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HMO market valued at £78 billion amid rising demand for shared living

New analysis from property technology firm COHO has valued the House in Multiple Occupation...

First-time buyer boost as buying and renting costs align as mortgage rates stabilise

The monthly cost of buying a home is now the same as renting across...

One in four London homeowners plan to downsize, says Suffolk Building Society

A growing number of homeowners are planning to downsize, according to new research from...

Call for ‘truthful rethink’ on housing affordability as experts criticise outdated metrics

A leading housing expert has criticised the industry’s approach to affordability, warning that outdated...

AI tool from REalyse promises to streamline property search and valuation for brokers

Mortgage brokers across the UK will soon have a powerful new tool in their...

Housing market cooled as demand weakened ahead of stamp duty deadline

The UK housing market showed signs of softening in March, according to the latest...

UK house prices dip in March despite strong regional growth

UK house prices recorded a sharper-than-expected monthly fall in March, declining by 0.5% -...

Overseas property demand in Britain hits record low as American and Middle Eastern buyers step in

The number of overseas house hunters registering to buy property in Great Britain has...

UK house price growth steady in March as regional divide persists

UK house price growth held steady at 3.9% year-on-year in March, unchanged from February,...

Propertymark calls for urgent stamp duty reform as threshold changes take effect

Propertymark has urged the UK Government to reform stamp duty thresholds to reflect current...

UK house price growth slows as Spring surge favours buyers

House price growth in the UK is losing momentum as a surge in homes...

ULEZ leaves a mark on London house prices

Sadiq Khan’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) may have delivered cleaner air to the...

Housing affordability returns to pre-pandemic levels

Housing affordability in England and Wales has returned to levels last seen before the...

Bigger homes driving house price growth as flats lag behind

Demand for larger homes has driven growth in UK property prices over the past...

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2026 forecasts: St. James’s Place

Four senior figures at St. James’s Place outline themes, opportunities and concerns for 2026. JUSTIN ONUEKWUSI, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Artificial intelligence is likely to remain a...

2026 forecasts: Atom bank

Chris Storey, chief commercial officer at Atom bank, provides his thoughts on the residential and commercial mortgage market as we head into the new...

“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need not to check your supplier list…”

With the Christmas holidays upon us, it’s fair to say that business issues might be slipping down the priority list just a little bit,...

FS25/6 and the execution-only irony brokers can’t ignore

Reading FCA FS25/6, it is difficult not to notice an uncomfortable irony in the regulator’s conclusions around execution-only sales. The paper rightly raises concerns about...

Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a halt. I always suspected that as ‘confidence arrives on foot and...

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London exodus slows as leavers stay closer to the capital

The pandemic-era rush out of London is firmly in retreat with new figures showing...

Merry Christmas from Opus First Media!

Wishing you a Soup-er Christmas and a prosperous 2026! Between Christmas and the New Year...

Two-thirds of landlords plan to expand portfolios

Two-thirds of landlords are planning some form of growth activity in the year ahead...

High street banks line up in £2.5bn contest for Evelyn Partners

Barclays and NatWest Group have progressed to the second round of an auction for...

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