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The worst of the housing slowdown may finally be passing. That is the tentative message from the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey, which shows several key indicators moving in a less negative direction for a second month running, an early signal that the UK housing market outlook is improving for investors.

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UK housing market outlook brightens as RICS sees the slowdown starting to fade

RICS data hints the UK housing market outlook is finally turning. See which indicators improved in June and what it means for your next move.

By Anna Ibbotson · July 15, 2026

UK room rents have reached record highs in six of the country's regions at the same time as the supply of flatshare rooms has contracted for the first time in three years, according to the latest rental index from SpareRoom.

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UK room rents hit record highs as flatshare supply falls for the first time in three years

UK room rents just hit record highs in six regions as flatshare supply falls. See where rents are rising fastest and what it means for landlords.

Anna Ibbotson · July 15, 2026

Institutional money is still chasing London's rental market. Brydell Partners, a London-based real estate investment firm, has acquired 325 rental homes across five schemes in the capital, in one of the more eye-catching examples of London build to rent investment this year.

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Brydell Partners seals £85m London build to rent investment with 325-home portfolio

Brydell Partners' £85m London build to rent investment lands 325 homes in three commuter boroughs. What the deal signals for landlords and investors.

Anna Ibbotson · July 15, 2026

Metro Bank has pushed lending to the very top of the loan-to-value scale with a new joint borrower sole proprietor mortgage allowing first-time buyers to borrow over 95 per cent and up to 100 per cent of a property's value, backed by the income of an immediate family member. Brokers have welcomed the launch but cautioned that it "needs very careful advice".

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Metro Bank takes joint borrower sole proprietor mortgage to 100 per cent as brokers urge caution

Metro Bank has pushed lending to the very top of the loan-to-value scale with a new joint borrower sole proprietor mortgage allowing first-time buyers to borrow over 95…

Anna Ibbotson · July 8, 2026

Leading economists, including an adviser to the man expected to be Britain's next prime minister, have called for stamp duty and council tax to be swept away and replaced with a single annual property value tax, in what would amount to the biggest shake-up of property taxation in a generation.

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Economists urge Andy Burnham to scrap stamp duty and council tax for 1% property value tax

Top UK economists urge Andy Burnham to scrap stamp duty and council tax for a 1% annual property value tax. What UCL's Prosperity 2030 plan means for property…

Anna Ibbotson · July 7, 2026

Letting and property management businesses risk being caught out, not by failing to comply with the Renters' Rights Act, but by failing to grasp what it does to their numbers, according to financial specialists The Property CA.

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Renters’ Rights Act: letting agencies warned they are underestimating the financial fallout

The Property CA warns letting agencies are underestimating the financial fallout from the Renters' Rights Act, urging cash-flow modelling and scenario planning now.

Anna Ibbotson · June 30, 2026

A Hampshire letting agent has launched a free property portal that has already drawn more than 9,000 subscribers and stitched together a network of listings from over 6,600 estate and letting agencies across the UK, in a direct challenge to the established players that dominate online property advertising.

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Free property portal Find My Move passes 9,000 subscribers as agents tire of soaring listing fees

Hampshire start-up Find My Move passes 9,000 subscribers with a free property portal for agents and landlords, challenging the cost of traditional listing sites.

Anna Ibbotson · June 26, 2026

International students arriving in Britain with no credit history, no UK guarantor and a suitcase full of upfront costs have long faced an uphill struggle to secure a roof over their heads. A new tie-up between deposit alternative provider flatfair and student housing specialist Flaties aims to change that.

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Flatfair and Flaties join forces to break down rental barriers for international students

flatfair and Flaties have partnered to offer no-deposit and guarantor solutions, removing two of the biggest barriers facing international students renting in the UK.

Anna Ibbotson · June 4, 2026

The UK property market ended the year on a stronger footing after recording a third consecutive quarter of house price growth, according to the latest Property Market Index Review from London estate agency Benham and Reeves.

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UK house price growth stalls in May as Iran conflict lifts mortgage rates

Nationwide records the first monthly fall of 2026, with the average two-year fixed mortgage now at 5.75% and buyer enquiries sliding to their weakest level since 2023.

Anna Ibbotson · June 3, 2026

Paragon Banking Group, one of the country's largest specialist buy-to-let lenders, has reported a sharp slowdown in new mortgage advances as the lingering chill from chancellor Rachel Reeves's November budget continues to weigh on landlord sentiment.

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Landlord nerves over November budget knock Paragon buy-to-let lending

Britain's biggest specialist buy-to-let lender pinned a 4.7 per cent fall in new mortgages on a "smaller opening pipeline" of business in the wake of the delayed Labour…

Anna Ibbotson · June 3, 2026