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Landlords cash in on bumper returns as rents hit record high amid buy-to-let tax hikes

Rents set to rise in 2017 as landlords pass down cost of tax increases to tenants, says Kent Reliance report.

London house prices set for shock fall in 2017 and slowdown will spread across UK

Knight Frank says London will be the only region of the UK to see house prices fall in 2017.

UK house prices moving 'onwards and slowly but surely upwards'

Robert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist, says demand improving despite weaker economic outlook.

Landlords are under fire from a tax-hiking Treasury — but buy-to-let is far from dead

Higher stamp duty and an end to tax relief for mortgage interest costs; being a landlord is getting expense.

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Mortgage lending for home purchases in London tumbles

Data from Council of Mortgage Lenders shows dip during Q3 in number and value of mortgages.

Autumn Statement 2016: Letting agent fees

Landlords warn tenants to prepare for rent hikes if letting fees are banned

Philip Hammond set to use Autumn Statement to switch burden of letting agent fees from tenants to landlords.

Property industry is asking Philip Hammond to reverse Osborne's tax hikes — is he listening?

George Osborne overhauled property taxation but the sector hopes his successor Hammond will be different.

Government U-turns on controversial 'pay-to-stay' policy for council tenants

Housing Minister Gavin Barwell said pay-to-stay does not support working-class families struggling to get by.

London property prices show 'remarkable fortitude' in face of Brexit

Land Registry and ONS data shows London property outperformed all other regions of the UK in September.

Taylor Wimpey confident of strong sales in 'robust' UK housing market

UK's third biggest homebuilder cheered by 'resilient' trading conditions in second half of financial year.

UK rents might be approaching an 'affordability ceiling' after years of rising faster than wages

Landlords face higher costs, but may not be able to raise rents in response because of affordability issues.

First-time buyers feeling affordability pinch as house prices surge says Rightmove

Asking prices on homes for sale are resilient in the face of Brexit.

There is beauty in brutalism - but for many their only choice is to live in a concretopia

Some people love brutalism, some people hate it, what matters is who lives in these controversial estates.

UK house prices: Slowdown in growth 'largely due to mounting affordability pressures'

House price index from Halifax shows slowing annual rate of growth in the UK.

UK house prices will not grow in 2017 amid Brexit uncertainty, Savills says

Property firm says house prices will grow by 13.1% on average in the UK by 2021.

Black Brick's Camilla Dell: Newbuild property in central London faces substantial price cuts

But Black Brick boss also says sub-£1m property market is 'active and resilient' in London.

House prices end 15-month run of growth amid Brexit uncertainty

There was zero growth in house prices month-on-month in the UK during September, says Nationwide.

UK house prices to grow by just 0.5% amid Brexit uncertainty, says JLL

JLL forecasts predict a drop in the number of new homes started in England during 2017.

Slashing the benefit cap will 'make housing in large sections of the country unaffordable'

Benefit cap will be lowered to £23,000 in London and £20,000 outside of the city on 7 November.

Mortgage approvals fall but the Brexit-related drop in lending 'looks behind us'

Data from the Bank of England shows 62,932 mortgage approvals for house purchase in September.

Paying a mortgage is now cheaper than renting in most UK cities

Monthly repayments on mortgages are often lower than city rents, says Zoopla.

UK's largest private house builder Cala Group in talks to be acquired by a Chinese company – report

According to analysts, the potential deal value could be around £600m.

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What the property industry wants when the UK triggers Article 50

We asked those in the residential property sector what they want from Brexit deal. Here's what they said.

Londoners face waiting longer to sell their home as stamp duty hikes and Brexit weaken market

Report from Post Office Money Mortgages shows 91 days is the average time to sell a house in the UK.

'Hard Brexit' will worsen the construction skills shortage and drive house prices higher

CEBR says house price growth will slow amid Brexit uncertainty but warns on cutting EU immigration.

'A really positive picture for renters' as fewer landlords hike rents and supply rises

But Association of Residential Letting Agents says there are still too many landlords increasing rents.

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