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22nd November 2019 Property News, UK

Labour housing policy: Social housebuilding, rent controls and action on leaseholds

The Labour Party has launched its manifesto, which pledges to vastly increase social housebuilding, introduce minimum standards in the private rental... Read more

22nd November 2019 Property News, UK

Property transactions rise

Residential property transactions increased by 4.3% on a monthly and yearly basis in October 2019, seasonally adjusted statistics from the HMRC... Read more

22nd November 2019 Property News, UK

Conservatives vows to introduce lifetime fixed rate mortgages

The Conservative Party has pledged to introduce ‘lifetime’ fixed rate mortgages for renters with a 5% deposit. The party would use funding... Read more

22nd November 2019 Property News, UK

Connells hires MD of land & new homes

Connells Group, the estate agency and property service provider, has promoted Roger Barrett to managing director of land & new homes. He is... Read more

21st November 2019 Property News, UK

InterBay completes £23.7m refinance deal on 95 unit buy-to-let portfolio

InterBay Commercial has refinanced a 95 unit buy-to-let portfolio for two property developers, raising just over £23.7m. The properties were held... Read more

21st November 2019 Property News, UK

Homeowners call for the government to ban gazumping

Four in five (80%) homebuyers would like the government to introduce laws preventing gazumping in England and Wales. A third (31%) have... Read more

21st November 2019 Property News, UK

Lib Dems make housing pledges ahead of the general election

The Liberal Democrats pledged to up housebuilding, crack down on second homeowners and introduce mandatory landlord licencing in the party's... Read more

21st November 2019 Property News, UK

Mortgage lenders expect APIs to have biggest impact

More than half of lenders expect application programming interfaces (APIs) to provide the most transformative efficiency gains over the next three to... Read more

21st November 2019 Property News, UK

Trio of ex-Lambert Smith Hampton directors launch retail and leisure consultancy

Three former directors from commercial real estate consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) have launched a retail and leisure property consultancy in... Read more

20th November 2019 Property News, UK

Property visits can protect landlords and agents from illegal subletting

Regular property visits can help to protect letting agents and their landlords from the growing risk of subletting scams, inventory services provider... Read more