UK Property News Recap – 24.10.2025
This week, the focus lay heavy on the capital and its new homes drought. In an attempt to resuscitate developments and “start” them back into life, the London mayor Sadiq Khan met with housing minister Steve Reed and together they agreed an emergency package to get things moving again. Welcome
UK Property News Recap – 17.10.2025
This week, the lack of new housing dominated the headlines. As a result, developers have reimagined help-to-buy in an attempt to build on their numbers while the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, pleaded on their behalf for affordable targets to reduce to 20% in the Capital. At the same time the
UK Property News Recap – 10.10.2025
This week the Conservatives jumped on the property bandwagon hoping to build on their voting numbers after they were demolished in the last election. To do this they are hoping to engage younger voters with NI rebates to help with first time deposits, and scrap stamp duty to get the
UK Property News Recap – 03.10.2025
This week, post-summer analysis showed the midfield was overrun with stock and despite premium listings there was a clear lack of urgency and hunger from buyers. This saw transactions, mortgage approvals and construction statistics fall. Given this poor performance many are looking to post Reeves’s budget for clarity on how
UK Property News Recap – 26.09.2025
This week prices continued to be weighed down by the sheer choice on the portal shelves, yet some sellers remain hopeful for the New Year, refusing to compromise. Instead they are opting to short let in the interim to enable flexibility should Reeves’s budget choices turn on them. Welcome to
UK Property News Recap – 19.09.2025
This week aspirations to “Build, baby, build” were restrained by the government's own hand as talk of additional property taxes and high inflation bred inertia. Sellers yearning for house price increases in the autumn were met with indifference as buyers were spoiled for choice but for those keen to move,
UK Property News Recap – 12.09.2025
This week, while Rachel Reeves’s kites soared, UK house prices stumbled as the market kept an eye on which way the wind blew. Anxiety further seeped into the UK property market causing buyers to question the cost of their next move and sellers to either jump ship fast or batten
UK property news recap – 05.08.2025
This week was dominated by Angela Rayner's stamp duty misdemeanour. House prices fell - on one measure and rose on another - the pound tanked and gilt yields soared, before recovering, but Rayner continued to dominate the headlines with speculation over whether she did, or did not, know what she
UK Property News Recap -29.08.2025
This week the chancellor continued to “consider” various options to extract more tax from homeowners to fill the debt abyss. If anxiety levels weren’t already elevated enough this certainly helped them rise higher. As a result of all this public musing, some are waiting to hear Rachel Reeves’s final judgement
UK Property News Recap – 22.08.2025
This week Reeves took centre stage; speculation was rife over the chancellor’s musings over property taxes which caused property owners and buyers alike to wait with bated breath for the conclusion of this series in this year's budget. Welcome to another UK Property News Recap - 22.08.2025 UK Property asking prices