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Rent controls 'will do nothing' to solve the housing crisis says IEA

IEA calls for relaxation of planning rules to raise housing supply and reduce rents.

Sep 15, 2016

By Shane Croucher

London UK Housing

Meet Habito, the world's first AI digital mortgage adviser

CEO Daniel Hegarty says he wants to offer "a free online real-time advice service" for mortgages.

Sep 13, 2016

By Shane Croucher

UK Housing Artificial Intelligence

House price growth slows in the UK as market set to 'cool not crash'

Office for National Statistics says house prices growing fastest in East and South East of England, alongside London.

Sep 13, 2016

By Shane Croucher

UK Housing Brexit EU Referendum

'Hundreds of thousands' of potential housing deals killed by mortgage problems

Nottingham Building Society says more than a third of deals die because of finance issues.

Sep 13, 2016

By Shane Croucher

UK Housing

Fergus Wilson Judith landlords buy-to-let

Britain's biggest landlords Fergus and Judith Wilson claim 'day of the amateur landlord is over'

Stricter mortgage credit conditions for buy-to-let investors make it harder for amateur landlords to start out.

Sep 12, 2016

By Shane Croucher

Rents dropping across more than half of Great Britain as 'power shifts to tenants'

Monthly Lettings Index for August 2016 shows average rent on new lets is still rising on the whole.

Sep 12, 2016

By Shane Croucher

England London Scotland

Landlords are too shy to admit it because 'stigma attached never seems to diminish'

National Landlords Association says only rogues and criminals make headlines, but they are the minority.

Sep 9, 2016

By Shane Croucher

Property prices in prime central London see sharpest fall in nearly seven years

But Knight Frank says there is room for 'cautious optimism' amid surging buyer interest in prime London.

Sep 8, 2016

By Shane Croucher

London Brexit EU Referendum

Lincoln Plaza London property Canary Wharf

Lincoln Plaza in London's Docklands scoops 2016 prize for worst new building

Lincoln Plaza, developed by Galliard Homes, wins Building Design magazine's Carbuncle Cup 2016.

Sep 8, 2016

By Shane Croucher

London

UK housing market shrugs off 'initial shock' of Brexit, says Rics

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors poll of property sector shows confidence returns after EU referendum.

Sep 8, 2016

By Shane Croucher

UK Housing Brexit EU Referendum

House prices fell in August but a Brexit-triggered crash 'should be avoided'

Halifax house price index says slowdown is in line with its forecasts.

Sep 7, 2016

By Shane Croucher

UK Housing Brexit

Rents rising 'at a sustainable pace' in the UK according to HomeLet

HomeLet rental index shows average UK rent hit £915 per month in August 2016.

Sep 7, 2016

By Shane Croucher

UK Housing London

Landlords switching to Airbnb for lucrative holiday lets risk breaching buy-to-let mortgage terms

Residential Landlords Association warns of London landlords worsening housing crisis by growing use of Airbnb.

Sep 6, 2016

By Shane Croucher

UK Housing London

Apartments to go on sale in Spire London, set to be Western Europe's tallest residential tower

Chinese developer Greenland Group preparing for October launch of luxury apartment sales in Canary Wharf.

Sep 5, 2016

By Shane Croucher

London

The Croydon facelift: From concretopia to culture capital

Croydon council is working on an ambitious £5.25bn regeneration scheme to transform a bleak corner of London.

Sep 1, 2016

By Shane Croucher

London

House prices defy Brexit uncertainty — but only because there are too few homes for sale

Nationwide house price index for August shows faster growth than July.

Aug 31, 2016

By Shane Croucher

Brexit UK Housing EU Referendum Bank of England

London rental price growth is slowing as affordability constraints 'start to bite'

Capital Economics says it "seems unlikely that the dip in rental growth in London will be short-lived".

Aug 26, 2016

By Shane Croucher

London

House prices slowing across UK cities and 'agents will look to re-price stock'

Hometrack says average house price in UK's 20 major cities rose 9.5% over the year - but it is a reduction.

Aug 26, 2016

By Shane Croucher

London Brexit EU Referendum

House builders England UK housing property

Number of housing completions falls in England despite government drive

Housing charity Shelter says government at risk of missing target of one million new homes by 2020.

Aug 25, 2016

By Shane Croucher

UK Housing

One Hyde Park Candy Candy Apartment C.08.1

Mystery clouds UK's most expensive home – who owns the £63m flat and why does it keep going on sale?

Companies House records suggest used-car magnate Geoffrey Warren owns the apartment at One Hyde Park.

Aug 24, 2016

By Shane Croucher

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