The UK's property industry continues to face a difficult operating environment, according to the Bank of England's latest Agents' Summary
A recent reduction in selected buy-to-let mortgage rates offers landlords a reminder that financing conditions can vary between lenders and product types
Manchester continues to attract attention from property investors, but the city's success is also raising questions about affordability
Landlords and tenants in England are navigating a changing rental-law environment, with recent reforms affecting possession procedures
Property technology companies are increasingly exploring how artificial intelligence can make the process of finding a home more intuitive.
The UK's housing market is facing pressure from more than just mortgage rates.
London's housing market could be facing a problem that will not be fully visible in today's property statistics.
For people planning to buy a home this autumn, the property market is presenting a difficult combination: house-price growth is weak, but mortgage borrowing is becoming more expensive.
While the latest UK house-price figures suggest that the sales market is losing momentum, the rental market is telling a different story.
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UK asking prices dropped 2.0% in August 2026 to an average of £364,999, driven by a 12-year high in housing inventory and steep price cuts in London.
The Labour government has downgraded its election promise to restrict foreign property buyers to a mere "option" because property developers argued that large-scale housing projects require overseas pre-sales to secure financial funding.
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Finding Below-Market-Value (BMV) properties in the UK requires a mix of aggressive networking, strategic platform use, and targeting motivated sellers.
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The BRRR strategy stands for Buy, Refurbish, Refinance, and Rent. It is a real estate method where you buy a cheap property, fix it up to raise its value, get a new mortgage on the higher value to pull out your cash, and rent it out to make monthly income.
Nottingham letting agents are handling the highest number of available rental listings in Britain, with an average of 31.4 available lets per agency — more than double the national average of 13.1 across 21 major cities.
Developer confidence in the UK property market has deteriorated sharply in Q2 2026, with just 23% of developers now expecting market conditions to improve this year — down from 35% in Q1. More than three-quarters expect conditions to remain difficult.
New home registrations fell by 4% in the second quarter of 2026 as house builders slowed their build programmes amid elevated interest rates, geopolitical volatility, and rising costs, according to figures released today by the National House Building Council (NHBC).
The construction sector continues to struggle, with the latest Glenigan index showing residential starts falling 31% in Q2 and private housing dropping 40% compared with the preceding three months. Glenigan economic director Allan Wilen said: "In another perfect storm for the UK construction sector, a sharp decline in residential projects led the sector decline during the second quarter”.
New analysis from Rightmove reveals a stark divide between properties priced correctly and those with unrealistic expectations.
The average asking price for a newly-listed UK home fell by 1% in July to £372,359, a sharper decline than the typical seasonal pattern, according to Rightmove's latest House Price Index.
