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![For profit providers set to treble affordable housing portfolios by 2028](/upload/images/2%20shutterstock_270470528.jpg)
Institutional investors and "for-profit" registered providers are set to play an increasingly vital role in tackling the UK's affordable housing crisis,...
29 June 2024
From: Features
![Savills makes drastic U-turn on housing market forecast for 2024](/upload/images/shutterstock_2371809077.jpg)
Savills has today upgraded its five-year UK mainstream house price forecast to reflect the stronger than expected start to the year...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![EPC targets come back, all is forgiven](/upload/images/3%20--%20Proofed%20--%20EPC%20targets%20Simon%20Jackson.png)
April 22nd marked ‘Earth Day’, yet it seemed to pass relatively unnoticed within the mortgage market. While the market was once abuzz...
04 May 2024
From: Features
![Potential ticking time bomb for retrofit complaints awaits](/upload/images/2%20--%20Proofed%20Weekend%20feature%20-%20potential%20ticking%20time%20bomb%20By%20Simon%20Jackson.jpg)
The term ‘time bomb’ is sometimes overly used in the housing market, and while it has been linked to many things...
06 April 2024
From: Features
![UK watching as EU house prices respond to green measures](/upload/images/5%20UK%20watching%20as%20EU%20property%20prices%20respond%20-%20Simon%20Jackson.png)
While our own Government continues to tentatively encourage homeowners to carry out energy-efficient measures, they will no doubt be eagerly watching...
27 January 2024
From: Features
![Knight Frank: House prices will rise this year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
Knight Frank has revised its house price forecasts and said it now expects average values to rise this year rather than...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency trade body backs latest brownfield housebuilding fund](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
Propertymark has backed the launch of the Government’s £80m brownfield regeneration scheme. Councils across England can now bid for a share of...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Join the future of estate agency, today.](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Moveli/360x.png)
Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...
12 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Hydrogen heating – a silver bullet or hot air?](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Sava/EAT%20image%20(3).png)
At present, the space heating of homes accounts for roughly 14% of the UK’s annual emissions. If we are to meet...
14 June 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![EPCs - chaos, confusion, and cost - an energy assessor speaks](/upload/images/EPCs%20%E2%80%93%20chaos%2C%20confusion%2C%20and%20cost%20%E2%80%93%20an%20energy%20assessor%20speaks.png)
All landlords need to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPG), with few exemptions. As a property writer, landlord and Domestic Energy...
29 April 2023
From: Features
![The laborious legislation that continues to threaten the PRS](/upload/images/__thumbs/Featured%20content%20for%20the%20Features%20newsletter%20LT_LandlordBuyer_March_Content_Legislation.jpg/Featured%20content%20for%20the%20Features%20newsletter%20LT_LandlordBuyer_March_Content_Legislation__400x225.jpg)
Landlords are exiting the market in droves. According to an accountancy firm who analysed HMRC data, 70,000 buy-to-let landlords left the sector...
29 April 2023
From: Features
![Net-zero for lettings: a zero-sum game for landlords?](/upload/images/Net-zero%20for%20lettings%20a%20zero-sum%20game%20for%20landlords.png)
Landlords are now quite accustomed to the challenges of operating in a market where they are often perceived as the antagonist...
22 April 2023
From: Features
![Condensation mould – a black mark for property](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Sava/360x280%20heading%20image%20-%20black%20mould.png)
Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...
24 February 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Energy squeeze threatens financial nightmare for tenants and landlords](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyLightbulb-400x310.png)
It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...
26 March 2022
From: Features
![New London branch for agency in fast-emerging hotspot](/upload/images/library/London400x310.png)
The JLL property consultancy is opening a branch handling sales and lettings in an area of London often by-passed by rival...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![New homes boast of energy efficiency as price hike looms](/upload/images/library/EnergyEfficiency-1-400x310.jpg)
Research by new homes sales service Unlatch has revealed how much cheaper energy bills are for new-builds, saving as much as...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Challenges facing the housing market in 2022](/upload/images/library/RowOfHouses-400x310.jpg)
It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...
17 November 2021
From: Features
![EPC ratings to become more important under Green reforms](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnvironmentallyFriendly-400x310.jpg)
The government has given more details of its bid to change the energy efficiency of existing and new homes to meet...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![How affordable is it to buy a new-build house?](/upload/images/library/NewHousing-1-400x310.jpg)
Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...
22 September 2021
From: Features
![New homes figures still below old Labour government level](/upload/images/library/HousingReview-400x310.jpg)
The UK government will not achieve its pledge of delivering 300,000 new homes a year until 2028, according to analysis from...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![PRS policy chat - what's next for agents and landlords?](/img/default/eat.png)
Earlier this month, Fixflo held a webinar with David Cox, legal and compliance director of Rightmove, to discuss key government policies...
31 March 2021
From: Features
![Forget the south - Manchester is where capital appreciation is highest](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading property consultancy has called out Manchester as the location which has seen the highest urban price growth of anywhere...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property concierge: could this be one of agents’ future tenant services?](/img/default/eat.png)
With all the recent change and upheaval in the rental sector it may be time to consider how letting agencies will...
04 August 2018
From: Features
![Property Natter: what has 2018 brought so far?](/img/default/eat.png)
First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...
14 July 2018
From: Features
![Back to the future? - Industry experts predict estate agency in 2028](/img/default/eat.png)
A decade ago we were still years away from Purplebricks, Countrywide was a colossus in the industry, no one had thought...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – ten years of Estate Agent Today!](/img/default/eat.png)
Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...