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The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

Every year the media writes a lot about house price crashes, and often pose the question whether this is the year...

The private rental landscape has been undergoing a profound transformation, with technology playing a pivotal role in shaping the way tenancies...

While some landlords may have breathed a sigh of relief following Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak’s announcement on energy upgrades, I suspect...

A recent poll of 11,000 private renters by SpareRooom reveals that 81% spend more than 30% of their take-home pay on...

New analysis from Rightmove claims to reveal the cheapest UK city for a first time buyers to get on the property...

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...

Fewer first-time buyers got on the property ladder last year but there was an increase in people buying for business purposes,...

In this guest feature, Dillon Darbar, counter fraud manager at Network Homes, sets out why estate agents need to be aware...

Would-be buyers are looking to the rental market as they pause their property purchase plans until there is clarity on mortgage...

In this feature, Jonathan Daines looks at how landlords can do their bit to make the rental market greener. Global leaders have...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

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

With the government releasing details on the Fairer Private Rented Sector, landlords and letting agents are looking for ways to maintain...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

The Zoopla Rental Market Report, published this week, mentioned a two-speed rental market, but what does that mean? We are seeing two...

Over the last few years, there have been a number of high-profile court cases in which renters took action against letting...

Recently a number of politicians and charities have been calling for the introduction of rent controls or rent freezes in the...

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in our lives – from virtual assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

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

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

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...