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Changes in the way lenders stress test borrowers could increase first-time buyer transactions by up to 24 per cent over the next five years, according to property firm Savills. Following a change in Bank...

This is a misconception among many UK homeowners that all builders are legally licensed, when in fact no such requirements currently exist, according to recent research. A new survey by the HomeOwners...

Many homebuyers are still relying on financial help from their parents, with gifts and loans totalling £9.6 billion in 2024. According to the latest analysis from property firm Savills, 173,500...

Owner-occupiers aged 60-plus in the UK now hold a record estimated £2.89 trillion of net housing wealth, according to Savills. The latest assessment of housing wealth by the property experts reveals...

Biodiversity Net Gain requirements (BNG) are giving already overstretched local authority planning departments even more of a backlog on processing applications. According to a report from the Home Builders...

Plans for a huge shake-up of local government in Norwich and Norfolk have moved forward. And local residents have until April 13 to give the UK government their views on the proposals to create three...

The UK government has pledged a £2 billion injection of investment to build up to 18,000 new social and affordable homes. The announcement is another step towards the government’s promise...

Architects and other professionals within the construction and property industries have welcomed the government’s new Planning and Infrastructure Bill. The bill, which has been introduced to Parliament,...

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has welcomed the government’s plans to build a new generation of new towns and invest £350 million in the supply of affordable and social housing....

As February draws to a close and March begins, now might be the time to think about buying or selling property. Whether you have a home you have renovated, extended or remodelled and are now looking to...

UK homeowners embarking on significant structural changes to their properties are not always obtaining the right planning permissions, according to a recent survey. Estate agent eXp UK approached some...

It was the busiest ever Boxing Day for new seller activity, with the east of England seeing the second highest level of properties coming to the market in the UK. A record number of new homes were listed...