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One key point of difference in the parties’ housing policies during the recent general election campaign was that the Conservative Party...

The director of a London estate agency claims a buyer needs an income of £100,000 a year to purchase a home...

A prominent financial analyst is warning that the hopes for a housing market resurgence over the autumn could be derailed by...

The Conservative Party’s General Election manifesto has committed to resurrecting the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme and temporarily removing Capital...

Housing has finally made it onto the General Election campaign, albeit with a familiar policy. Labour has unveiled plans for a Freedom...

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

Single first-time buyers need to save for almost 6.5 years or 76 months to raise a 10% deposit and cover moving...

As the Budget approaches and the housing crisis intensifies, it is important to consider what the Chancellor could – and should...

Propertymark has added its name to calls for Stamp Duty reform and has also urged lenders to develop more affordable mortgage...

The Government’s proposal to introduce a new 1% deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder is unworkable...

Britain is in the midst of a senior living housing crisis – according to CBRE, an undersupply of 614,000 mid-market senior...

The times, they are indeed a-changin’. But what Dylan may not have appreciated, however, was how fast that change would be...

The number of first-time buyers fell by a fifth last year but this cohort still made up the largest proportion of...

Homeowners are largely unconcerned about cooling house prices, research suggests. Instead, they are more concerned about having their own home than sitting...

There’s growing evidence that wider family members - not just Mum and Dad - are stumping up cash to help younger...

The Labour Party has outlined three ways it will help first-time buyers onto the housing ladder as it ramps up its...

Halifax has recorded the lowest level of annual house price growth for three years. Its latest House Price Index for January 2023...

Increasing numbers of property buyers are now taking out mortgages with terms of more than 30 years, new figures show. The latest...

Property professionals heralded the end of the low interest era yesterday after the latest Bank of England base rate hike. The Bank...

As I watched Liz Truss take to the stage at this week’s Conservative Party conference, my eyes were drawn to the sign behind her. “Getting Britain...

Sir Kier Starmer has used his speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool to set out plans of getting home...

First-time buyers have been urged to manage their expectations after it revealed that 79% believe their first home will meet all...

Research over recent years has regularly pointed to the Bank of Mum & Dad being one of the UK’s biggest lenders,...

Long-term 50-year mortgages that can be passed on by parents to their children appear to be the latest idea from the...

Anyone working in the property market should have at least one eye on supply. Of course, it’s a constant issue for...

The government is being urged to tailor its housing market reforms beyond solely focusing on first-time buyers. It comes as new analysis...

The government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper has initially caused some consternation and a strong adverse reaction from some within...

Almost half of the UK public think young people cannot afford to buy their own home because they spend too much...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...

A third of first-time buyers have had to reduce their budgets as a result of recent interest rate hikes and the...

Record numbers of buyers are now purchasing homes chain-free research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that an increase in the share...

The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...

The Building Societies Association’s regular confidence tracker about the housing market shows rising pessimism over interest rates, the escalating cost of...

A scheme to help people to get on the housing ladder in one of the UK’s most expensive local housing markets...

Despite the latest Halifax house price index showing a 10.8 per cent annual rise, a leading housing market analyst is warning...

For the first time since before the global financial crisis of 2008, the number of first-time buyers is estimated to have...

A housebuilding-led mortgage indemnity scheme called Deposit Unlock has now been launched nationally with 17 major developers taking part. Nationwide is the...

A leading agency predicts that prime central London house prices, so long in the doldrums throughout the pandemic, will bounce back...

The government has been warned that its much-talked about levelling up agenda is ‘doomed to fail’ without major reform of the...

Proposals to resuscitate the self-build housing sector have been welcomed by the government. Conservative MP Richard Bacon has published an independent report...

Over 300,000 new-builds in England have been purchased using the government's Help to Buy Equity Loan since its launch in 2013. Of the...

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The Nationwide Building Society has launched a product which, controversially, allows some first time buyers to borrow 5.5 times their income. From...

The Conservatives have promised that first time buyers would not pay tax when buying a home in Wales if the party wins...

Propertymark has slammed government energy efficiency proposals as being “unrealistic, too simplistic and could deter people from moving home.” A formal consultation...

A group that last year floated the concept of a one-off wealth tax - which would include taxing main homes as...

Savills has boosted its forecast for housing transactions this year because the stamp duty holiday has been such a success at...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed that the First Homes scheme will provide newly built homes at a 30 per cent...

An industry analyst is challenging the long-established agents’ view that reducing or temporarily scrapping stamp duty would help the market. On the...

A well-known saying in estate agency is that first-time buyers are the sellers of the future. If we believe this to...

The number of full property details viewed on Rightmove - a key indicator of market health - is already stronger than...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

The proportion of 25 to 34 year olds who own their own home in England has risen for the first time...

There’s been a long-term trend of growing numbers of Londoners quitting the capital to afford a home elsewhere - and typically...

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

The new housing minister has admitted that her party has tried to “put a lid” on house price rises and has...

It’s been six years since the Help to Buy scheme was launched, with the honourable intentions of helping more people onto...

Brexit is not deterring first time buyers this year according to an analysis by the Yorkshire Building Society. It says that despite...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...

Figures released this morning show a surge in first time buyers securing mortgages in recent months, despite the market showing continued signs...

The row over whether Help To Buy benefits house builders’ personal wealth more than it assists the housing market is continuing...

A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive.  The...

Phil Spencer is on the warpath against “constant tinkering” by government in housing matters - and instead, he wants the problems...

On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not what you could describe as ‘housing heavy’ in terms of the...

Is Help To Buy going to remain in existence for much longer? Question marks over the scheme’s future are being raised through...

The income first-time buyers need to purchase a home in the UK’s largest cities has shot up by 18 per cent...

Those of you who receive (and read) my Sunday PropTech Review will know that, by far and away, the most shared...

Speculation is growing that the Help to Buy scheme is set to be discontinued following a review by government ministers. Recent research...

More than 420,000 people have now used the government’s Help to Buy schemes to get themselves on to the housing ladder...

Home ownership among the young has fallen across all income groups according to a large scale research project looking at adults...

Boris Johnson is calling for a cut to Britain’s “absurdly high” stamp duty. Writing in this morning’s Daily Telegraph - the same newspaper...

A government announcement this morning claims 121,500 first time buyers have taken advantage of the stamp duty cut introduced at the...

Renting has long been characterised as a stepping stone onto the housing ladder for the younger generations. But in recent years,...

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...

A study of house price affordability has revealed that train drivers can afford a greater proportion of homes in the UK's...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

James Brokenshire - yesterday appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government - joins the rank of senior politicians...

One of the most influential select committees in parliament has told the government that it needs to do more - much...

The number of owners selling up and moving home is at its highest level since 2007 with one exception - London.  The...

A new national housing agency – Homes England – has been launched by the newly-rebadged Ministry of Housing Communities and Local...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

Savills has given a pessimistic outlook for the mainstream housing market for the next five years.  It says average house prices across...

Pressure is continuing to build on the government to reform stamp duty in next month’s Budget. Firstly a group of senior financial...

It has been revealed that the beleaguered government of Theresa May is to hold a summit at 10 Downing Street tomorrow...

It appears activity in the housing market in 2017 will be around 15% down on 2016. The number of housing transactions...

A detailed analysis of the UK housing market by The Economist suggest many reasons lie behind the slump in property transactions...

Some 1.8m UK adults have stayed or would stay in a relationship chiefly in order to get on the housing ladder,...

British homeowners have the most confidence in the Conservative Party to run the nation's housing market. A survey of almost 4,500 homeowners,...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

Home ownership has halved for young families across some parts of the UK according to a charity.  The Resolution Foundation says its...

By Wednesday April 19th, a UK citizen, on an average income, had earned £7,789 from their day job so far this...

One of the biggest stories post-Brexit is how the housing market has proven to be more resilient than anyone could have...

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...

The proportion of first time buyers relying on inherited wealth or loans from the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ has reached...

A series of leaks to national newspapers and a flurry of broadcast interviews by housing minister Gavin Barwell means we already know...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

The government’s blizzard of New Year announcements about new homes has received a distinctly frosty welcome from many within the property...