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A new study by Barclays Bank suggests that despite most Brits either owning a home or aspiring to be future homeowners,...

New figures from Connells suggest the company remains Britain’s biggest estate agent, handling one in 10 transactions. And in its latest report...

Higher mortgage rates will push more people than expected into poverty, research warns. Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) highlights...

The rate of inflation held steady last month, raising hopes that the Bank of England will give homebuyers a boost with...

Amid the frenetic news agenda of recent weeks, a story broke that may have easily passed you by. It revealed how tenant...

Increasing numbers of people are citing housing as their main concern, official data suggests. The latest public opinions and social trends survey...

Typical consumer spending on mortgages and rents increased 3.6% in April – the first increase in the rate of growth since...

The cost of housing continues to be a major concern to the majority of adults in the UK, according to the...

Thousands of people will be invited to take part in new research to help provide information on why one particularly badly...

Interesting report this week in Estate Agent Today on an analysis by the Resolution Foundation thinktank which suggests that the UK’s...

The gap between the costs of home ownership and renting has reached its smallest level since 2019, according to the latest...

The UK’s housing stock offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy, new research suggests. Analysis by the Resolution Foundation...

Inflation has hit a new two-year low as the cost of living measure slowed to 3.4% in February. The figure is down...

The rate of inflation remained at 4% in the 12 months to January, but housing costs remain high, Office for National...

UK housing costs hit £200bn for the first time in 2023, according to the latest research by Savills.  The analysis of private...

Homebuyers are snubbing period properties, new analysis suggests. Research by Shawbrook suggests UK buyers are now prioritising sustainability and efficiency over style,...

It has certainly been a very busy week for news in the housing sector.  Here, the first of a new series of...

Homeowners are now almost £500 better off annually than renters, new research suggests. Analysis by Halifax shows the monthly cost of owning...

The Government is being urged to create a mortgage protection fund to support homeowners who are struggling with repayments. It comes as...

Some people will say: What problem? But they are getting fewer as the detrimental effect of increasing numbers of short lets on...

As inflation passes the 10% mark, it’s no surprise that many landlords are hurriedly reviewing the health of their buy-to-let portfolio. You...

Strutt & Parker says the housing crisis - in the shape of too few homes and their stubbornly high prices -...

The pace of change is extraordinary. As we reach the middle of one conversation, rumblings of the next already begin. I think...

Home ownership rates among 25-year-olds have plummeted by more than half in 20 years, council leaders have warned.  New analysis for the...

Campagining housing charity Shelter claims that an estimated 13 million people aged between 18 and 44 feel the high costs of buying...

The credit agency Standard & Poor’s has taken the radical line of accusing the Bank of England’s low interest-rate regime of...

It is to the credit of our political parties - and our own industry’s lobbying - that so many housing-related matters...