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 drops its much-derided private tenant ‘right to buy’ policy
After being announced two months ago by Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, the party's policy makers realised it would be unworkable.
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Vendor numbers have slumped by 15% year-on-year, says Rightmove
Portal says Brexit, the looming General Election and weak house price growth have persuade thousands of vendors to postpone their home moving plans.
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Savills predicts post-Brexit housing market ‘bounce’ to start in 2021
Prediction is made at Savills report launch, despite Henry Pryor pouring scorn on anyone who makes housing market predictions in today's volatile political environment.
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Are UK student build-to-rent developers not thinking their sites through properly?
Too many developers are swamping local markets with large purpose-build student accommodation that is too posh for heavily-indebted students.
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Surge in overseas landlords returning to the buy-to-let market
Research by Hamptons International suggests the weak pound is persuading landlords from the US and Europe to return to the rental market.
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70% of vendors don’t care about Brexit
Surprising research from Jackson-Stops among 1,100 clients finds a clear majority aren't bothered by the ongoing Brexit fiasco.
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Show for full-time Airbnb landlords opens today
Government says Airbnb is a useful tool for cash-strapped homeowners to earn extra income, but Host 2019 show reveals it's now a professional business sector.
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Influential thinktank calls for Stamp Duty to be reformed or abolished
Centre for Policy studies was set up by Margaret Thatcher and now says Stamp Duty is restricting mobility and aspiration for millions of people.
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Rents rising in Wales after fees ban, say tenants!
Leading renters' union says evidence from its membership reveals rising rents as landlords and letting agents try to recoup the extra costs introduced by the ban.
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Landlord group blames Selective Licensing for steep rent rises
Landlords in Nottingham say costs of up to £780 per property are being passed on directly to tenants, as many had predicted.
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