Property News, UK
Investors clamour for farmyard land
Developers are focusing their efforts on purchasing farms, as over half of farm land plots available in the current market have already been sold and... Read more
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Adviser News, Buy to Let, Property News, UK
Buy-to-let properties being replaced by owner occupiers
The majority of buy-to-let properties sold are being replaced by owner occupiers, research from e.surv has revealed.
A survey of more than 500... Read more
Buy to Let, Property News, UK
Rental market supply issues worsen
Rental supply fell in August while the number of tenants looking to rent increased, worsening the gap between demand and supply, Propertymark... Read more
Buy to Let, Property News, UK
Half of letting agents consider quitting due to salary
Over 50% of letting agents aren’t sure whether they want to work in the sector in five years time, Vouch’s State of the Lettings Industry report... Read more
Buy to Let, Property News, UK
South coast rental demand surges
South coast regions like West Sussex and Hampshire are leading the way when it comes to rental demand, the latest Rental Demand Index from estate and... Read more
Buy to Let, Government and Policy, UK
Landlords already spent thousands on scrapped EPC regulation
Nearly half (46%) of landlords spent between £500-20,000 on improving or investing in their property in the last year, before Prime Minister Rishi... Read more
Government and Policy, UK
Councils struggling to maintain strong EPC ratings
Some social housing stock is woefully inefficient, according to findings by non-profit organisation Climate Emergency UK.
Less than half of homes... Read more
Blog
Is the Death of Gazumping Greatly Exaggerated?
By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International
Moving house is rated as one of the top three stressful events in life, alongside death and divorce,... Read more
Finance and Lending, Government and Policy, UK
Heat pump manufacturer: Sunak is wrong as the technology is there
Heat pump manufacturer NIBE Energy has spoken out against Richi Sunak’s move to drop or abandon Net Zero policies.
One such policy was to delay... Read more
Buy to Let, Property News, UK
Buy-to-let rental incomes rise despite shrinking portfolios
Landlords in England & Wales have seen their rental portfolio income increase by 8.7% in the past year, research by agent Benham and Reeves has... Read more
Adviser News, Government and Policy, UK
Interest rates held
The Bank of England has opted to hold interest rates at 5.25%, ending a run of 14 straight interest rate hikes.
The surprise move comes after the... Read more
Government and Policy, Property News, UK
Frustration as Rishi Sunak abandons EPC targets
The property industry has expressed frustration with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s move to get rid of EPC targets, as well as delaying other green... Read more
Opinion
EDITOR VIEW: Rishi’s green backtracking should be the final nail in the coffin
Here we go again.
The government has U-turned on another policy – this time the plan to bring EPCs up to a minimum level of C for rental... Read more
Buy to Let, Finance and Lending, Property News, UK
Mortgage repayments surge by 39% in just five years
Even after adjusting for inflation, the average homebuyer is paying 39% more per month when repaying their mortgage versus five years ago, research... Read more
Is the Death of Gazumping Greatly Exaggerated?
By Trevor Abrahmsohn, Glentree International
Moving house is rated as one of the top three... Read more
RAAC in the private sector
Scott Mounfield is a senior associate at law firm Browne Jacobson
Earlier this month the... Read more
Do HMOs still stack up as an investment?
By Richard O’Neill, regional lettings director, Romans Estate Agents
Over the last 15 years,... Read more
Making a small-scale property development more sellable
By Ritchie Clapson CEng MIStructE, co-founder of propertyCEO
From huge projects such as building... Read more
What to do if you think your home could be affected by RAAC
MyBuilder.com, a platform that matches reliable tradespeople to homeowners, has put together a... Read more
The future of the city-centre student property market
Student property is one of the most popular methods of buy-to-let property investment in the... Read more
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The Future of the UK’s Housing Crisis
Late last year, the National Housing Federation released the first ever “state of the nation” report, revealing shocking figures into the UK’s... Read more
Bridging volumes expected to rise in 2020
The specialist finance of bridging is expected to increase its volumes in 2020, thanks to political certainty.
The results of the election in... Read more
Finance
First-time buyers turn to social media for housing advice
New buyers of property are turning to social media platforms to help them through the process A quarter (25%) of first-time buyers aged 18 to 35... Read more
Are you ready for the proposed EPC regulations?
According to Shawbrook Bank’s latest report, Confronting the EPC Challenge, close to a quarter of landlords surveyed say that their properties have... Read more
Company News
Ian Lonergan named as Chetwood Financial’s new group chair
Chetwood Financial has announced Ian Lonergan as its new group chair. Founded in 2016, Wrexham-based Chetwood Financial is a digital bank that has... Read more