Property Wire

A new report on the state of the private rented sector reinforces the need for Government, landlords and letting agents to take stock if they want the future to be bright and startling figures reveal the extent of bad practice among letting... Read more

It has been assumed that the housing market has been slowing since the European Union referendum over three year ago, but figures and analysis reports are confirming this as we approach yet another Brexit deadline. I have said this before, and I... Read more

Although you need to be aware that average figures are not always indicative of what is happening on the ground in a particular area, today it really is all about the numbers and they currently show price growth slowing and rents rising. Annual... Read more

The highest and the lowest price growth in key cities around the UK are both in Scotland with Edinburgh recording a rise of 5.8% and Aberdeen a fall of 4.8% in the last 12 months. These are interesting figures from the latest Zoopla cities index... Read more

The British Chancellor Sajid Javid has hinted that there will be a change in stamp duty coming up this autumn but has denied that his preferred option is moving the property tax to sellers. While he has not stated specifically that sellers will... Read more

Gone are the days when you automatically go to a High Street bank to get a mortgage. There is a more diverse range of options these days but this does not mean that more choice is necessarily making it easier for borrowers. Indeed, it can be a... Read more

The number of tenants in the UK's private rented sector experiencing rent rises increased to the highest figure on record in June, the latest figures from the lettings agent industry show. Some 55% of agents who are members of the Association of... Read more

Rhetoric; the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. We now have a Prime Minister who is a master of this dark art. Before he entered No 10 Boris... Read more