UK Property News Recap – 25.09.2026
This week sellers ignored the writing on the wall and asked for more. Thresholds weren’t crossed for fear of being tagged as a Mansion tax owner. Bulk buying marginally helped balance developers profit and loss sheet while Suneil Setiya, when buying Nick Candy's £275m mansion, stamped his “duty” to HMRC
UK Property News Recap – 18.09.2026
This week house prices fell as rents rose, and construction starts tumbled as borrowing costs climbed. The only constant was the base rate, which held a steady course despite their path remaining unclear. Labour's self-imposed housing target is now so far out of their sights that they are adrift; reliant
UK Property News Recap – 11.09.2026
Desperate to catch a break the UK Property Market continues to trudge along. Buyers’ and sellers' motivations to move on are aligned but finding a happy medium when rates, outgoings, and taxes are against you requires some protracted negotiations. Developers continue to scale back completions while letting southern sites languish
UK Property News Recap – 04.09.2026
Markets shook this week as bombing resumed in the Middle East, causing further fears of interest rate hikes as swap rates felt the reverberations from a war, far from over. Borrowers' and sellers' hopes for the autumn term dwindled along with developers’ aspirations for a healthy turnover. To appease them