Month: June 2025

A London Assembly Housing Committee has called for the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to cap service charges for shared-ownership homes in London. The committee said service charge are “soaring”,

Much of the property industry has responded positively to the Chancellor’s Spending Review, with the exception of the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA). Rachel Reeves committed to investing £39bn in

The cost of renting should inflate in the months ahead due to a shortage of landlord purchases combined with stronger tenant demand, the RICS UK Residential Survey has revealed. A

The government has committed to investing £39bn in social and affordable housing in its Spending Review. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said this represents “biggest cash injection into social and affordable housing

Flexible workspace provider infinitSpace has completed a new partnership with PATRIZIA, an investment manager in global real assets, to open its second flexible workspace in Berlin. The new site will

The government will launch an Artificial Intelligence tool in collaboration with Google to speed up the planning system. The AI tool will be called ‘Extract’ and can be used by

Trevor Abrahmsohn is managing director of north London agency Glentree International Let’s face it, estate agents are pretty clueless when it comes to closing a complicated deal. Fermat’s Last Theorem

If regulations go through Scottish properties will need to comply with a minimum EPC rating of C for newly let properties by 2028, the same target that could be imposed.

The government is refusing to publish the Justice Impact Test for the Renters’ Rights Bill, a document outlining the legislation’s impact on the courts and tribunal system. The test is

Representatives from major high streets have urged the government to reform policing and crime reporting across the UK. High Streets UK, which represents 5,000 businesses, spoke out against escalating violence

Kevin Shaw, national sales managing director, LRG Historically, older properties have been generally viewed as more desirable than new builds, mainly because their supply is finite and they can be

A decline in planning permission in England is threatening UK housebuilding targets, Investec research shows. In 2024 only 241,000 housing units received planning permission in England, a 3% decrease from

A council is using a second homes tax to fund loans to first-time buyers in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The Homebuy Pembrokeshire scheme will provide a loan of up to 30% of

There was a 25% uptick in projects staring in the three months to the end of May, research from Glenigan has found. This represents a 10% increase on 2024 figures.

Dallas-based private equity firm Lone Star Real Estate Fund VII has agreed to buy nine purpose-built student accommodation assets for £212 million. The seller is Unite Student, the UK’s largest

May was especially busy this year, with agreed sales reaching a four-year high, Rightmove research has revealed. More favourable mortgage conditions have helped, as the average five-year fixed mortgage rate

The National Residential Landlords Association has accused the government of setting ‘unachievable’ and ‘unrealistic’ goals when it comes to EPC targets. It’s being proposed that every property across the private