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Frome tops UK house price growth with 59% rise over decade
Somerset market town Frome has seen UK property values rise faster than anywhere else over the past decade, with prices climbing 59% despite Brexit, Covid…
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Bethnal Green rents surge 56% in five years to top London growth table
Bethnal Green has seen the steepest five-year rent increase of any inner London postcode, with room rents in E2 climbing 56% since 2020, according to…
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Mortgage approvals hit two-year low as buyers hold back
Mortgage approvals for house purchases fell to 59,999 in January, the lowest level in two years, according to Bank of England data released today. The…
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Just 2% of rentals affordable at LHA rates as benefit gap widens
Just 2 percent of rental properties in England are available at Local Housing Allowance rates, leaving low-income tenants locked out of the private rental market…
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Brighton leads UK rent surge with 15% spike as South Coast outpaces London
Brighton recorded the highest rental price increase in the UK last year, with rents surging 15 percent as the South Coast emerged as the country’s…
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Rent growth slows to four-year low as half of councils breach £1,000 mark
Rents for new tenancies are rising at their slowest pace in four years, with annual growth falling to just 1.9 percent, according to the latest…
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House prices hold steady as BTL activity edges higher
UK house prices held steady in February with annual growth unchanged at 1.0 percent and a 0.3 percent monthly rise, according to the latest data…
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Landlords miss £470m in rent arrears as average debt jumps 30%
Private landlords dealt with more than £470 million in rent arrears during 2024/25, a sharp increase from £406 million the previous year, according to new…
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Property transactions rise 5% as market shows resilience into 2026
UK residential property transactions rose 5 percent year-on-year in December 2025, with 100,440 completions recorded on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest HMRC…
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Manchester tops first-time buyer hotspots as affordability shapes market
Manchester has emerged as the UK’s leading first-time buyer destination outside London, with new entrants accounting for more than 70 percent of all mortgaged home…
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John Lewis exits Build to Rent as industry calls for tax relief
John Lewis Partnership has abandoned its £500 million build-to-rent venture, citing construction inflation and higher borrowing costs. The decision to close its rental property division…
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Tenants now spend 36% of income on rent as affordability crisis deepens
Tenants across the UK are now spending an average of 36.3 percent of their income on rent, up from 34.2 percent last year, as rental…
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Flatsharer demand surges in commuter towns as city rents push tenants out
Demand from flatsharers has risen sharply in commuter towns across the UK as renters priced out of major cities seek more affordable options, according to…
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40% of UK homes now cheaper to buy than rent as mortgage rates fall
Four in ten UK homes are now cheaper to buy with a mortgage than to rent, marking a significant shift in housing affordability that is…
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London councils offer guaranteed rent as housing crisis deepens
Eleven London councils are making urgent appeals to private landlords for three-bedroom properties, with one management firm reporting “exceptionally high demand” across the capital. Property…
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Coalition urges national empty homes strategy as voids hit 310,000
A cross-sector coalition has called on the government to develop a national strategy for bringing empty homes back into use, as the number of long-term…
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Property auction sales surge 53% as 2026 opens strong
Residential property auctions recorded a 53 percent increase in sales during January 2026 compared with the same month last year, according to data from the…
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Landlords spend 31 hours a month on property management
Landlords are spending an average of 31 hours per month managing their rental properties – the equivalent of almost four working days – according to…
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House prices rise 2.4% but London lags behind
UK house prices increased by 2.4 percent in the year to December 2025, bringing the average property value to £270,000, according to the latest official…
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UK largest agency handles one in ten home sales as lettings grow
Connells Group, the UK’s largest estate agency network, handled 86,000 property exchanges in 2025 – approximately one in ten of all home sales nationally –…
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Scottish landlords sell three times faster than they buy
More landlords in Scotland sold property than bought over the past year, with disposals running at nearly three times the rate of new investment. Research…
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One in nine new homes built in flood zones despite insurer warnings
More than 43,000 homes built in England over the past two years are located in areas at medium or high flood risk, with insurers and…
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Buy-to-let void costs jump 14% as empty days drain landlord income
Landlords are losing more money to void periods as the gap between tenants widens and rents continue to rise. New data shows average void costs…
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Fife Council offers landlords guaranteed rent in housing crisis deal
A Scottish council has launched a partnership scheme offering private landlords guaranteed monthly rent and no void periods in exchange for leasing their properties to…
