Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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Airbnb management firms caught suggesting how to break short-term lets limits
Two leading companies that help landlords manage their short-term lets in London tell reporter how to circumvent rules.
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Next generation of first time buyers will pay £1.2m for their home, claims agent
London firm Benham & Reeves says its research also points to an average house price in London of £4.5 million by 2052.
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London and South East’s million-pound homes monopoly continues, report shows
Just over three quarters of all homes for sale at the moment over £1 million are in the capital or its commuter town counties.
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Home repossessions increase after decades of going down
Figures from the Ministry of Justice reveal increasing pressure on household finances initiating first rise for many years.
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Transactions slump by a fifth in Central London as Brexit bites
Market report by LonRes covering the final months of last year reveal continuing problems for the capital's central postcodes.
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Fewer people are renting, reveals new research
Analysis of 90,000 lets last year across the UK by a leading estate agency within the Countrywide group reveals several surprising trends.
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Good news for tenants!
Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according to The Deposit Protection Service (DPS).
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Bag a bargain London mansion!
It’s enough to make us weep. London’s falling prime-resi property prices are creating a massive mansion market-on-a- budget...
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Generation Rent set to transform UK rentals – and the High Street
‘Generation Rent’ Is transforming the UK rental market, driving change in rental property whilst providing real hope for revitalisation of the High Street...
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Scotland embraces build-to-rent
A surge in build-to-rent led developments is set to boost city living, as part of the Scottish cities’ agenda to power economic growth.
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