A lack of new investment rather than landlords selling-up is causing rental market supply issues, research suggests. The latest Hamptons Lettings Index...
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![Unlocking opportunities in the single-family rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FamilyBuyers-400x310.png)
The Single-Family Rental (SFR) sector is experiencing rapid growth in the UK, presenting a unique opportunity for local lettings and estate...
13 July 2024
From: Features
![The rise of the op-co prop-co](/upload/images/shutterstock_1368984350(1).jpg)
In the first quarter of the year, the UK real estate investment market demonstrated resilience and active participation. Despite ongoing uncertainties,...
22 June 2024
From: Features
![£50bn price tag for London's empty homes](/upload/images/6%20PROOFED%20-%20London's%20empty%20homes%20could%20be%20worth%2050%20billion%20FV%20by%20Habib%20Mogul%20(1).jpg)
Southwark, Barnet, Camden, Croydon and Newham are the top five London boroughs with the highest number of vacant properties amid a...
13 April 2024
From: Features
![Answers on a postcard please, Minister](/upload/images/1%20shutterstock_22741720.jpg)
Housing Minister Rachel Maclean MP is probably looking forward to her summer break this year. But wherever she's going and whatever she's...
29 July 2023
From: Features
![Do you have a plan of action for the year ahead?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/do%20you%20have%20a%20plan%20for%20the%20year%20ahead%20360x280.jpg)
With no ease up on the cost of living crisis, understandably many agents’ primary concern is whether or not their tenants...
11 March 2023
From: Features
![Insight - buy-to-lets failing to beat inflation](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BuytoLet3-400x310.jpg)
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...
03 September 2022
From: Features
![Three regulatory updates agents need to know about in 2022](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-Meeting-400x310.jpg)
A wide range of upcoming legislative changes will affect the private rented sector. From new carbon monoxide alarm regulations to renters...
16 July 2022
From: Features
![Too many homes built on at-risk floodplains, government told](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Flooding400x310.jpg)
The government should reset planning policy and scrap proposals for thousands of new homes in high-risk flood areas. The think-tank Localis, in...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![The Holiday Home Debate - Don’t Let Politicians Get Away With It](/img/default/eat.png)
At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...
10 July 2021
From: Features
![Buy-to-Let: is the outlook improving for landlords?](/img/default/eat.png)
There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...
09 June 2021
From: Features
![Do you know what tenants want in 2021?](/img/default/eat.png)
As we now find ourselves in the UK’s third national lockdown in 10 months, what tenants want, and need from their...
30 January 2021
From: Features
![Better communication will be key for agents now and in the future](/img/default/eat.png)
There is little doubt that the last year was one which none of us will easily forget both personally and professionally....
27 January 2021
From: Features
![Top agent becomes growth and compliance head in franchise group](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Franchise Group has named high-profile industry veteran Eric Walker as managing director of Martin & Co (South and Scotland). Walker...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![What next for property in 2020?](/img/default/eat.png)
After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...
04 January 2020
From: Features
![More first time buyers but fewer landlords, according to mortgage data](/img/default/eat.png)
There was an increase in the number of first time buyers getting on the property ladder in September compared to the...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Good news for agents as first time buyer numbers improve](/img/default/eat.png)
There's good news for the market in at least one sector - mortgages offered to first time buyers. Latest figures from the...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Price falls ahead for overheated London and south east - warning](/img/default/eat.png)
Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Theresa May’s legacy - how has housing fared under her government?](/img/default/eat.png)
Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...
06 July 2019
From: Features
![ONE WAY TO BEAT THE INDUSTRY BLUES](/img/default/eat.png)
– use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...
01 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![60% portal fee discounts: will this lure independent agencies to Hunters?](/img/default/eat.png)
The chairman of franchise giant Hunters says his company’s purchasing power is such that it secures 60 per cent discounts from...
05 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Good market news at last as first time buyer borrowers hit a 12-year high](/img/default/eat.png)
After several days of gloomy market news, here's something more optimistic - there were 370,000 new first time buyer mortgages completed in...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![What next for property in 2019?](/img/default/eat.png)
As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...
29 December 2018
From: Features
![Conveyancers may have to publish prices, services and reviews](/img/default/eat.png)
As the process of making buying and selling more transparent continues to gather pace, the body that regulates conveyancers says it...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![First timers still have obstacles to buying, insists leading estate agent](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s leading experts on the housing market says first time buyers are still hampered from purchasing homes despite...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![What next for property in 2018?](/img/default/eat.png)
What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...
30 December 2017
From: Features
![Property Natter: things to look out for in 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...
16 December 2017
From: Features
![Property Natter: A to Z of the property industry for 2017](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
25 November 2017
From: Features
![Buy-to-let mortgages: What opportunities and challenges lie ahead?](/img/default/eat.png)
The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...
17 February 2017
From: Features
![Property Natter: why people crave instant gratification](/img/default/eat.png)
Instant gratification is nothing new. It’s been around for millennia. It’s an in-built survival instinct for humans – that want, that...