1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1060+ words) Reform of ground rents is long overdue and the Government is committed to capping most existing long residential ground rents at £250 a year, before reducing them to a peppercorn after 40 years through the forthcoming Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill. The…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (688+ words) When the Renters’ Rights Act became law on 1st May, ministers billed it as “the biggest shake-up to renters’ rights in a generation.” Renting reform was urgently needed. But three months on, renters increasingly look like collateral damage in their own…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (484+ words) London continues to exert significant pull among international buyers as a place to live, learn and invest in, research suggests. The attractiveness of the capital may have been hit in recent years by Brexit, higher taxes and extra Stamp Duty…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (615+ words) More than eight of 10 tenants support Burnham’s rent controls, new data reveals. A survey of 5,607 tenants by SpareRoom this month revealed the overwhelming support for the reforms. Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham has confirmed that he is considering introduction…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (396+ words) Billionaire homebuyers from the USA and the Gulf region have helped boost the ultra-prime residential market in the first half of 2026. The latest Billionaire Buyers in London survey by Beauchamp Estates shows a jump in the number of sales for…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (243+ words) Restoring confidence in flats among first-time buyers is essential if the housing market is to regain momentum, according to Hill Group’s CEO, Andy Hill (pictured). He says flats were once the first step on the property ladder for many buyers…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (272+ words) A national rent stabilisation scheme has been proposed by a leading think tank that would limit rent increases while avoiding the supply and investment problems often associated with rent controls. Writing in Red Brick, Tazu Walden (pictured) says 2.4 million households…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (259+ words) Rent controls must be used to cut welfare spending and ease cost-of-living pressures for millions of tenants, a Labour MP has suggested. Writing for LabourList, Margaret Mullane (pictured), MP for Dagenham and Rainham, says: “Given the focus that exists on…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (246+ words) Fall-throughs are hitting more than half of property deals (58%) after an offer is accepted, new data reveals. Research involving 5,000 home movers also shows as many as one in six agreements collapses after four months or even later. And the average…...