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House prices rise in July as buyers regain confidence

House prices rise in July as buyers regain confidence

UK house prices crept up 0.6% in July, lifting the annual growth rate to 2.4%, according to Nationwide. But while the modest uptick signals a...

Build to rent growth accelerates worldwide

Build to rent growth accelerates worldwide

Build to Rent isn’t just transforming the UK’s rental sector - it’s becoming a global movement. New figures from Inventory Base show completions rising sharply...

Buy-to-let mortgage rates fall again as TMW trims limited company deals

Buy-to-let mortgage rates fall again as TMW trims limited company deals

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is lowering selected buy-to-let and limited company buy-to-let mortgage rates from Friday 1 August, offering landlords some relief after months of...

Property sales pick up pace as residential landlords weigh market timing

Property sales pick up pace as residential landlords weigh market timing

Residential transactions climbed in June 2025, with 93,530 completions recorded across the UK-marking a 13% rise on the month, according to HMRC. For landlords, the...

Rents increase again in July as landlords face rising costs and reform uncertainty

Rents increase again in July as landlords face rising costs and reform uncertainty

Average monthly rents climb to £1,313 in July 2025, the seventh consecutive monthly rise, according to HomeLet’s latest Rental Index. While growth is slowing, the...

House price growth slows to 1.3% as stamp duty rise hits southern buyers

House price growth slows to 1.3% as stamp duty rise hits southern buyers

House price growth across the UK has slowed sharply to just 1.3% annually, as new stamp duty thresholds bite and more homes flood the market....

Rent growth slows but landlords return as buy-to-let lending and supply rebound

Rent growth slows but landlords return as buy-to-let lending and supply rebound

New data shows UK rents hitting yet another record high, but with a welcome slowdown in annual growth as more landlords re-enter the market and...

House prices rising five times faster than wages, widening affordability gap for buyers and investors

House prices rising five times faster than wages, widening affordability gap for buyers and investors

UK house prices have grown at 5.3 times the pace of earnings over the last year, according to new research by eXp UK-raising alarm bells...

Landlords urged to act now as Renters’ Rights Bill nears final stage

Landlords urged to act now as Renters’ Rights Bill nears final stage

Landlords are being warned to get ahead of sweeping legal changes coming to the private rented sector, as the Renters’ Rights Bill edges closer to...

Falling interest rates reignite landlord interest in retail and office space investment

Falling interest rates reignite landlord interest in retail and office space investment

Retail and office space property investment is bouncing back, with UK landlords and commercial buyers pivoting towards high-street units and city-centre offices as interest rate...

Cardiff, Plymouth and Loughborough lead 2025 buy-to-let hotspots

Cardiff, Plymouth and Loughborough lead 2025 buy-to-let hotspots

Buy-to-let landlords have been piling into UK cities with strong student demand and NHS infrastructure, with Cardiff’s CF24 postcode topping Paragon Bank’s latest investment rankings...

Government under fire for hiding renters bill court impact data

Government under fire for hiding renters bill court impact data

The government is facing mounting criticism for refusing to release its internal Justice Impact Test for the Renters’ Rights Bill, which campaigners believe will expose...

Buy-to-let bounce back as landlord lending hits post-pandemic high

Buy-to-let bounce back as landlord lending hits post-pandemic high

Buy-to-let activity in the UK has staged a notable comeback in early 2025, with new figures revealing a 38.6% jump in buy-to-let loans in the...

Rent rises outpace mortgage payments as rental supply fails to meet demand

Rent rises outpace mortgage payments as rental supply fails to meet demand

Private renters across the UK have seen their monthly housing costs increase more sharply than mortgaged homeowners over the past three years, according to new...

Landlords not to blame for cold, damp homes crisis

Landlords not to blame for cold, damp homes crisis

Working-age renters, low-income families and North East households are bearing the brunt of England’s substandard housing - but landlords say they’re being unfairly scapegoated while...

Rents dip as buyers return, but landlord costs keep pressure on supply

Rents dip as buyers return, but landlord costs keep pressure on supply

Rents for newly let homes across the UK have slowed sharply, with year-on-year growth at just 0.4% in June 2025 - the slowest pace since...

Justice delays leave landlords stuck in legal limbo

Justice delays leave landlords stuck in legal limbo

Landlords across England and Wales are being forced to wait up to nine months to legally repossess their properties due to chronic delays in the...

Rightmove trims house price forecast

Rightmove trims house price forecast

Rightmove has cut its 2025 house price growth forecast from 4% to 2%, citing a decade-high supply of homes and flat annual growth of just...

Renters Rights Bill officially pushed back to autumn

Renters Rights Bill officially pushed back to autumn

The long-awaited Renters Rights Bill has officially been delayed until autumn, after the Government failed to allocate time for further debate before MPs break for...

Private renters paying more than mortgage holders, data shows

Private renters paying more than mortgage holders, data shows

New figures from the English Housing Survey 2023–2024 have revealed that private renters are now spending more on housing than mortgage holders, exposing a deepening...
















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