UK Property News Recap – 21.11.2025
Another week of budget speculation continues to have the UK property market on hold. Developers plead for relief, sellers pray to escape additional taxes and buyers watch, hopeful, for rates to fall and the market to freefall in the chaos making buying more affordable. Next week the speculation will be
UK Property News Recap – 14.11.2025
This week, speculation about what Rachel Reeves may or may not do in the budget continued. Despite the chancellor claiming an exit tax is now off the cards, rates falling and lenders flexing lending criteria to win business; the endless pontificating has prices, construction and many wealthy homeowners’ hair receding.
UK Property News Recap 07.11.2025
We can’t have a week go by without Reeves trying out a new kite, this week it was an exit tax should you wish to flee the UK. One thing staying put was the base rate, but interest rates fell while the amount you can borrow stretched. Developers, though, weren’t
UK Property News Recap – 31.10.2025
This week, Rachel Reeves dominated the headlines for being selective with the truth about her house while flying a mansion tax kite that has the middle, to the top, of the market hoping the wind blows it off course. The Renters’ Rights bill ascended after Royal assent was given, however
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,