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Industry research showed the housing market slowed in February as mounting uncertainty started to weigh on demand. According to the latest residential property survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, house prices rose in February. The house price...

Landlords frustrated with slow response times and security processes when calling HMRC will soon benefit from a voice recognition system designed to speed up security checks. The system, already used by banks, will convert callers’ voices into encrypted biometric...

  Summary of Brent Council’s Housing Initiatives HMO Licensing Crackdown Brent Council plans to reinstate a licensing scheme for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) to target rogue landlords and improve housing standards. The new scheme will extend licensing to...

Propertymark has just published a report on the key statistics of the property market, with one member in the East Midlands said many older landlords are selling up. systematically selling their properties The member said: “We have several older portfolio landlords...

Writing in Property118, Mick Roberts asked the question 'Who can remember the days when landlords took tenants with pets no problem. Tenants paid a bit of extra deposit, and when they left in five years time, if no damage, got the extra deposit back. How simple was...

Writing in Property Notify, Kate Faulkner has written her views on the Renters Rights Bill. The original can be seen here, and in summary says that the Renters’ Rights Bill (RRB) is generating mixed reactions, with the consumer press highlighting increased protections...

Enquiries are at a consistently good level, and we have seen the modest improvement in sales reservations that we noted at the time of the interim results continue through this trading period with sales rates ahead of those achieved last year.  For this improvement to...

Mark Ridley, Group Chief Executive of Savills plc, commented on the company’s improved performance in 2024, noting that most markets were in recovery as the year ended. While uncertainty remains, expectations of reductions in the cost of capital in 2025 are expected...

Empiric Student Property plc has expanded its portfolio with three new sites in Bristol, Glasgow, and Manchester, reinforcing its presence in key student cities. The company also secured planning consent for redevelopment at Victoria Point in Manchester and made...

Zoopla's analysis reveals that buying a home is cheaper than renting across all UK regions except the East of England—provided buyers can secure a mortgage deposit. On average, first-time buyer mortgage payments (£1,038 per month) are 20% lower than rent (£1,248 per...