phase-out of gas boilers in its Future Homes Standard, the i reports. read more

A Northampton property being converted into serviced accommodation has been criticised for apparently bypassing HMO regulations, the Northampton Chronicle and read more

Birmingham’s Labour MP Paulette Hamilton has spoken against having too many HMOs in her Erdington constituency in Birmingham, blaming them read more

Portsmouth is the most affordable area for buying a home instead of renting, analysis from property and conveyancing solicitors Jones read more

Boxing Day 2024 saw record levels of activity, with high numbers of enquiries and properties being put up for sale, read more

House price growth is out of sync with mortgage rates thanks to the lag in mortgage agreements and the imminent read more

Heat pumps are not the solution to improving the EPC ratings of rental properties, according to energy efficiency platform epIMS. read more

The Renters’ Rights Bill will return to parliament on 14 January, signalling that the government is looking to hit the read more

Annual house price growth reached 4.7% across the UK in 2024 – up from 3.7% in the year to November, read more

Colin Brown, head of planning & development, Carter Jonas A pivotal year in raising the rate of housebuilding? The UK’s read more

Mark Elwell, managing director of Summit Environmental and an authority on asbestos, fire and legionella safety and risk management, outlines read more

A perfect storm is brewing for litigation against landlords by leaseholders in 2025. New freedom to build upwards to hit read more

The Health and Safety Executive’s recent prosecution of Sanctuary Housing following an outbreak of legionella at a sheltered housing accommodation read more

William Nichols is regional director at Lanpro Labour’s long-awaited devolution plans have been published in the English Devolution White Paper read more

From all of us at PropertyWire we’d like to wish our readers a very Merry Christmas! Now’s a good time read more

By Steve Richmond, General Manager, Reapit UK&I The holidays are a time when many of us reflect on the comforts read more

Buyers agreed sales at 3.6% below the asking price in recent weeks, meaning buyers still have wiggle room when it read more

People living in London purchased 5.7% of all homes sold outside the capital in 2024, the lowest proportion in 10 read more

The UK Inflation rate jumped from 2.3% to 2.6% in October, meaning it’s fallen further from the Bank of England’s read more

Twice as many tenants are enquiring for each rental property compared to 2019, Rightmove data shows. Each property now receives read more

Legal & General has completed New Acres, one of the UK’s largest purpose-built rental developments. The sites are in Wandsworth, read more

Members of Parliament, Peers and housing organisations have called for the government to bring a quarter of a million long-term read more

As we wind down on 2024, PropertyWire editor Ryan Bembridge looks ahead at what to expect in 2025 A busy read more

Three members of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee voted for a 0.25% rate cut, though they were outvoted by fellow read more

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The majority of homebuyers are planning to house hunt throughout the Christmas period in hopes of beating the spring stamp read more

The economic outlook for the buy-to-let sector will be “challenging” in 2025 due to the extra tax burden affecting landlords, read more

Local authorities will be able to introduce licensing schemes in England and Northern Ireland without asking for permission from the read more

Next year house prices and rents will rise, there will be more of an emphasis on sustainable developments, while there read more

The higher stamp duty surcharge of 5% is having a limited impact on landlord behaviour, according to Hamptons estate agents. read more

The directors of two businesses have been ordered to pay £190,000 between them after illegally using a property as a read more

Northern Ireland is the best place to move in the UK if you wanted a speedy process, a survey from read more

Chaim Grunfeld, founder and CEO of telecoms and connectivity specialists, Prime Connect The number of companies operating from co-working spaces read more

Jack Malnick, property expert and founder of SellHouseFast (pictured), shares his tips on evaluating if a property will be a read more

The investment management arm of Savills has acquired a portfolio of four urban supermarkets in Portugal. The four Portuguese supermarkets read more

Mortgage applications from the self-employed are set to grow by 67% in the next five years, according to Together ’s read more

The government has clarified what it means by ‘grey belt’ in its update of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). read more

Most landlords who voted Labour say they won’t do it again, a survey from buy-to-let lender Landbay has revealed. Some read more

Next year will be a “turning point” for London house prices, aided by major companies heading back to the office read more

It should be easier for mayors to create mayoral development corporations (MCDs) to boost housebuilding, according to a report from read more

The government’s planning committee initiative is unlikely to have a big impact, because developments can nearly always be seen as read more

Commercial real estate firm Colliers has accused Labour of failing to think through business rates legislation that’s going through parliament. read more

The Labour government wants development projects to bypass planning committees when they comply with local plans. They will also “strengthen” read more

Peter Hawley is director of SOWN, (part of Leaders Romans Group) One of the greatest omissions from October’s Budget was read more

Plans for 31 residential units and three commercial units in Birmingham have been submitted by developer Sama Investment Group. If read more

Tenants are rushing to rent properties in Bradford more than in any other English city – as a lack of read more

Andy Jones, group director of corporate & BTR at Leaders Romans Group (LRG) The rental sector is undergoing perhaps its read more

Hertfordshire County Council has built the highest number of new homes in any year since 2001. In the period from read more

Mark Topping, director of design, Lanpro Biodiversity net gain (BNG) became mandatory for major developments from 12 February and for read more

Insurance claims for theft via forcible and violent entry spike between September, October, and November, as the nights grow longer read more

The Scottish government has opted to increase the additional dwelling supplement (stamp duty surcharge equivalent) from 6% to 8% immediately. read more

The government has given Marks and Spencer permission to demolish and regenerate its Oxford Street store, after four years of read more

The government has launched a consultation on updating the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) system. The EPC system has been criticised read more

The government is set to miss its 1.5 million housebuilding target by 388,000 homes in this parliament, according to analysis read more

Dubai is changing, as families from the UK and beyond are remaining long-term, according to a real estate expert based read more

Andy Jones, group director of corporate & Build to Rent at Leaders Romans Group (LRG) Government support for increased professionalism read more

The Labour government has set a five-year target for remediating buildings with flammable cladding. By the end of 2029 the read more

Islamic fintech firm Offa has acquired Bank of Ireland’s Alburaq Sharia-compliant home finance portfolio, which includes more than 350 home read more

The Bank of England saw 68,300 mortgage approvals in October, the highest level since August 2022. This represents an increase read more

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association has urged the government to acknowledge that small landlords are the backbone of the sector. read more

Over 7,040 households were threatened with homelessness after being issued a Section 21 eviction notice between April and June. This read more

The Renters’ Rights Bill will establish a database of all private rented properties and landlords in England – but the read more

Annual housing supply has fallen by 6% in England – highlighting the challenge facing the new Labour government. Housing starts read more

Suffolk Building Society will welcome joint borrower sole proprietor (JBSP) applications across buy-to-let, residential, and holiday let for UK and read more

Annual house price growth has risen to 4.7%, the strongest rate since November 2022. This follows a month-on-month increase of read more

Trade body UK Finance has recommended for the Labour Party to introduce a stamp duty rebate scheme to persuade homeowners read more

PropertyWire speaks to Dan Lifshits (pictured, left), chief operating officer at Dwelly As reported last week, Dwelly is a tech read more

The Mortgage Works has started accepting intercompany loans as a deposit for buy-to-let mortgages from limited company landlords.   At the read more

Almost half of tenants are now in “rent poverty” due to rent increases, the Goodlord & Vouch State of the read more

LegalforLandlords group chief executive Sim Sekhon didn’t mince words when talking about the reforms affecting the property rental sector and read more

As the debate between renovating older properties and purchasing new builds intensifies across the UK, G Johns & Sons, a read more

The value of residential project starts fell by 2% in October against the previous three months, suggesting construction activity is read more

Scotland is on track to increase heat pump adoption by a third (34%) in 2023, data from the Microgeneration Certification read more

Which? has criticised the lack of transparency and accountability with the credit reporting system – which is harming mortgage applicants. read more

Rogue landlords will be forced to pay back 24 months of rent as part of rent repayment orders, up from read more

The cost of renting across Greater London surged by 7.7% in September, suggesting there’s renewed appetite amongst renters in the read more

Property investment firm Shojin has partnered with Anarock, a Dubai-based real estate brokerage – enabling the companies to pass clients read more

By Shoosmiths partner Richard Symonds, but with contributions from professional support lawyer Amber Wright and partner Hayley Saunders. Three recent read more

Investors in the United States will have to withstand two to three years of low rental growth before the market read more

Most tenants are against periodic tenancies, one of the changes planned in the Renters’ Rights Bill. The bill plans to read more

Danube Properties has launched its first office in Harrow, London to give British buyers access to the Dubai real estate read more

Housebuilders are under significant pressure, with 78% grappling with rising building costs, a study by construction platform PlanRadar has found. read more

Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to bring in “planning passports” that mean inner city homes are automatically approved providing they read more

To provide the best experiences, we and our partners use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting read more

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged to take on the “blockers” that frustrate the housebuilding process at Labour’s annual party conference. read more

The construction industry is in shock after major firm ISG fell into administration, leaving thousands of workers unemployed and affecting read more

Derek Henry is managing director at holiday at Intasure Buying a property abroad has never been more appealing. The English read more

Duncan Kreeger, CEO of TAB, speaks to sellhousefast.co.uk as landlords look ahead to the Autumn Budget It’s certainly true that read more

Trevor Abrahmsohn is chief executive of Glentree International In a rising property market, the sun is always shining, and although read more

London’s super-prime £10 million plus market has experienced both a sluggish July and August, as uncertainty around the election has read more

The Bank of England has held the interest rate at 5.0%, which was expected but could still come as a read more

The quality and location of commercial properties sways a large number of people on whether to take a job, analysis read more

AI has the potential to transform the home-buying process, although the risk of bias necessitates human involvement, according to new read more

Trade body UK Finance has called on Labour to make it so first-time buyers don’t pay stamp duty on the read more

Property investment platform GetGround has opened its platform up to individual landlords, not just those operating through a limited company. read more

A landlord who let their HMO fall into disrepair and failed to fix the issues despite multiple warnings has been read more

London-based multi-use developer, Rockwell has launched Rockwell Development Advisory, a consultancy service for projects around the world. Rockwell pledged to read more

Property pack provider Moverly has declared that the housing market is on course for a strong decade based on the read more

Landlords in London and the South East of England are regularly selling older offices for 20% under their asking price. read more

Lawhive’s Daniel McAfee, head of legal operations & UK lawyer at Lawhive, analyses the potential legal consequences of the Renters Rights read more

The gap between the cost of renting in the North and South of England has narrowed to its lowest point read more

Lauren Blackman, partner at Gardner Leader The Leasehold & Freehold Reform Act was introduced in May of this year to read more

Property across Glasgow’s sought-after southside is selling for almost 25% more than the city-wide average, analysis of figures compiled by read more

In the next five years the UK will have 350 ‘banking hubs’, shared spaces on the high street where bank read more

Gary Wright is chief executive of Flatfair As the country girds its loins for what Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has read more

Some 21 tenants are competing for every rental property on the market – highlighting the challenge faced by renters, Zoopla’s read more

London estate agent Benham and Reeves said it’s identifying a large amount of fraud, from fake IDs to undeclared County read more

Lease lengths are being granted at both 990 years and 50-90 years, as only some are honouring the provisions in read more

Tenant demand is rising while supply is falling, which means rents are likely to increase in the months ahead, the read more

The Section 21 eviction ban is expected to be in place by the summer of 2025, according to housing minister read more

The National Residential Landlords Association has warned Labour to give the industry time to prepare for the Section 21 eviction read more

The bill banning Section 21 evictions is set to come to the House of Commons for its first reading this read more

Landlords in Stoke-on-Trent typically achieve annual yields of 9.43%, making it the most profitable area to be a buy-to-let landlord. read more

The Slate Yard in Manchester, a build-to-rent development completed in 2020, is on sale for a guide price of £110 read more

Property investors in the US can easily compare house prices, landlord friendliness and the state of employment across the country read more

The UK housing market is set to experience a strong autumn driven by increased supply, heightened buyer and seller activity, read more

HaMuch, a company that helps you find tradespeople at a great price, highlights which tasks homeowners need to tackle before read more

By Daniel Austin, CEO and co-founder at ASK Partners Since taking office, Labour has committed to reshaping Britain’s economy, led read more

There’s a shortage of qualified engineers able to partake in the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS), where people get a grant read more

House prices rose by 4.3% in August compared to the same period a year ago, marking the highest level of read more

The upcoming Renters’ Rights Bill should encourage landlords to sell to one another, or to their tenants, according to tenant read more

Trevor Abrahmsohn is an agent at Glentree International Well, well, well, the Australian online property conglomerate, REA (part-owned by Rupert read more

Dishonest cladding manufacturers and government institutions more focused on cost-cutting than upholding safety standards have been blamed on the 2017 Grenfell read more

Properties with a lease ending within 80 years can be secured at a discount of £36,000, 12% less than the read more

UK housebuilder Keepmoat will invest £83 million into revitalising a former RAF base in Weston-super-Mare as part of a wider read more

The cost of renting surged by 7% year-on-year in August, bringing the average to £1,438 across the whole of England, read more