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Major lenders including Barclays, HSBC, and TSB have reduced their interest rates on new fixed mortgages, offering a glimmer of hope...

We all know that first-time buyers have had a tough time of it lately. Mad mini-budgets resulting in higher interest rates...

Build to Rent (BTR) is the UK’s fastest-growing sector and this trend looks set to continue throughout 2023 and beyond. The...

I recently wrote that the long-gestating Renters Reform Bill, finally introduced in Parliament back in May, could be poorly timed, both...

Andrew Jones, Group Director, Corporate Lettings & Build to Rent, Leaders Romans Group (LRG) In the past 10 years, the Build to...

A recent study conducted by the Technical University of Denmark reported that the attention span of people around the world is...

Over the last two years, the property industry has experienced unprecedented change through shifting market conditions and new regulations around compliance. To...

For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...

A survey earlier this week may have shown the older generation feel younger people’s spending habits are destroying their chances of...

Almost half of the UK public think young people cannot afford to buy their own home because they spend too much...

A new survey by interior experts Hammonds Furniture has outlined how important interior style is to potential buyers, with 40% of...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...

The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...

With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due to the upfront expense of buying a home, their time and...

I was recently contributing to whitepaper by a major bank about the future of the property industry and, as I was...