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The plight of the nation’s first-time buyers may be the focus when it comes to government housing initiatives, but our latest...

The UK Government should make better use of property taxes to deter foreign buyers, boost property supply and raise tax revenue,...

Nationwide has called for an independent review of the first-time buyer market as it urges the Chancellor to boost support for...

Who are you, and what does it say on your business card? I'm Ashley Day, the Director of Bristol Property Centre.   What is...

The “ticking time bomb” of Help to Buy repayments could be set to explode due to the cost of living crisis,...

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande reacts to the shock but much-needed pause in interest rate rises. I suspect you, like me,...

Introduced to Parliament in May, the Renters (Reform) Bill seeks to improve the private rental sector for both tenants and landlords....

Mortgage lenders are at last cutting their rates on some deals, confident that the Bank of England’s base rate may rise...

The Labour Party has announced it will be hosting an emergency mortgage summit this week. The summit, happening in London tomorrow, is...

Mortgage lending criteria and products are failing to keep up with more energy-efficient homebuilding techniques, it has been claimed. The Home Builders...

The average first-time buyer in Britain has seen the cost of a home increase by £25 per day since interest rates...

Labour leader Keir Starmer took to the airwaves yesterday, promising to "back the builders not blockers" when it comes to homeownership. Speaking...

The amount of housing wealth owned by the older generation has reached a record level, new figures show. The data, from agency...

First-time buyers are turning to social media platforms such as TikTok for homebuying advice and guidance. A survey of first-time buyers aged 18...

A company aiming to “disrupt the conventional homebuying space” has raised £8m in a Series A equity funding round. Wayhome offers a...

An award-winning charity will cut the cost of homeownership in Wigan by up to £10,000, by offering buyers the chance to...

A property consumer group has had its Twitter account suspended and its bid to be reinstated has failed - and it...

If journalists believed everything they received in their inboxes, you’d be forgiven for thinking the private rental sector was a shiny,...

A fifth of potential borrowers have had their mortgage application rejected over the past 12 months – hitting their hopes of...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt should be wary of placing a greater financial burden on homeowners in next weeks’s Autumn Statement, an agent...

In this guest feature, Ben Bailey, CCO at Even, a mortgage lender for first-time buyers launched this year, provides commentary on the end...

Housing minister Lee Rowley is set to make one of his first official public appearances at a Conservative Party fringe event...

Time is up for Boris Johnson's tenure as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, serving 3 years and 44...

Zoopla chief executive Charlie Bryant has revealed aspirations for the portal to play a key role in the home buying process. Speaking...

In this Guides & Tips piece, the team at Together set out what Right to Buy is and who is eligible. If...

Property professionals and MPs were left wanting more after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s much-anticipated housing announcements yesterday. Johnson yesterday promised a review...

Boris Johnson has promised a review of the mortgage market and housing benefit rules to help more people to get on...

The government is being urged to expand and make the Treasury’s mortgage guarantee scheme permanent and compulsory on home loans above...

Almost half of buyers would be willing to pay more for a property with a high energy efficiency rating, research suggests. It...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...

A lack of support to help people onto the property ladder has been highlighted as one factor for the Tory party’s...

Propertymark has given its backing to the ban on ground rents for new leasehold properties and has reminded agents of their...

Propertymark is urging restraint on the part of the Welsh Government as it moves to tackle what it sees as the...

At least 18 MPs have come out in favour of a new annual Proportional Property Tax which would be levied on...

Typical stamp duty paid by property purchasers now is actually 84 per cent more than before the pandemic and the SDLT...

Earlier this month, the government’s energy regulator Ofgem announced a record 54 percent increase to the energy bill price cap. Combined...

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeh­olds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...

A new analysis has revealed those areas of England and Wales with the largest numbers of Russian-owned homes. Credas Technologies analysed Land...

Increasing numbers of commentators are forecasting that the Bank of England will not, after all, raise the base rate next week. It...

A housebuilding-led mortgage indemnity scheme called Deposit Unlock has now been launched nationally with 17 major developers taking part. Nationwide is the...

At first glance, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech earlier this week didn’t offer much from a property perspective. But digging down a little...

There’s been some cynicism amongst the industry in response to new homes promises made by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in yesterday’s Budget. Sunak...

The Budget has proven more generous than many expected - and with most property taxation left unchanged. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...

The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

Many Britains are apparently under-estimating the impact of furlough on their ability to get a mortgage and buy a property. A new...

An estate agency comparison website has conducted research into how much it costs to simply keep an average home in a...

Labour says the stamp duty holiday is an example of the government’s “failed approach” to home ownership and housing affordability. Labour’s Shadow...

An authoritative study on the housing market has shown that the big losers from the pandemic have been first time buyers. The...

Rightmove have been given a strong endorsement by an influential stock market tipster service, Investing.com.  “Rightmove has built a strong brand, delivered...

Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...

The MP who chairs one of the most important committees in the House of Commons has urged the government to increase...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the government’s First Homes initiative, describing it as “creative” and saying it’s a sign of...

The government has set up a committee to push forward ideas on the collective form of homeownership known as commonhold. Housing Secretary...

The stamp duty holiday has backfired and buyers almost everywhere are paying more for homes, rather than less. StripeHomes analysed house price...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock has hit a record £7.56 trillion despite the pandemic. The calculation - by Savills,...

Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

Restrictions introduced a decade ago after the financial crisis are holding back many first time buyers from purchasing a home. That’s the...

This month saw the introduction of the final stages of the Section 24 tax changes, first introduced in April 2017. Whereas buy-to-let...

First time buyers reached an estimated 353,436 in 2019, the highest level since 2007. This is the fifth time in six years...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

The Housing Secretary says he wants to make home ownership more affordable for first time buyers - which could mean discounts...

A report by Santander says stamp duty cuts should be used as incentives for older home owners to downsize and allow...

An equity release provider says there is now £382 billion worth of equity available within older homeowners’ properties following recent house...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

Even the cheapest local homes are out of reach for at least 40 per cent of young adults according to a...

The income first-time buyers need to purchase a home in the UK’s largest cities has shot up by 18 per cent...

100 years ago, 90% of the UK population rented a home. Today, that figure has flipped, and over two thirds are...

Theresa May has appointed a controversial former Shelter executive as her new housing policy adviser working in Whitehall. Toby Lloyd was until...

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

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing.  The decision to cut stamp duty...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

Stamp duty reform lies at the heart of the submission by the National Association of Estate Agents ahead of next month’s...

Over 250,000 non-homeowners appear to have given up on the dream of owning their own property in the past year alone,...

First time buyer registrations in the past month have jumped nearly 20 per cent across the UK and almost 30 per...

The government’s blizzard of New Year announcements about new homes has received a distinctly frosty welcome from many within the property...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

Labour’s long-awaited Redfern Review, set up a year ago after the party’s defeat in the general election, finally reports tomorrow. Although it...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...

I write this article on the day of the General Election so you’ll forgive the political analogies. In particular, how any...

With pension reform, council licensing changes and a General Election on the horizon, many are anticipating a boom in the buy-to-let...