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The Chancellor has rendered hundreds of lettings businesses unviable overnight as a result of his Budget tax clampdown. That’s the view of...

The Government quietly announced population projections towards the end of January that could have major implications for the types of homes...

Like a parent whose kids expected half term in Disneyland, Jeremy Hunt is spending the week managing expectations – and crushing...

Millennials, long seen as a financially disadvantaged generation, are on the brink of becoming the wealthiest generation in history thanks to...

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

Some 69 per cent of landlords have already or are planning to increase the size of their property portfolio, increasing to...

A Selective Licensing scheme proposal is out for consultation in the Scunthorpe area -  with a harsh message from a council...

Urgent action is needed by government to protect tenants who live in poor quality private rented homes, MPs have demanded. A report...

A think tank says rents set in the social sector should reflect the energy efficiency of a property. It’s one of a...

A building society says it is considering ending its policy of lending to buyers of holiday lets. Martese Carton, the director of...

The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...

Our generations-old obsession with home-ownership may be waning for the first time in recent memory. The introduction of the Housing Act in...

Renters in both the private and social housing sectors have been described as having “a pension problem” by a financial analyst. Helen...

A controversial new report demands that the government uses next month’s Budget to sharply increase tax burdens for landlords. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s...

New figures from HMRC this week show that the Treasury raked in another £4.1 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the...

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

Conservative party leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak says he wants today’s renters, along with young adults obliged to live at home with...

In this weekend feature, Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) and the managing director of Home...

A prominent Conservative has complained that her party, and others, have failed to do anything about a housing market in which...

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well describes the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

New research by lettings agency Hamptons shows the total amount of rent paid by tenants across Britain has actually fallen eight...

The pandemic has made future prospects for renters worse, according to a new survey.  Four out of 10 tenants questioned by the...

A buy to let consultancy has identified those parts of the country where there’s been the biggest swing towards renting when...

Investment bank and wealth management consultancy Arbuthnot Latham predicts the next big growth area for buy to let will be Houses...

A philanthropist claims the difficulty some younger people have in getting on the property ownership ladder is caused by Baby Boomers...

The government is being urged to consider introducing a new capital gains tax on all residential properties in the UK to...

Student property remains one of the most lucrative investments available to landlords, with sky-high double-digit yields currently on offer in many...

Property website Zoopla has released the keywords that prospective homebuyers are most likely to use when searching on the site. ‘Garage’, ‘garden’...

Renters who move home regularly often face excessive costs associated with moving, new research shows. The study by MoneySuperMarket reveals that the...

The cost of living alone has hit 92% of income, making it far harder for single people to get a foot...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan is developing rent control proposals as part of his 2020 re-election bid in the hope...

A Conservative councillor has been ordered to pay more than £57,000 after being taken to court by his own council for...

There has been much debate about Brexit and how it will impact the property market and the economy as a whole. ...

The percentage of people in the UK who own their own home is currently falling, and not just because housing is...

The total housing wealth owned by UK landlords has increased substantially over the past five years, underlining why bricks and mortar...

Older people are facing a shortage of suitable housing for their retirement, putting pressure on the wider property market, according to...

One of UK’s leading developers of homes for private rent is calling on the government to exempt the build-to-rent sector from...

High property prices and a  lack of affordable homes continues to lock many would-be buyers out of the property market leaving...

With more people renting than in previous generations, buy-to-let can be extremely lucrative, but only if you avoid some major pitfalls. Your...

Around three quarters of young Britons believe they are unlikely to ever own their own property and will instead rent for...

A group of more than 30 private housing and property bodies from across Europe have come together to find solutions on...