Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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Rent controls would throw PRS into ‘crisis’ warns leading estate agent
Comments are made by David Alexander, citing new research from Ireland where its rent controls experiment has raised rents and reduced supply.
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Boris housing speech: what did he say and how did industry react?
The speech in Lancashire yesterday was billed as Johnson's attempt to rescue confidence in his premiership with some key housing policy initiatives.
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BLOG: Talk of a property ‘crash’ is just noisy speculation. Here’s why
This kind of noise creates more heat than light as no one can accurately predict what will happen to the housing market with any confidence, says Fine & Country's Global CEO.
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REVEALED: How badly agents lose ‘money and vendors’ via fall-throughs
Survey of some 950 agents reveals the corrosive effect of fall-throughs on estate agency businesses.
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Government PRS policies coming home to roost, says leading letting agent
Charlie Woods of London firm Russell Simpson warns tax crackdown and other policies are putting off some smaller buy-to-let investors.
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Ministers mulling lower CGT to entice smaller landlords out of PRS
Ministers are continuing the baffling strategy of shrinking the size of the rental market with a 'war on landlords', newspapers report.
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Clever Trevor? Britain’s most outspoken estate agent returns to his typewriter
He's back! Glentree founder Trevor Abrahmson casts an acerbic eye over the current housing market and reveals he's handling a sale worth £400m.
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Agents report Airbnb is ‘impacting housing market negatively’ claims baroness
Claim is made during grilling of three short-lets industry representatives by a Lords committee including the northern European boss of Airbnb.
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Ground-breaking rent-to-own platform promises revolution for first time buyers
Keyzy says it has already banked thousands of enquiries from FTBs before it starts marketing, and is looking for partner agents and brokers.
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Rightmove: Tenants scrambling for low-cost homes but in most competitive market ‘ever’
Rightmove says tenants face both huge competition for limited stock, as well as rising household running costs.
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