Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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‘No end to the madness’ as rents top old record
Homelet says there is no sign of rent increases slowing down with new record highs recorded in London and the rest of the UK.
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Demand for rentals soars but more landlords to quit sector
Goodlord and Vouch report reveals more than a third of agents believe a ‘significant amount’ of landlords will leave in the next 12 months.
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Agent says Brum council collapse ‘won’t crash the city’s housing market’
Barrows and Forrester says Birmingham City Council collapse is unlikely to phase a housing market that has performed strongly over the last year.
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Agents need to work together to combat rise in gazundering
With house prices falling and buyers holding all the cards, gazundering has once again become rampant in some parts of the country.
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Bank of England boss casts doubt on future interest rates
Andrew Bailey hinted to MPs this week that the Bank is through with lifting interest rates and stressed inflation was on course for a ‘marked’ decline.
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Belvoir boss backs BTL on national TV
CEO of Belvoir Group, Dorian Gonsalves was interviewed by financial journalist and broadcaster Ian King, delivering a fair yet alarming appraisal of the current property market.
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Rents remain ‘red hot’ across England during August
Goodlord boss William Reeve says year-on-year averages are increasing with the £1,300 per month barrier now broken for a second month in a row.
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BLOG: Home sales slump ‘a major issue for the economy’
Tax expert Heather Powell says the Government needs to act to reinvigorate the property market and support estate agents.
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Estate agency caught up in ‘hypocrisy row’ over Labour HQ
Ashtons in York is marketing a former HQ owned by the party, which is at the centre of a political argument in the city.
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Estate agency launches ‘new model’ that helps partners grow business
Yorkshire firm Preston Baker is offering self-employed agents the chance to become 'associate partners' - an approach which has grown its market share by 27%.
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