Housing Insight Report: April 2024
The residential sales sector has seen an early flurry of activity in April with prospective buyer registrations, new sales instructions, and the number of sales agreed all increasing. In the…
Private Tenancies Act Section 8 coming into force on 1 September
The Smoke, Heat and Carbon Monoxide Alarms Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 set the standards for the number and type of alarms that must be installed in privately rented properties. Once…
Campaign continues as ground rent cap not included in leasehold reform
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill received Royal Assent and became law on Friday 24 May 2024. It was included as part of the 'wash-up', as the House of Lords…
Axing multiple dwelling relief risks cuts to housing supply
Propertymark has called on the Welsh Government to think differently from the UK Government and keep Land Transaction Tax (LTT) relief for multiple dwellings as well as maintaining the 6-dwelling…
Call for agent support in finding homes for vulnerable tenants
How you can help Currently, Homefinder UK has a pressing need for properties in locations anywhere in the UK and they are looking for:Properties with 1, 2, 3, 4 and…
The Future UK Rent Market
Rental property is an ever popular investment option across the UK. Even in the face of changing economic and political environments, people continue to view property as a wise and…
What is Property Crowdfunding?
Buy-to-let has been one of the most popular forms of investing for going on two decades now as investors large and small have sought to benefit from the UK’s continued…
The Power of Millennials
Not everyone welcomed the Government’s removal of stamp duty for first-time buyer purchases up to £300,000 – and on the first £300,000 of properties costing up to £500,000 – but…
Strength in Numbers
According to the recently released Nesta report on the UK Alternative Finance Industry for 2015, the market grew to £3.2 Billion last year. With £2.2 Billion either being lent to or invested…
UK property – a good investment?
For those considering whether now is the moment to buy, these are disorienting times. There are as many different markets in one city as there are across the country. With…
