UK house prices rose 1.6% year-on-year to August 2026, reaching £275,465, but fell month-on-month by £1,116. Portfolio landlords face conflicting signals as the autumn Budget looms with no clarity on
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PBI’s first New-Build Affordability Index compares 305 local authorities using official prices, earnings and sales evidence, with confidence thresholds to prevent thin markets driving the headlines.
Real estate companies accounted for 16.9% of UK members’ voluntary liquidation resolutions in the five working days before the November 2025 Budget, compared with a usual share of 10.3%. The timing is striking, but the data cannot establish why individual shareholders acted.
Guarantor usage in accepted rental applications more than doubled from 9% to 18.4% between January 2025 and July 2026, according to HomeLet data. The shift coincides with Renters' Rights Act provision
Allowable property expenses claimed by UK unincorporated landlords reached £34.75 billion in 2024/25, an 11% year-on-year increase, while declared rental income remained virtually flat at £58.99 billi
Spicerhaart has invested £1.7 million over five years co-developing a bespoke property management platform with Australian provider Rex, rejecting off-the-shelf solutions in favour of a system built a
Sir James Cleverly resigned as Shadow Housing Secretary on 25 September 2026 to pursue the Conservative candidacy for the 2028 London Mayoral election. His departure leaves the opposition housing brie
Rob Hailstone's newly launched Conveyancing Information Collective held its first roadshow in Solihull on 23rd September 2026, attracting 120 expressions of interest. The practitioner-led group has ta
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