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30 2008
Falling prices to boost rental property demand
More than half of all UK private landlords feel that demand for rental property will carry...

City 'crash pads' popular rental options for professionals
Renting a 'crash pad' in the city and buying in the country is becoming an increasingly...

New survey to look into trouble of renting with pets
Growing numbers of landlords are clamping down on allowing tenants to move their pets into...

27 2008
Landlords urged to be sensitive about tenants' requirements
The director of the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has encouraged landlords to...

Three-quarters of Britons anticipate house price decreases
Three-quarters of Britons are expecting house prices to fall over the course of the next...

Cost of living is cheaper for renters
New research from a leading money website has shown that the cost of living for those who...

NLA: Tenants expect high-quality properties
A leading figure at the National Landlords Association (NLA) has issued a host of...

26 2008
Increases in rent are not nationwide
Contrary to some predictions, new research has confirmed that massive increases in the...

King expects "weak activity" in housing market
The UK housing market is set to suffer a "period of extremely weak activity",...

NLA explains appeal of renting
A leading figure at the National Landlords Association (NLA) has claimed that the recent...

25 2008
Consumers expect more price falls
Over three-quarters (75.8 per cent) of consumers expect house prices to fall by the end of...

Fixed-rate mortgage costs continue to soar
New research from a leading money website has today (June 25th) confirmed that the average...

Rental demand rises by 41% in May
New figures released today (June 25th) by a leading letting agent suggest that...

NALS urges landlords to prepare for EPCs
Landlords have today (June 24th) been warned to prepare for the upcoming deadline for the...

Landlords playing "vital social role"
The head of a leading mortgage specialist has today (June 24th) claimed that landlords are...

Lenders forcing first-time buyers out
First-time buyers are being squeezed out of the property market by the actions of...

23 2008
Fears over the length of the housing slump grow
Over half of prospective homebuyers in the UK feel the current price slump will last for...

House sales down by 32 per cent in 2008
Property sales in the UK this year are down by a staggering 32 per cent, new research from...

House prices falling in June
New research from a leading online property portal has suggested that house prices in the...

20 2008
Obsession with ownership undermining the market
An obsession with home ownership is creating major instability in the UK housing market,...

Increased mortgage repayments are a big turn-off for buyers
Britons are being put off buying property due to fears about hikes in mortgage repayments,...

19 2008
Mortgages increasing in cost but not quantity
A leading figure at an independent financial data company has claimed that the sub prime...

HBOS: Prices set to drop by 9% in 2008
House prices could fall by up to nine per cent during 2008, according to a new trade...

18 2008
Tenants can afford to be "pickier"
The editor of a leading online portal for landlords has explained that they must keep...

King expects inflation to soar above 4%
The governor of the Bank of England has warned that inflation is likely to rise above four...

NLA: Landlords won't desert the buy-to-let sector
Landlords are not responding to the current housing crisis by selling up and leaving the...

17 2008
Obsession with property now bearing negative fruit
British homeowners are now being brought down to earth with a bump as the market undergoes...

Renting still prudent as recession could be imminent
The housing market could be in for more punishment as the UK is hurtling towards a...

LESA extended to commercial landlords
Carbon reduction incentives are set to be extended to corporate landlords, the government...

Inflation increases to 3.3%
The consumer price index (CPI) has risen to 3.3 per cent, the Bank of England has...

Housing starts down to lowest post-war level
New research from the Construction Products Association (CPA) has today (June 17th)...

16 2008
Repossession fears spreading
The spectre of repossession is seemingly hovering for UK homeowners, with one in five...

Three million renters in the UK by 2021
The UK could have over three million renters by 2021, according to new research released...

Government urged to focus on rental sector
The government has today (June 16th) been criticised for failing to invest in the rental...

13 2008
Monthly house price falls are largest since 1995
House prices have dropped by their biggest monthly amount since February 1995, according...

12 2008
Mortgage market still struggling
The credit crunch is continuing to take its toll on the UK mortgage market, according to...

Fixed mortgage fees go through the roof
A leading independent financial website has suggested that the number of fixed mortgages...

11 2008
Landlords confident as renting remains attractive
Landlords across the UK have been advised that the buy-to-let sector will remain buoyant...

New Manchester transport links would boost property market

The editor of a leading property website has claimed that the proposed transport...

London house prices will drop by further 10%
House prices in London are set to fall by a further ten per cent before they hit rock...

10 2008
Less people switching to buying from renting
New research has revealed today (June 10th) that there has been a sharp decrease in the...

Transactions hit 30-year low
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has today (June 10th) fuelled fears...

First-time buyers being squeezed out
First-time buyers are being pushed away from the market by the prospect of excessive...

09 2008
'Gazundering' leaving sellers out of pocket
As house prices continue to suffer in the current economic downturn, the trend of...

House prices down nearly all over the UK
New research released today (June 9th) has suggested that house prices were down in 11 of...

Rental market is 'white knight' of housing market as a whole
Average rental prices in the UK are undergoing a sharp correction after a short period of...

06 2008
TSA recruitment gets lift-off
Housing minister Caroline Flint has today (June 6th) announced that the recruitment...

Cable criticises sub-prime mortgage lenders
Liberal Democrats Treasury spokesman Vince Cable has criticised sub-prime mortgage...

05 2008
Two-thirds of people won't buy in the next year
Two-thirds of UK people appear unlikely to buy a property in the next 12 months, a new...

Interest rates remain at 5%
The Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) has today (June 5th) decided to keep...

Remortgages will provide bulk of lending for rest of 2008
The editor of a leading independent mortgage website has claimed that the majority of...

04 2008
NLA develops guiding principles for sale and rent back
The National Landlords Association (NLA) has today (June 4th) announced its guiding...

Lomography resurrected in London
The Photographer's Gallery is set to showcase its 'London Lomography Thursday' event...

Renting costs a third less than buying
The cost of renting is just 68 per cent of the cost of buying a two or three-bedroom...

03 2008
NLA blasts letting agents in London and the south-east
The National Landlords Association (NLA) has hit out at letting agents today (June 3rd)...

Brighton attracting "downsizing" Londoners
The director of a Brighton estate agency has today (June 3rd) claimed that the property...

London flat drops in value by £1m
The owner of an idyllic mansion flat in central London has knocked a staggering £1...

02 2008
RICS: Decline in approvals will hit first-time buyers
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has today highlighted the increasing...

Nearly half of under-25 homeowners 'feel trapped'
The results of a new survey have suggested today that almost half of young homeowners...

A million homeowners could be in negative equity by end of 2009
A leading city bank has today warned that more than a million homeowners could slip into...