Latest property news
Daily property news in the UK residential sector focused on estate and letting agency, property auctions and property managers.
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HSBC quits CML
The HSBC has said that it will leave the CML by the end of 2016 as industry trade bodies get…
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Mortgage lending at seven-year high
Gross mortgage lending rose by eight per cent in 2015, taking the estimated total for the year to £220.3 billion…
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The Budget 2016
A mixed bag for the residential property market, with no cuddly Easter rabbits coming out of Mr Osborne’s hat and…
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New custodial deposit schemes launched
There is now a wider choice of schemes for landlords and lettings agents to protect their tenants’ deposits. Until now,…
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We are addicted to property
Ever since Margaret Thatcher declared her belief in a ‘property-owning democracy’ and introduced Right to Buy in 1980, the UK…
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Government is not reaching its housebuilding targets
The Government’s target of building 1 million new homes over this is unlikely to be met. Less than 460,000 homes…
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Chancellor’s assault on buy-to-let “is mystifying”
The Chancellor George Osborne has been slammed for his outright assault on buy-to-let investors following the introduction of a stamp…
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Investors hung out to dry as BoE gets tough
The Bank of England has announced plans to introduce more stringent checks on buy-to-let lenders amid concerns that the property…
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Right to Buy worsens housing crisis
The Government’s commitment to build a replacement for every social rented home sold through the Right to Buy scheme is…
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Acquisitions and departures
Hamptons International has snapped up Patterson Bowe property and lettings agency operating in Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea. Established over 25…
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