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Older homeowners abandon moving plans as bungalow shortage bites

More than a million older homeowners have abandoned plans to move in the past...

Londoners still pay highest premiums for homes near stations

Londoners continue to pay the steepest premiums in the UK to live close to...

Estate agent LRG lined up for £800m sale

One of Britain’s largest estate agency groups is being readied for a sale that...

Rents ease in parts of UK but affordability pressures persist

The North East remains the most affordable region in the UK for tenants with...

Peers warn new towns risk failure without clear vision

The Government’s flagship plan to create a new generation of towns across England risks...

INDUSTRY REACTION: Bank of England holds rates at 4% as inflation concerns persist

The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at 4% and signalled...

Reeves considering staggered stamp duty payments to revive housing market

The Treasury is believed to be weighing reforms to stamp duty that would allow...

Planning approvals fall as residential development slows

Planning activity across England slowed in the second quarter of 2025, with the number...

Southern buyers gain most from easing mortgage rates and static prices

Buyers in London and the south of England are seeing the greatest improvements in...

Prime London market stalls over summer

The prime London housing market slowed over the summer, with sales volumes and achieved...

PropEco launches audit tool to tackle widespread EPC errors

PropEco has launched an EPC Audit tool designed to identify and correct errors in...

Six million tenants preparing to step onto housing ladder

Millions of future first-time buyers are waiting to take their first step on the...

UK house price growth slows as affordability pressures persist

Average UK house prices rose by 2.8% in the year to July 2025, reaching...

First-time buyers favour ‘forever homes’

First-time buyers are increasingly opting for larger homes and longer mortgage terms as they...
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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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