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The latest House Costs Indices (HCI) report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that, by tenure type, private renter households had the highest annual inflation rate of 3.6% in March 2025, reflecting rising private rental payments. This was…

New figures from Rightmove show that 70% of estate and letting agency branches are now using the Rightmove Hub, its insights and training platform.  The figure is up from 56% of branches in 2023. The Hub, which was launched ten…

Kieran Witt and Ed Molyneux of Moverly Moverly has been named a finalist in the Smart Data Challenge Prize, a competition funded by the Department for Business & Trade to encourage innovations that use smart data to improve services for…

Landlords who make energy efficiency upgrades to their properties but do not arrange new EPC assessments could be missing out on lower green mortgage rates, new research from Paragon Bank suggests. A survey of over 500 landlords found that 57%…

Welcome to the 20th UK Property Market Stats Show of 2025, your go to weekly ‘TV show’ on the UK property market on YouTube. This week, I’m joined by Iain McKenzie, as we delve into the key property market headlines…

Estate Track has introduced a new AI-powered tool designed to help estate agents create blog content more efficiently.  The AI Blog Writer enables agents to generate draft articles by entering a topic, with the option to publish directly to their…

David Alexander Taxing landlords in the forthcoming spending review would make the housing crisis worse according to property firm DJ Alexander. Speculation that landlords could be targeted in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ forthcoming spending review has prompted the lettings agency to…

The government has announced a series of reforms aimed at supporting small and medium-sized housebuilders and increasing housing delivery across the UK. The proposals include streamlining planning rules for smaller developments, easing regulatory requirements and providing targeted financial support. The…

Russell Quirk I was pondering the other day what on earth is happening at OnTheMarket given the fanfare around the CoStar purchase, but mere tumble-weed since.  Rumours initially circulated that CoStar would be throwing ‘£40m at marketing’ after a rebrand…