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The popular narrative may have been that first time buyers have been priced out of the market, partly by landlords: but...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The average house prices in England was £290,000 last year, some 8.3 times average annual earnings. This was actually down from 8.5...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Homes Under The Hammer property expert Lucy Alexander is fronting a new campaign to identify empty homes and bring them back...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest index, from the Halifax, shows house prices rose 0.4 per cent in February – the fifth consecutive monthly increase....
09 March 2024
From: The Big Issues
In what may appear a surprise to almost everyone, the Generation Rent activist group has described yesterday’s Budget as a “giveaway...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has slammed yesterday’s lacklustre Budget as a missed opportunity. Yesterday’s announcements - like to be the last...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
An analysis of government data suggests that potential first time buyers have failed to take advantage of literally hundreds of millions...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The letting agents’ trade body has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically decided...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent lawyer has stepped up her criticisms of Housing Secretary Michael Gove and his attacks on buy to let and...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The government’s proposal to introduce a new one per cent deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder...
24 February 2024
From: Rental Reform
The government is considering allowing renters to buy their first homes with just one per cent deposits, according to press reports...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A building society says it is considering ending its policy of lending to buyers of holiday lets. Martese Carton, the director of...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of Generation Rent has slammed the chair of the NatWest Bank for comments over first time buyers. At the...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...
06 January 2024
From: Tax & Finance
Escalating rents have led many first time buyers to adjust their property expectations and accept smaller homes when they purchase, a...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Both sides of the rental divide have criticised Conservative proposals to boost housing demand while doing nothing about supply. Over the New...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour’s shadow housing secretary and deputy leader Angela Rayner says her party will scrap Section 21 on its first day in...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers. So far this year...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Former England footballer turned TV pundit and property expert Dion Dublin is to headline this month’s South East Property Expo. The centre...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
New data from Zoopla this morning makes grim reading for landlords, especially those reliant on capital appreciation and with investment properties...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A statement from activist group Generation Rent suggests there’s a connection between Section 21 and the period of time people rent...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
One in five first-time buyers taking out mortgages lasting over 35 years A record 19 per cent of first-time buyers took out...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Detached houses are the most popular type of property for those who have moved homes in the past year. The Halifax says...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
When the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II took place on 2nd June 1953 the average house cost just £1,692...
06 May 2023
From: The Big Issues
Labour’s proposed reforms to the housing market “raise many questions”, a property industry figure claims. Under controversial plans put forward by party...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The rental market is likely to see continuing high demand as first time buyers battle increased house prices and higher mortgage...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Labour’s shadow housing spokesperson is promoting a video claiming that ‘everyone’ in the private rental sector suffers from ‘rogue landlords and...
25 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A building society that last summer scrapped all lending on some holiday homes has now come up with another unusual policy...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A Labour Party proposal to sell some long-empty homes to first time buyers for just £1 has been dismissed as the...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A high profile mortgage lender operating in the buy to let sector has launched a series of products aimed at investors...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Two Members of the Scottish Parliament have broken rank with their own party to query the motivation behind a new property...
20 January 2023
From: Breaking News
New data produced this morning by the Nationwide suggests prospective first time buyers are having a tough time - and many...
13 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Would-be first time buyers may have to settle for renting for longer and putting their ownership aspirations on ice, following the...
16 December 2022
From: Breaking News
As the cost of living crisis bites and inflation continues to soar, new research reveals that people aged 18 to 34...
16 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent Conservative has described as “infuriating and saddening” the fact that so many Millennials are stuck renting and cannot afford...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent buy to let lender says falling house prices five canny landlords the chance to buy property relatively cheaply. Emma Cox,...
08 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The average prospective buyer now predicts they will be 37 years old by the time they get their first home. This compares...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A new survey from Aviva has revealed that over a million people may rule themselves out of the first-time buyer market,...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
New research from Leeds Building Society paints what it calls “a harrowing picture” of the housing market for first-time buyers. It claims...
11 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England has increased its base rate from 2.25 per cent to 3.0 per cent. This is the largest hike...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has told his party conference that buy to let landlords will no longer “get in first”...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The new Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke for only 25 minutes but effectively turned the recent history of British tax policy...
24 September 2022
From: Tax & Finance
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut. In future there will be no stamp duty on the first £250,000...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Around seven out of 10 prospective first-time buyers’ attempts to purchase a property have been impacted by the rising cost of...
21 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A properly industry leader is calling on government to cut taxes for landlords who agree to long term tenancies and rent...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
MPs are to have another opportunity to debate possible restrictions on the number of so-called party houses let from AirBnb and...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
New data from Zoopla suggests that growing concern about the cost of living crisis and in particular rising interest rates may...
26 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading figure in the property industry has slammed the government’s proposals to encourage more lenders to offer 50 year mortgages...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
New analysis from Rightmove reveals that first-time buyer asking prices and equivalent asking rents have risen three times faster compared with...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Councils will be able to control numbers of second homes and holiday lets under new plans unveiled by the Welsh Government. There...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
An MP has introduced a Private Member’s Bill which, if successful, would reduce what she calls the “nightmare” of Airbnb party...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
New figures released this morning show that buy to let investors and second home buyers now pay almost half of the...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
New analysis by Rightmove is tracking first-time buyer affordability over the last 10 years - and it shows why so many...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A report in a government-supporting newspaper suggests that a proposal to cut Capital Gains Tax for landlords who sell to first...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A business analyst has given an interesting interpretation of the soaring rental market - and says it keeps the wider sales...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Renters without a property to sell are likely to be the worst demographic sector affected by the cost of living crisis...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A protest by Welsh nationalists has called for a new Property Act to be passed by the Welsh Parliament, which would...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The specialist holiday let market is becoming increasingly attractive to ex-pat investors - and another mortgage lender has entered the sector...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent Conservative has complained that her party, and others, have failed to do anything about a housing market in which...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
New data suggesting that only a third of first time buyers are able to secure a mortgage at their first attempt...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A social landlord is selling a home on the open market but says it should go only to a first time...
02 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The London rental market may be in for a boom as figures show Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside the capital...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Investment bank and wealth management consultancy Arbuthnot Latham predicts the next big growth area for buy to let will be Houses...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The private rental sector is in slow retreat according to a new analysis by Nationwide-owned specialist lender, The Mortgage Works. Nationwide chief...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The government should use today's ‘Tax Day’ consultation process to reform Capital Gains Tax so that it encourages a smaller, high...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Despite talk of increased arrears and wider economic concerns, it appears tenants are increasingly worried about the long-term effects of poor credit...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A new survey shows almost two thirds of prospective first time buyers regard it as ‘impossible’ to get on the property...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A league table of UK cities where it takes the longest for first time buyers to save for a deposit may...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News
There was a further increase in mortgage lending for first-time-buyers and home movers in August compared with the previous month and...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Platform has announced reductions to borrowing rates across a range of mortgage products, including buy-to-let deals. The intermediary mortgage brand of The...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News
There was a further rise in the number of landlords exiting the buy-to-let market, new data shows. Belvoir’s Q3 Rental Index, compiled...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News
As the Chancellor prepares to deliver his Budget today, research from Aldermore has revealed the measures prospective first-time buyers want put...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News
An online petition calling for buy-to-let tax relief changes to be reversed has received almost 16,500 signatures. Buy-to-let landlord and property investment...
05 July 2018
From: Breaking News
If you’re a landlord and wish to raise finance against an existing buy to let property and don’t have proof of...
06 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content
The government has responded to a petition calling on the reintroduction of full mortgage interest relief and the scrapping of the...
30 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Over half of private landlords plan to sell some of their buy-to-let properties this year, it has been claimed. Some 54% of landlords...
12 April 2018
From: Breaking News
The Chancellor Philip Hammond should scrap stamp duty because it would encourage more buy-to-let landlords to invest in the private rented...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News
A continuous increase in the number of cranes, hoardings and skyscraper frames around Manchester’s inner ring road is visual proof of...
21 November 2017
From: Breaking News
The Treasury has so far pocketed around £2bn as a result of the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional homes, including...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News
The steady levels of mortgage activity seen through the first half of the year continued into July, with gross mortgage lending...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News
The stamp duty hike and mortgage tax relief cuts simply do not add up for buy-to-let landlords, leaving many with little...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News
The government is putting the overall housing market at risk by “squeezing” the buy-to-let sector with higher stamp duty, new mortgage...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News
The policy focus of the upcoming election will be on Brexit, but political parties will do well to remember that housing...
11 May 2017
From: Sponsored Content
Stamp duty should be coughed up by those selling their home rather than purchasers as this would boost property transactions, while...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords face the risk of double taxation if they choose to put their property investments into a limited company to...
28 September 2016
From: Breaking News
Tenants are now spending two-thirds of their disposable income on rent as sky-high prices put even more homes out of reach. The...
13 September 2016
From: Breaking News
Kevin Hollinrake, the Conservative MP and co-founder of Hunters estate agents, has tabled an amendment to the Finance Bill calling for...
05 September 2016
From: Breaking News
The gap between average incomes and the pay of tenants who want to buy their first property has reached a post-recession...
03 March 2016
From: Breaking News
Data released today by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) shows lending to first-time buyers continues to outnumber buy-to-let purchases by...
18 February 2016
From: Breaking News
One of the country‘s leading rental sector analysts is warning that tax changes for landlords’ mortgage interest relief, and the imminent...
11 February 2016
From: Breaking News
Two million homes have changed tenure in the last decade, either switching from home owners to landlords or vice versa when...
09 November 2015
From: Breaking News
Measures which discourage investment in the private rented sector can only push up rents and harm tenants more than landlords, a...
20 October 2015
From: Breaking News
Nine million UK renters (45%) say they will never be able to afford their own home, according to the latest Post...
17 September 2015
From: Breaking News
The cost of buying a home for first-time buyers is £670 a year lower than renting, according to new research by...