Hamptons
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Rental market
Buy-to-let returns rise more than 2000% in 30 years
"Today’s largest landlord portfolios often started off life in the late 1990s," according to Aneisha Beveridge, Head of Research at Hamptons.
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Rental market
Buy-to-let company formations may have peaked since tax changes
Hamptons’ Aneisha Beveridge suggests most landlords may have already transferred their buy-to-let portfolios into a company structure.
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Rental market
Buy-to-let investors snap up bargains in slow property market
David Fell, of Hamptons, says investors are making the most of their chain-free status to secure properties below asking price.
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Housing Market
Stamp Duty ‘crushing’ housing market, Hamptons warns
Tax bills for homebuyers rocketed nearly 200% since 2015, the agency says, which is holding back the market.
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Rental market
Landlords hold off rent rises as Act bites
Aneisha Beveridge at Hamptons says rent increases in May were 23% down on the same time last year.
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Land & New Homes
Off-plan buyers ‘see £26,000 uplift before moving in’
Foxtons claims buyers of new-build homes in London can enjoy a big increase in value of their property.
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Land & New Homes
Off-plan sales hit 12-year low as Government warned it could miss building target
Hamptons' David Fell says a third of new homes were sold before construction in England and Wales.
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Housing Market
First-time buyers ‘suffer most’ from rising mortgage rates due to war
The cost of home loans for buyers trying to climb onto the housing ladder has jumped since war in the Middle East began last month.
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Rental market
Millions of rental homes are “missing’ due to Stamp Duty surcharge, claims Hamptons
Hamptons estimates there would be 2.2 million more homes available to rent had the surcharge not be introduced a decade ago.
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Rental market
Flat service charges top £200pm for first time
Hamptons says the average service charge paid by flat leaseholders last year was £2,405, up 4.6% on 2024.
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