Reflecting on 2025 It was a year dominated by regulatory hurdles, with uncertainty around the Budget causing a slowdown in house purchases in the latter half of the year. Since coming to power the...

Plans have been submitted for 102 homes in Chalfont St Giles, with half of the properties being designated as affordable. Bellway Strategic Land is seeking outline planning permission from Buckingh...

A County Durham housing development delivering 79 homes in Pelton has been approved by councillors. There will be a mix of two, three, and four-bedroom homes off Station Lane in the village, includ...

Oscar Lindahl, creative director and partner of the luxury real estate agency MPDunne.com In 2026, the luxury housing market will continue to follow its own rhythm: it will be less reactive to...

By Marcus Di Rollo, head of Gilson Gray Lettings The 2020s have been a turbulent time for Scotland’s housing market. Rents and prices surged during the pandemic as shifting lifestyles drove demand...

Ryan Etchells, chief commercial officer at specialist lender Together With the start of 2026 around the corner, many homeowners will be gearing up to get their homes ready for market and listed in...

Mustafa Sidki is a partner at Thackray Williams, a Southeast law firm, where he specialises in litigation and dispute resolution. Lease conversions are likely to become a growing trend in 2026, owing...

The Dutch residential housing market saw €9.7 billion of transactions in 2025, a 29% increase from 2024, research from Capital Value has revealed. New build in particular took off, which represents...

A development providing 95 homes in the village of Croft in Leicestershire has been granted outline planning permission. Bellway secured permission from Blaby District Council, while the housebuilder...

Mortgage lenders expect struggles with mortgage affordability to worsen in the years ahead. Phoebus Software polled mortgage professionals and found that half (47%) thought mortgage affordability...

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has backed the Financial Conduct Authority’s “openness to moving beyond blunt affordability rules”. The regulator previously vowed to simplify...

Steven Bond is managing director of residential lettings at Beresfords Group Six months have passed since the anti-money laundering (AML) rules came into effect, bringing mandatory financial sancti...

Some 277 homes have been approved for development in Salford. The development is being built on the former Farmer Norton car park on Cleminson Street, as part of the ongoing regeneration of the...

Mark Seaman, head of Samsung's B2B integrated offering team Looking back at 2025, the pace of innovation across residential and mixed-use developments has made one thing clear: technology is no...

Estate agency group Strutt & Parker is predicting a strong 2026 after recording a surge in activity after the Autumn Budget was delivered on November 26. In the seven days after the announcement, the...

The Planning and Infrastructure Act has become law – with the stated aim of accelerating housing construction across the UK. The Act will make it harder for legally challenge the delivery of new...

Allison Thompson, national lettings managing director, Leaders The Renters’ Rights Bill will be the defining influence on the sector in 2026. While it raises the bar for professionalism and improves...

Debt and arrears are both expected to escalate in the US in 2026, Lending Tree has predicted. The online lending marketplace comically wrote: “Debt is going to grow, in part because that’s just what...

The base rate has been cut from 4% to 3.75% after a 5-4 vote from the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee. The reduction comes after inflation slowed from 3.6% to 3.2% in November, getting...

If first-time buyers get a deposit together it’s likely their mortgages could end up being cheaper than paying rent next year, Rightmove has predicted. This process could be exacerbated by the 2%...