Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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Labour delegates line up to lambast landlords over rental sector failings
Speaker after speaker in Brighton said landlords are 'greedy' and the private rental sector 'broken'.
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Build to rent sector is set to ‘balloon’, say senior industry figure
Sue Winterbourne of Leaders Romans Group sets out why she thinks institutional-funded rented homes are one answer to the housing crisis.v
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Happy birthday BTL! It’s now 25 years since first landlord mortgage launched
New model initiated by ARLA during the 1990s has helped hugely expand the lettings market for agents and landlords alike.
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Here, kitty! BTR attracting more and more frustrated pet-owning tenants
Difficulties of finding traditional PRS landlords who accept pets are helping BTR developments gain popularity among tenants.
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Chancellor warned over PRS ‘cliff edge’ when furlough scheme ends
NRLA says millions of tenants face bleak financial futures unless Sunak jumps in with a rent arrears relief fund soon.
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MARKET: Fierce competition for record low stock continues, says Rightmove
But portal says increasingly stretched buyer affordability, disappearing stamp duty incentives and the summer holiday lull will balance market.
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Quality education behind 4% of prime property purchases
Being close to excellent schools and universities has led to £2.3 billion in property purchases by ultra-high-net-worth individuals, according to Knight Frank.
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Michael Gove is the next housing secretary, No.10 confirms
Former Cabinet Secretary and key Brexiteer is put in charge of ensuring government delivers on building 300,000 homes a year.
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Housing secretary Robert Jenrick is latest casualty of Johnson reshuffle
MP for Newark is one of the more surprising departures from the cabinet following the PM's brutal reorganisation of his government.
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Labour leader calls for extra taxes on private landlords
Keir Starmer says landlords should foot the bill to help fund increases in social care costs proposed by government.
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