The latest London office bulletin from international real estate agency Cluttons shows that office rents and values in the central London commercial property market have begun to slip as some firms display nervousness in...
With around one quarter of housing transactions collapsing, the HomeOwners Alliance has suggested that over £500m is lost each year on failed attempts to buy and sell their properties in the UK. The figures...
With the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee expected to announce tomorrow (Thursday 2nd November) the first rise in interest rates in a decade, it has been suggested that it could result in a...
A new report from the Adam Smith Institute has urged the UK Chancellor to urge stamp duty on property transactions. The property tax is payable, in rising increments, on landlord or property bought for...
If, as expected, the Bank of England raises its interest rates next week, then UK home owners with variable rate mortgages could end up paying out an extra £990 million over a year. With...
A new YouGov survey, commissioned by TheHouseShop.com, has underlined the growing concern over housing affordability in the UK. It’s widely accepted that for housing to be genuinely affordable, rents, mortgage costs and other housing related...
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has launched an eight week review into home-buying and selling in England and Wales. The process aims to make transactions “faster and less stressful” by simplifying sales and tackling gazumping....
Research by the website Politics.co.uk has revealed that private landlords across the country are refusing to let their properties to Universal Credit claimants. 69% of letting agents questioned said that they had no landlords...
Landlords have just under six months to ensure their rental properties meet the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES). In this guest blog post, Portico London estate agents explain how the new MEES will work...
BBC programme, Inside Out London, has exposed how Right to Rent rules have created a black market in forgeries as undocumented immigrants attempt to flout the law. Innocent firms were said to be “easily...
