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UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March. Nevertheless, the annual rate of house price growth edged higher to 1.6% in...

A string of debt advice charities want Housing Secretary Michael Gove to go well beyond merely banning Section 21 in a...

There will be long term pressure on housing affordability and the private rental sector if demographic forecasts from a range of...

The latest Halifax house price index shows average house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in December, the third monthly rise...

UK house prices ended 2023 down 1.8 per cent compared with December 2022, leaving them almost 4.5 per cent below the...

The Nationwide says 2023 has seen a surprisingly-resilient housing market but there will be no full scale recovery in 2024 -...

House prices may fall by up to four per cent in 2024 the Halifax is warning. Its Outlook for 2024 report says...

Zoopla is warning that there will be further house price falls in 2024 on top of the 4.5 per cent drop...

August saw a further softening in house prices which are now 5.3 per cent down on a year ago. The Nationwide says...

The Generation Rent campaign has launched a petition on its website to give councils power to license holiday lets.  The campaign claims...

New housing affordability figures provide one underlying reason why many potential buyers cannot make the move and instead rely increasingly on...

House prices were largely unchanged in May, edging down by just £130 compared to April - but on an annual basis...

A mortgage expert is warning renters tempted by news that the Skipton Building Society has launched a 100 per cent mortgage...

Renters are being offered a 100 per cent mortgage by the Skipton Building Society - the first time such a product...

Against expectations, the average UK house price increased by 0.5 per cent last month following seven consecutive falls, according to the...

The Nationwide says March saw a further decline in house prices - they are down 3.1 per cent compared with the...

Landlords increasingly reliant on capital appreciation may be relieved to hear that one of the country’s best respected indices suggests house...

New data produced this morning by the Nationwide suggests prospective first time buyers are having a tough time - and many...

The mood music surrounding the housing market downturn appears to have become less dramatic with news from the Nationwide that there...

The Building Societies Association says housing market sentiment remains close to the all-time low. In a sentiment survey some 47 per cent...

Prices fell 1.4 per cent from October, which was the largest month-on-month fall since June 2020. And annual house price growth saw...

Landlords relying on capital appreciation to help offset the growing costs of letting out property have been given bad news.  October saw...

There’s been a slowdown in the annual growth rate of house prices - a movement described as “modest” by the Nationwide. The...

Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...

With Christmas and the New Year now over, landlords, investors and property experts are back to questioning what the coming twelve...

A leading politician in Wales has spoken out in favour of second homeowners, who are under increasing scrutiny in that country...

Labour councils in London have backed the initiative from Mayor Sadiq Khan to buy back ex-council houses now in the private...

Following the introduction of new HMO licences in Hackney, east London, the local council has taken legal action against four landlords...

Zoopla’s UK Cities House Price Index for July 2019, which focuses on trends in housing affordability as measured by the ratio...

If you are looking to expand your buy-to-let portfolio this year with a low-cost property purchase you may wish to consider buying...

Nearly a quarter of private tenants in the UK are spending more than half their take-home pay on rent, new figures...

Most single tenants renting privately in the capital are now paying more than half of their monthly salary on average to...

Rent increases for tenants across Britain continue to far outstrip inflation as demand exceeds the supply of rental stock on the...

Affordable housing provider Rentplus has secured up to £70 million funding to support the delivery of thousands of new rent-to-buy homes   The...