UK property investment magazine
The UK housing market has entered a new period of uncertainty, with buyers and sellers pausing in the run-up to the Autumn Budget. After a year of tentative recovery following the last round of stamp duty changes, momentum appears to have stalled once again as speculation grows over potential tax reforms.
Portfolio buyers love a rent‑ready headline such as legal‑fee contributions, furnishing bundles, rent guarantees. What matters isn’t the sticker. It’s when and how the value actually arrives
Cushman & Wakefield warns that rising vacancies and falling postgraduate demand are hitting the viability of the UK’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation market, with affordability pressures reshaping rental growth and prompting warnings of oversupply in key cities.
More than one million over-55s have abandoned plans to move due to a shortage of bungalows, with campaigners warning the lack of single-storey homes is trapping older people in unsuitable housing.
Bidding wars are breaking out in London as the end of hybrid working drives employees back to the city. Demand for flats is soaring, says property expert Nathan Khider.
Planning approvals for new homes in England slump to 221,900 in the year to June 2025, the lowest since 2012, raising concerns over housing targets.
New research from Archimedia Accounts reveals the best UK towns for buy-to-let yields, with Boston, Blackpool and Bolsover topping the list. Kensington and Chelsea ranks lowest, with gross yields of just 1.77%.
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GoDaddy research shows Tower Hamlets, Barking & Dagenham, and Redbridge now lead London for small business growth, as rising Hackney rents push entrepreneurs further east.
Foxtons reports a 16.5% rise in new home sales in London during H1 2025, with first-time buyers dominating activity and cash investors accounting for over a quarter of deals.
