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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...

Britain’s housing stock offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy, according new analysis published by the Resolution Foundation. The...

A new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in February, says the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal effects.  This resulted in...

Landlords seeking capital appreciation will be encouraged from two new housing market surveys - one showing a surprise rise in house...

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in January, resulting in an improvement in the annual rate of house prices...

There’s no prospect of a rapid recovery for the housing market in 2024 despite some green shoots appearing. The warning comes from...

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 -...

Many households are struggling with rising costs, while renters in particular continue to struggle with low quality housing, the Resolution Foundation...

The latest RICS Residential Survey, out today, points to an improved outlook for the housing market, with the more optimistic sentiment...

UK house prices rose an average of 0.2 per cent month on month in November - prompting the Nationwide to call...

Inflation for the year to October has fallen to 4.6 per cent. That’s a big fall from 6.7 per cent in September...

A panel of experts forecast house prices will fall as much as 10 per cent by Autumn 2024. Financial website Finder brought...

The Bank of England has left its base interest rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent. Its Monetary Policy Committee, which decides the...

October saw a surprise 0.9 per cent rise in UK house prices according to the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal...

The UK housing market is remaining “more resilient than expected” despite the latest price index showing another small fall. The Halifax say...

The monetary policy committee of the Bank of England meets today - and will it approve a 15th successive base rate...

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

There’s a blunt warning to renters from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets again today with strong expectations that they will agree their 14th successive base...

House prices have fallen an average of 3.8 per cent across the UK in the past year according to the Nationwide. This...

Average house prices edged down in May according to the Nationwide - and it gives a warning of possibly worse to...

A prominent group of economists has predicted the measures in the Renters Reform Bill will backfire on the government. Matthew Lesh, Director...

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

One of the most respected financial organisations is warning landlords and the rest of the property industry that markets are now...

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

House prices fell by an average 1.1 per cent over the past year - the first annual decline since June 2020,...

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

December saw a further sharp slowdown in annual house price growth to 2.8 per cent from 4.4 per cent in November...

Price growth for flats remains sluggish despite the pandemic trends favouring houses slipping away over time. The Halifax says it has continued...

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

Yes, it’s that time again when the property hoi polloi impose their predictions for the following year on us and so,...

Two respected price indices have shown capital values tumbling in the housing market.  This morning’s RICS residential survey shows overall activity continuing...

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...

There’s widespread concern that the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, which meets today, is to unveil a 0.75 per cent...

The Nationwide has quantified the cost of energy to properties with different EPCs - and that’s despite the Energy Price Guarantee.  Under...

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...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The latest lettings market...

On August 4 the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted to raise the base rate from 1.25 to 1.75 per...

Annual UK house price growth slowed to 10 per cent in August, from 11 per cent in July - and the...

Annual house price growth in the UK accelerated to 11 per cent last month, a smidgeon up on June’s 10.7 per...

Annual house price growth slowed slightly last month, dipping to 10.7 in June from 11.2 per cent in May, according to...

May saw a slight slowing in the rate of annual house price growth to 11.2 per cent from 12.1 per cent...

A study of what has happened to a private rental sector hit by rent controls provides lessons to those in the UK...

It’s not an April Fool - capital appreciation of homes really is running at 14.3 per cent a year according to...

Annual house price growth accelerated to 12.6 per cent in February, up from 11.2 per cent in January and the strongest...

The Covid pandemic has had a significant impact on the economy, with long term consequences that are still not fully appreciated....

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ latest index suggests there’s no end in sight to rent rises in 2022. RICS’ monthly sentiment...

With landlords under pressure to improve energy efficiency, a new report suggests that even significant improvements in EPC levels won’t be...

The private rental sector is in slow retreat according to a new analysis by Nationwide-owned specialist lender, The Mortgage Works. Nationwide chief...

An economist at a right-leaning think tank says Berlin - often regarded as a model for state-regulated private renting - has...

A visiting professor and accountancy academic claims landlords are not carrying their fair share of the financial burden caused by the...

The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests that the housing market continued to recover at the tail...

There has been a solid recovery in the letting market in recent weeks, according to a new RICS survey.  Respondents noted a...

Mortgage approvals plummeted to an all-time low in May, leaving many would-be buyers with no alternative but to rent for longer.  The...

The UK economy shrank by a record 20.4% in April as the coronavirus caused huge swaths of businesses to seize trading and the government...

The number of new landlords instructing letting agents has dropped sharply - and with worse to come thanks to the coronavirus...

Rents look set to rise over the next 12 months as the supply of new rental properties dries up, according to...

A no-deal Brexit could trigger a deep and damaging recession with worse consequences for the UK economy than the 2008 financial...

Brexit has “smashed property market sentiment to smithereens”, according to Jonathan Samuels, the chief executive of the property lender Octane Capital. Buying...

Almost four out five tenants who own at least one animal have struggled to find pet-friendly accommodation, according to new research. The...

From tax hikes to a fresh raid on pensions tax relief, there are various tricks and treats the Chancellor could have...

UK house price growth has slowed to the lowest level since August 2013, according to the latest data from the Office...

Rents are forecast to see strong growth over the next five years, according to the latest residential property forecast from the...

Buy-to-let investments will continue to offer attractive rates of return compared to other asset classes, but investors will increasingly search out...

The cost of five-year fixed rate mortgages has continued to fall despite fears of an imminent interest rate rise, new figure...

Over 450 buy-to-let landlords and property investors attended the Olympia Conference Centre in London last week where they were able to...

Buy-to-let landlords and property enthusiasts will descend on the Olympia Conference Centre in London today where they will be able to...

The UK has dropped into the bottom five European buy-to-let markets for investors as UK yields plummet, according to the latest...

Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist, last year confirmed what many of us already knew – investing in property...

The government’s decision to increase taxes for landlords over the past 18 months or so have been described as ‘profoundly wrongheaded’...

The number of properties being listed to let dropped for the fourth consecutive month in April, and this is placing upward...

The debate between property or pensions has been discussed for many years, with the changes to mortgage interest and finance costs...

The government’s decision to strip buy-to-let landlords of mortgage interest tax relief is expected to result in rent increases for tenants...

The gap between income and house prices has sky-rocketed so much in recent years that a growing number of younger people...

Following the events of 2016, it’s easy to see why experts across the country are torn when it comes to the...

Rental prices look set to increase faster than house prices over the next five years, according to the Royal Institution of...

Stamp duty should be coughed up by those selling their home rather than purchasers as this would boost property transactions, while...

Mortgage lending may have rebounded in August with gross lending last month reaching a nine-year high of £22.5bn, but the buy-to-let...

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote were ‘wide of the mark’ as illustrated...

Many buy-to-let landlords are benefitting from the continuing reductions of mortgage costs, with lenders across the board shaving percentage points off...

Mortgages could get even cheaper as a further cut in interest rates by the Bank of England (BoE) looks likely in...

With just hours remaining until the polls close, the outcome of the EU referendum is too close to call. The sense of...

With savers receiving dismal returns from banks and building societies, thousands of people have unsurprising turned to residential property as a...

The number of UK properties worth at least £1 million is expected to more than triple between now and 2030, according...

The new 3% stamp duty on buy-to-let properties coming into force from next April will effectively redraw the map for investors...

In the nine months since new Right To Rent immigration checks have been implemented across the West Midlands only seven landlords...