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With the number of homes coming up to let in short supply, Propertymark is calling on the next government to reconsider the way landlords are taxed in a bid to incentivise new investment in the buy-to-let sector. Demand for privately…

David Alexander DJ Alexander has announced the acquisition of Sandstone UK Property Management Solutions Ltd which trades as Sandstone Management. DJ Alexander is the Scottish hub of Lomond, which has purchased close to 60 property businesses in just three years…

Three major lenders have reduced mortgage rates ahead of an expected Labour victory this week. Halifax and Natwest have cut rates by up to 0.23%, while Clydesdale Bank said its rates will fall by 0.38%. The reductions come amid hopes…

UK mortgage approvals edged down in May as higher mortgage rates continued to take their toll, according to the latest figures released yesterday by the Bank of England. Net mortgage approvals for house purchases dipped to 60,000 from 60,800 in…

The Conservatives are set to lose nearly half of homeowner votes on Thursday, latest polling carried out on behalf of Jackson-Stops reveals. In 2019’s General Election, homeowners accounted for 38% of the Conservative voter base , whilst today this figures…

Sir Kier Starmer insists that a Labour government would make it a priority to make housing more affordable by boosting the supply of new build housing and making bidding wars illegal. He told BBC Radio 5 Live last week that…

Matthew Pattenden (left) and Lee Churchyard A new estate agency has been launched in Folkestone, Kent, by two business partners pledging to operate a ‘community-driven, charitable and ethical’ business. Lee Churchyard, aged 22, Matthew Pattenden, 37, have joined forces to…

The Nationwide House Price Index for June (and Q2 regional) has just been released. It shows that UK house prices edged up 1.5% in June compared with a year ago, after taking account of seasonal effects. This resulted in the…

The proportion of first-time buyers who face paying stamp duty could more than double if Labour win the general election, with 36% of first-time buyers in England and Northern Ireland exceeding the stamp duty threshold under Labour, versus 15% under…

UK house prices are overvalued, which suggests that they will drop in some regions across the country. But, the big question is how far do prices need to fall? And where are prices most overvalued? New data from Zoopla this…