6+ hour, 48+ min ago   (710+ words) Average rents have been pushed higher after rental supply dropped for the first time in three years in July, Zoopla data shows. The portal says the main driver is scarcity rather than new regulations under the Renters’ Rights Act, with…...

6+ hour, 51+ min ago   (364+ words) A divide has opened up in the housing market, with the value of freehold houses continuing to climb while leasehold flats actively lose value. Analysis of the latest Land Registry data up to June 2026 reveals that flats and maisonettes are…...

6+ hour, 51+ min ago   (269+ words) Estate agents and surveyors are becoming more attractive targets to hackers, it has been claimed. Property insurance specialist Karis insurance says agents and surveyors are increasingly in the criminals’ sights because they collect more personal data than ever before. Some…...

6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (679+ words) Bank faces crunch interest rate vote this week The rapid growth in new buy-to-let company formations may have peaked, research suggests. Analysis by Connells Group brand Hamptons found that the number of new buy-to-let company incorporations is falling as fewer…...

6+ hour, 51+ min ago   (218+ words) Major housebuilder Berkeley warns that property buyers are waiting to see what next month’s Budget contains before taking the plunge. Berkeley said it was receiving “good and stable levels of enquiries”, but customers “without an immediate need to move” were…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (531+ words) Long-term empty homes total tops 300,000 More than one million landlords could switch to alternative deposit products for their tenants amid proposals to abolish insured tenancy deposit schemes. The Government has hinted at ending insured deposits as part of reforms of…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (516+ words) Regionally, we are seeing a consistent year-on-year house price increase in England currently, hovering around +2% per year, but this month we are seeing quite a slowdown for Wales and Scotland, which last month were seeing rises over 4%. This growth has…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (333+ words) Rightmove is calling for agents to help bust myths about the property industry. It comes as research by the portal found that the common causes of delays during a property move are mostly outside of an agent’s direct control. Its…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (369+ words) BREAKING: Landlord register to launch in December The sale of Henry Adams, which completed on the 1st September, is significant. The reason is that the majority of its income comes from residential sales not residential lettings. Until recently it was difficult…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (297+ words) The total amount of mortgages approved is up 11% on the first three months of the year, new Bank of England figures reveal. At £77.4billion for the three months from April to June, the amount is also 31.7% higher than the same period…...