UK Property News Recap – 31.01.2026
This week prime minister Keir Starmer broke ‘ground’, wielding his spade of power with the aim of aerating leasehold so commonhold would take seed. This will transform homeownership for many flat owners, who have seen costs spiral over the years while being powerless to call freeholders to account. This step
UK Property News Recap – 23.01.2026
Rents took a back seat this week, sellers stepped on the ignition but first time buyers took the wheel. London stalled while the country coasted, meanwhile Angela Rayner tried to divert traffic towards ground rents while Ed Miliband turned the lights green on energy efficeincy upgrades back at home. Welcome
UK Property News Recap – 16.01.2026
This week was full of trading updates from developers. They all struggled through a challenging 2025 but are reemerging unscathed with cautious optimism for the end of 2026. RICS surveyors echoed this, predicting residential activity and prices will pick up in affordable areas after a year of budget and economic
UK Property News Recap – 09.01.2026
A fitful Boxing Day scrolling saw first-time buyers rewarded with replenished portal shelves and others left wanting as some sellers opted to hold off marketing until the general mood and weather improved. This came off the back of a dismal December in which the indices reported house price growth slowed,
UK Property News Recap – 19.12.2025
This week was a week of reflection. You name it, everyone came out to say, basically, the same thing. More affordable regions prospered while more expensive regions predominately in the capital and the south withered at the top end of the market under budget speculation and the weight of increased
UK Property News Recap – 12.12.2025
You always know when it’s December not because of the tinsel, the lights or the carols or even the onslaught of aftershave and perfume ads that take over our screens with impossibly goodlooking people trying to convince us that if we use this product we too could be part of
UK Property Recap – 05.12.2025
House price growth has slowed under the weight of budget concern and affordability issues, along with construction levels. However, activity remained mobile at the lower end of the market with buyers keen to get moving before others, buoyed by reducing rates, decide to join their ranks come the New Year.
UK Property News Recap – 28.11.2025
Finally, the wait was over. Budget day arrived and the OBR - brimming with excitement - spilt the beans before Reeves could utter a word. The speculation turned out to be worse than the delivery but the budget still leaves many facing increased taxes by stealth. It is estimated a
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.