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Southwark, Barnet, Camden, Croydon and Newham are the top five London boroughs with the highest number of vacant properties amid a...

Housing Minister Rachel Maclean MP is probably looking forward to her summer break this year. But wherever she's going and whatever she's...

With no ease up on the cost of living crisis, understandably many agents’ primary concern is whether or not their tenants...

As inflation passes the 10% mark, it’s no surprise that many landlords are hurriedly reviewing the health of their buy-to-let portfolio. You...

A wide range of upcoming legislative changes will affect the private rented sector. From new carbon monoxide alarm regulations to renters...

The government should reset planning policy and scrap proposals for thousands of new homes in high-risk flood areas. The think-tank Localis, in...

At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

As we now find ourselves in the UK’s third national lockdown in 10 months, what tenants want, and need from their...

There is little doubt that the last year was one which none of us will easily forget both personally and professionally....

The Property Franchise Group has named high-profile industry veteran Eric Walker as managing director of Martin & Co (South and Scotland).  Walker...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

There was an increase in the number of first time buyers getting on the property ladder in September compared to the...

There's good news for the market in at least one sector - mortgages offered to first time buyers. Latest figures from the...

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

 – use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...

The chairman of franchise giant Hunters says his company’s purchasing power is such that it secures 60 per cent discounts from...

After several days of gloomy market news, here's something more optimistic - there were 370,000 new first time buyer mortgages completed in...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

As the process of making buying and selling more transparent continues to gather pace, the body that regulates conveyancers says it...

One of the country’s leading experts on the housing market says first time buyers are still hampered from purchasing homes despite...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...

Instant gratification is nothing new. It’s been around for millennia. It’s an in-built survival instinct for humans – that want, that...

Brexit and wider economic uncertainties worsened by changes to property taxation have forced the Council of Mortgage Lenders to cut its...