Category: Real Estate

Mark Chick, director of ALEP and a partner at Bishop & Sewell LLP Matthew Pennycook has recently announced proposals to replace leasehold with commonhold, making […]

Property investors are switching from residential to commercial, which is a response to the government attempting to rebalance the power between landlords and tenants. That […]

Artificial intelligence and regulatory changes mean borrowers could be driven away from the intermediary channel, multiple broker firms have warned. Regulator the Financial Conduct Authority […]

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

Brits’ support for housebuilding in their local area has fallen since the General Election, research by Stack Data Strategy has revealed. The main reasons people […]

Property investors in Kent should look to Gravesend and Dartford, both of which benefit from strong consumer demand, population growth and undersupply. Kent’s growth has […]

A landlord has won a £17,000 Rent Repayment Order case brought by non-profit Justice for Tenants. The claim alleged that a landlord had operated without […]

Just 11,830 buy-to-let mortgages were in arrears in the first quarter of 2025, figures from UK Finance show. This represents an annual reduction of 6%, […]

The Scottish parliament has agreed to limit rent increases to CPI+1%, to a maximum of 6% for properties in rent control areas. This is a […]

Disabled and older renters are underserved by the private rented sector, says estate agency body Propertymark. There’s a lack of bungalows available to rent, at […]

Most homebuyers think hybrid heating systems that combine air source heat pumps and gas boilers should be covered by its Boiler Upgrade Scheme. The scheme […]

The number of people enquiring from the United States about homes for sale in the UK is at an eight-year high, a report from Rightmove […]

Homebuyers in Leicester pay amongst the highest premiums for garages in the UK, indicating that demand is especially high in the city, research from Zoopla […]

The price of a home sold in Wales increased by 2.2% in the first quarter of 2025, the steepest growth in two years. This brings […]

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

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

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

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

A product helping limited company landlords file their tax returns has launched from fintech firm Taxd. The platform costs landlords £299, while it uses a […]

Deposit alternative provider flatfair has signed a partnership with build-to-rent developer Placefirst, Investment into build-to-rent hit a record high of £5.2bn in 2024 alone, highlighting […]

There are plans to redevelop an office near Waterloo Station in London into purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA). This marks European developer HB Reavis’s first step […]

A commercial property lawyer has warned landlords about taking back possession from a tenant with a protected lease – and urged them to seek legal […]

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that City Hall will be actively exploring the release of parts of London’s green belt for development. It’s […]

The Mortgage Works has cut rates on buy-to-let and limited company products by up to 0.30%. New business rate reductions include a two-year fixed rate […]

Landlords across England and Wales who are struggling to get their properties back because of months of delays and a ‘postcode lottery’ in the County […]

Blackpool is the worst area of the UK for EPC ratings, where nearly three quarters (74.1%) of homes have an EPC rating between D and […]

Tenant demand is increasing while landlord instructions are dwindling, raising expectations of rent increases in the months ahead, the RICS UK Residential Survey has found. […]

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

The Scottish government has pledged to introduce stronger rights for tenants in the country in its ‘Programme for Government’. First Minister John Swinney said the […]

The government has released a guide designed for tenants suffering from damp and mould issues in their homes. Tenants are notified of how they can […]

Mark Wilson – director, Myleasehold and a member of  ALEP (Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners) I have previously addressed the fact that commonhold, while well-intentioned, […]

Countries across Asia and the Middle East are leading house price growth, with western cities like London, New York and Toronto lagging behind. The analysis […]

As the Mayor’s team sets about writing the next iteration of the London Plan, how can they ensure it delivers the homes that London needs? […]

By David Cole, technical director at Sandfield Engineering  No-one likes to plan for a crisis. It means contemplating all manner of unpalatable issues; from injuries […]

The Scottish governments’ announcement of a consultation on rent cap exemptions highlights just how confused their current policy is, property firm DJ Alexander Ltd has […]

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

Some 80 new homes will be built in the village of Cotford St Luke, after the developer Lovell was granted planning permission by Somerset Council. […]

In two years’ time nearly all new builds will be fitted with solar panels in plans set to be announced by the Labour Party. Housebuilders […]

Some 368 build-to-rent apartments have been completed in Sheffield’s West Bar, known as Soho Yard. This forms part of the £300 million mixed-use development, where […]

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

Affordable areas of East London have seen the strongest house price growth in the past 10 years, analysis from agent Benham and Reeves has revealed. […]

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

People are paying more income tax due to successive governments failing to increase tax in line with inflation, research from RIFT has found. As it […]

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

Plans to restrict a key student housing exemption to larger Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs) risk undermining supply and disrupting the annual student rental cycle, […]

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

Keystone Property Finance has launched a refurb to let range which provides short-term finance for landlords carrying out light refurb works before allowing investors to […]

Industrial developer Panattoni has secured full reserved matters planning consent at Panattoni Park Coventry, paving the way for construction to start on a 540,000 sq […]

There are fewer build-to-rent projects in Scotland so far this year – which the Scottish Property Federation and Savills blamed on rent control proposals. There’s […]

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

The number of enquiries to lease office space is at its highest point since before the pandemic, signalling that more businesses are increasing their office […]

There was a dramatic surge in mortgage completions ahead of the stamp duty thresholds being lowered, data from Moneybox has revealed. The rollback, announced in […]

Capital Gains Tax and the Renters’ Rights Bill regulations are pushing landlords out of the buy-to-let market, a poll from specialist lender Together found. Some […]

Peter Cox provides expert tips on how homeowners can safely and effectively tackle mould infested asbestos containing materials in their properties.  Mould can be a […]

Wealthy homeowners in London are leaving and renting out their properties ahead of April’s abolition of the non-dom tax regime, analysis from Garrington Asset Management […]

Two peers have proposed amending the Renters’ Rights Bill so it limits how much landlords can hike rents on their tenants. Baroness Janke, a Liberal […]

House prices have declined for three months in a row in Canada, as the country deals with the damaging effects of Donald Trump’s tariffs and […]

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

Younger people (25-34 year olds) are investing in property at record levels – and are opting to invest in property over purchasing their own residential […]

Liberal Democrat peers have called for the government to review the impact of ending Section 21 evictions on the justice system. It currently takes an […]

Developer Wyatt Homes has signed a financial package with HSBC UK with the assistance of Homes England’s Home Building Fund. As a result, the building […]

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

Tenants would pay more to live with good housemates, showing that affordability isn’t the only requirement when renting an HMO. Indeed, nearly half (47.2%) of […]

Some 284 homes marked as affordable will be at North Middlesex University Hospital in Enfield, in plans confirmed by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. The […]

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

The cost of mortgages is slowly falling, both on a weekly and annual basis, Rightmove analysis shows. As it stands you can take out a […]

There were 1,000 fewer landlords in Scotland between August 2024 and February 2025, dropping from 237,717 to 236,737, figures from the Scottish landlord register show. […]

The UK’s continued difficulties in remediating flammable cladding from its housing stock following the Grenfell Tower disaster in 2017 has been blamed on a “fundamental […]

Ireland has experienced stronger economic growth than its Northern counterpart, with citizens earning more and having higher living standards, analysis from ESRI has found. Household […]

Geospatial platform REalyse has launched a property intelligence tool for estate agents utilising data and AI. The platform said it will allow agents to impress […]

A landlord couple have been ordered to pay more than £270,000 for illegally converting a house in West London into four separate flats. Amarjit Singh, […]

The cost of new property coming to market has risen by 1.4% so far in April despite the stamp duty thresholds rising, Rightmove’s House Price […]

March 18 2025 was the busiest day for buy-to-let mortgage searches on record, as landlords look to restructure their portfolios ahead of the Renters’ Rights […]

Cornwall is the nation’s housebuilder hotspot, with its local planning authority receiving more residential planning applications than any other part of the country. There were […]

This could rise to two years if convicted on indictment, meaning a serious offence, while the amendment is to the Scottish Housing Bill. Labour MSP […]

A landlord in Barnet, London, has been fined £37,000 after cramming 18 people into an unlicensed three-bed HMO. Charles Egbiremolen was found guilty of nine […]

A 76-storey tower standing at 246 metres is being constructed by property developer Salboy Group. The building will be known as Nobu Manchester, while it […]

UK landlords are spending an average £1,374.07 on maintaining their rental properties annually, reflecting the rising costs of being a property investor. Landlords in Edinburgh […]

The inflationary effects of President Donald Trump’s tariffs mean the Bank of England could keep the base rate at its current level for longer, according […]

Homes near the sea are taking three weeks longer to sell than in 2020, with buyers instead gravitating towards cities, analysis from RIghtmove shows. This […]

Landlords can benefit from better rental yields than a year ago, as investors made typical returns of 7.4% in the first quarter of 2025 across […]

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

Housebuilding has surged in Dundee, Glasgow and Stirling since 2019, analysis of the latest Scottish Government Housing Statistics quarterly update by letting agent Capital Letters […]

The proportion of international applicants in UK property fell to 1% in the first quarter of 2025, the lowest level on record, Hamptons research has […]

Donald Trump is seemingly doing his level best to create global turmoil, with the Dow Jones dropping by 10% in two days after he introduced […]

West End law firm Seddons and city law firm GSC Solicitors have completed their merger, becoming a 150-person law firm called Seddons GSC LLP. The […]

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched a guide for retrofitting homes. Some of the important topics covered by the consumer guide include: […]

Construction works have begun to build a new luxury hotel, pub and restaurant in at Runswick Bay near Whitby in North Yorkshire. Silverstone Building Consultancy […]

Shoosmiths is a law firm specialising in the real estate sector The long-awaited rates for the building safety levy have finally been confirmed by the […]

Premises with a capacity of more than 100 must plan for a terrorist attack, after the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill was granted Royal Assent. […]

ESW1 forms should be regulated due to industry mistrust of the document, which was unveiled to assess the fire safety of a building’s external walls […]

The National Residential Landlords Association has asked the government to give a clear timespan of when the Renters’ Rights Bill comes into force. As it […]

The government is looking to reform environmental regulations in a bid to speed up planning applications for major infrastructure and businesses, in recommendations made in […]

If Section 6B of the Renters’ Rights Bill goes through landlords could have a new route to regain possession when major works are required, according […]

David Stritch is senior FX analyst at Caxton Recent weeks saw the team at RAW Capital Partners release research suggesting that interest in the UK […]

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

By Scott Goldstein, partner at Payne Hicks Beach We are about to take a great leap towards commonhold. The 2024 Labour election manifesto pledged to […]

The government’s move to spend £1.29 billion on retrofitting 170,000 homes in England has been praised as ‘crucial’ by a building expert. The Warm Homes: […]

Jonathan Cox is partner and social housing specialist at Anthony Collins The social housing crisis is worsening, with fewer affordable homes being built at a […]

Bridging market activity is increasingly being fuelled by refurbishment activity, analysis from Octane Capital shows. Throughout 2024 refurbishment was used a third (33%) of the […]

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

Bob Pritchard is a senior professional support lawyer and planning specialist at Shoosmiths The Planning and Infrastructure Bill had its second reading on 24 March […]

The government’s reforms to the UK’s planning system will result in housebuilding reaching its highest level in over 40 years, the Office for Budget Responsibility has […]

The National Federation of Builders has called for Labour to “rally around” the Spring Statement, after it received a mixed response from some ministers. Labour […]

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit out at the Spring Statement, which committed £625 million to construction funding but little else to boost housing […]

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has hit back after a fellow Labour MP said making cuts instead of taxing wealth was a ‘political choice’. In the Spring […]

The plan to spend £625 million on training 60,000 construction workers has gone ahead in the Spring Statement. Investment will be spent on 10 technical […]

Chancellor Rachel Reeves may be hamstrung financially in today’s Spring Statement, but she could still tweak the market with a fresh equity loan scheme, an […]

Developers have been handed a reprieve after the Building Safety Levy was delayed until Autumn 2026, one year later than was previously planned. The levy […]

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has vowed to train 60,000 construction workers with £600 million of investment. Reeves said: “We are determined to get Britain building again, […]

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

The government is at risk of not delivering on its promise of remediating cladding on all buildings over 18 metres by 2029, The House of […]

Research by award winning mortgage adviser, Alexander Hall, has revealed that homebuyers currently sat on the fence in hopes of improving mortgage affordability could find themselves […]

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

British Land has secured planning approval to redevelop Euston Tower into a highly sustainable, world-class building at its Regent’s Place campus in the heart of […]

Around 7.7 million UK adults expect to take out a loan this year, according to the research by Go.Compare. Using average loan amounts since 2022, this […]

Shawbrook has provided a £6.8 million Development Exit loan to support a London-based developer in completing a high-end residential project in Wimbledon. The scheme features […]

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

The Bank of England held interest rates at 4.5% and warned against assumptions that they would be cut over its next few meetings. The Monetary Policy […]

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

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

The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to highlight concerns over the impact of the proposed Building Safety Levy […]

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has announced the launch of New Build Boost, the first scheme since Help to Buy that targets buyers with small […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has authorised Offa, an Islamic property finance fintech, to provide home purchase plans (HPPs), the Sharia-compliant alternative to conventional residential […]

The Scottish commercial property market is shifting as the economy edges towards stability but with new development at historically low levels the focus has continued […]

Bellway has started construction on a new housing development on the north-eastern edge of Crediton, Devon. Libbets Grange will provide 257 new homes and public […]

Colin Brown, head of planning & development, Carter Jonas The government has set itself an ambitious target of delivering 1.5m homes this Parliament and the […]

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

According to recent figures released by the Association for British Insurers (ABI), insurers paid out £585 million for weather-related damage to homes and possessions in 2024. This […]

Athens City For professionals who are looking to relocate to Greece, there is nowhere more prosperous to be than the Greek capital of Athens. Jam […]

The UK’s self-employed workers and freelancers are making huge personal and professional sacrifices just to achieve their home-ownership ambitions, new research has revealed. Many of […]

New insight from the boutique debt advisory and investments firm, Excellion Capital, reveals how real estate developers can produce business plans and loan applications that […]

Whilst national house prices overall continued to rise, the UK Residential Property Survey found that several factors of uncertainty reduced momentum in the UK’s housing market […]

Towns and villages in the Cotswolds and Cumbria are among the best places in the UK to own a holiday let, according to a report […]

The industry should introduce a ‘Property MOT’ for new listings in a bid to speed up the house sales process, says Amy Reynolds, head of […]

Paresh Raja, CEO of Market Financial Solutions, delves deeper into his company’s latest research, which reveals how the UK’s buy-to-let landlords are managing their portfolios […]

The government plans to stop a number of official bodies from having a say in planning decisions, in a bid to cut red tape. The […]

Cornerstone Tax has blamed Labour’s policy decisions on its failure to make progress in its mission to deliver 1.5 million homes across the parliament. Planning […]

A landlord couple who rented out an overcrowded East London property have been fined £90,000, The Standard reports. They wouldn’t allow regular inspections, failed to […]

Most property managers, developers, and landlords plan to install electric vehicle (EV) chargers by 2028, but plans are stagnating due to persistent barriers. That is […]

Blackburn with Darwen Council has shelved a licensing scheme amid warnings that it could drive landlords out of the sector. The scheme was set to […]

There’s growing demand for industrial and logistics sites from overseas investors amidst the global economic and geopolitical volatility triggered by Donald Trump’s controversial leadership. That […]

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

Annual house price growth fell to 2.9% in February 2025, after stalling by 0.1% on a monthly basis, Halifax’s House Price Index has revealed. The […]

Chartered surveyor and entrepreneur Anna Roberts speaks to PropertyWire editor Ryan Bembridge after releasing Home Buyers’ Essentials, a guide book on buying property in England […]

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

As the UK’s holiday-let market continues to thrive, many property investors are looking to tap into the potential of short-term lets. However, not every property […]

The high cost of homeownership has caused the property market at coastal locations to slump over the last year, analysis by park bungalow provider Regency […]

The UK government plans to ban the sale of new leasehold flats in England and Wales, as revealed in a commonhold white paper published this […]

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

Lomond Investment Management has appointed Brent Stojanovic as managing director of investment management. Stojanovic was the founding director at VervLife, a firm specialising in build-to-rent, […]

While most UK mortgage brokers are keen to grow their customer base internationally, finding suitable lenders and dealing with the complexities of government policy are […]

Private renters are dealing with annual inflation of 3.9% – hitting them harder than other groups. In comparison general household cost inflation stood at 2.8% […]

A trio of property organisations have responded to the Chancellor’s desire to bring the “highest skilled” people to the UK. In a joint letter, the […]

Foxtons employees have been accused of sexist and inappropriate behaviour following an investigation from Bloomberg. One female employee, who was 21 at the time, said […]

Labour needs to encourage property investors to take advantage of Permitted Development Rights (PDRs), investment firm Excellion Capital has urged. PDRs allow “individuals and developers […]

By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International I have been approached now by countless entrepreneurs looking to use an AI platform to ultimately replace the digital portals […]

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

West One Loans, a provider of property finance and specialist mortgages, who looked at the current and historic trajectory of UK house prices on a […]

The government is investigating into seven organisations over failures that led to the Grenfell Tower disaster. Fingers are being pointed at management companies, who may […]

Scotland’s Budget has passed though Holyrood, which includes investment in affordable housing but has saddled landlords with higher taxes. Some £7billion is being spent on […]

Investors have been urged to focus on Northern cities if they want to buy properties to rent, which are set to benefit from higher capital […]

Buyers who miss the March stamp duty deadline should be granted an extension, according to property portal Rightmove. Some 74,000 home-movers in England are expected […]

A landlord has been convicted after housing a family in an outbuilding with multiple hazards in Peterborough – for the second time, Cambridgeshire Live reports. […]

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

A platform is being launched in parliament to help tenants complain about bad landlords. The ‘My Housing Issue’ Gateway, designed by the TDS Charitable Foundation, […]

Propertymark has issued its Leasehold “Still a Life Sentence” survey to understand how the current leasehold changes have affected leaseholders and property agents in England […]

Estate agency trade group Propertymark has appealed to the Welsh government to attract more landlords to the sector by halting its moves to heavily tax […]

By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International The wholesale ritual slaughter of agents coffers by the digital portals, is as predictable as inflation. They have the Residential […]

Megan Harris is Associate solicitor in law firm Blandy & Blandy’s commercial property team The simple answer to the question is yes. Stamp Duty Land […]

Scotland’s tax reliefs for property investors and the end of rent controls in Scotland could spur on more landlords to buy properties in the country, […]

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

Typical UK rents increased by 8.7% in the year to January 2025, rising to £1,332 per month, data from the Office for National Statistics shows. […]

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

Most tenants who face problems with their landlord or letting agent in Scotland are failing to seek redress, research from SafeDeposits Scotland has revealed. Just […]

Insurance experts at Pikl have analysed the top locations in the UK with the most properties listed under £200k, helping potential buyers understand both the […]

By Chris Dietz, president at Leading Real Estate Companies of the World In 2025, real estate remains one of the most attractive avenues for wealth […]

Section 21 evictions hit their highest level last year since 2016, and it’s expected numbers will increase again this year. Some 32,387 households in England […]

House prices on the island of Jersey dropped by 8% in 2024, the steepest fall since 1986. It’s thought the already high house prices, combined […]

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has launched a product transfer offering so mortgage holders can switch to a new rate three months before their current deal ends. […]

Landlords would need to spend an average of £8,148 on upgrading their properties to bring EPCs to C, analysis from real estate consultancy Knight Frank […]

The London Assembly has called on the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to introduce a commonhold pilot project on Greater London Authority (GLA) land. The […]

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been urged to protect London’s Green Belt from the government’s National Planning Policy Framework. The motion was raised by […]

Jason Instrell, industry lead at SFG20, the industry standard for building maintenance, explains how landlords can deal with mould issues, following the BBC Panorama documentary […]

Savills has come under fire in a BBC Panorama documentary on the state of mouldy rental homes. BBC reporter Rahil Sheikh met families dealing with […]

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

The government has unveiled plans to create 10,000 more apprenticeships taking eight months, down from the usual 12. Employers will be able to decide whether […]

Santander UK has seen a 130% increase in mortgage applications in Q4 2024 compared to the year before, as buyers rush to complete purchases during […]

The British Property Federation (BPF) has urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to better fund planning departments to improve the speed of UK housebuilding. Currently planning departments […]

Typical service charges for flats increased by 11% in 2024 to £2,300, or £192 per month, research from Hamptons estate agents shows. This means over […]

Private landlords need to bring the Energy Performance Certificate levels of their properties to at least C by 2030, up from E. The government claimed […]

Global construction costs are set to rise by up to 7% in 2025, thanks to labour shortages, economic uncertainty and the digital technology revolution, cost […]

Whitby in Ontario is Canada’s highest demand housing market, where properties only stay on the market for an average of 24 days, analysis from Viewhomes […]

Some 77 homes are being constructed Folkestone in Kent from housebuilders Chartway and Orbit Homes. Construction will start in February after planning permission was secured. […]

Symple, a compliance automation platform for letting agencies and landlords, has launched a non-emergency callout service. This enables landlords and property managers to organise essential, […]