Second Home

Just 3% of property professionals are most confident in the prospects of buy-to-let this year, suggesting many regard the current environment to be hostile towards investors. Instead, half (50%) have…

Government agency Homes England has surpassed its housing delivery targets for 2024-25. The agency facilitated the completion of 36,757 homes, 14% more than its 2023-24 delivery levels, and above its…

Wales is home to the most in-demand shared living market in Britain, analysis from HMO management platform COHO has revealed. Across Great Britain an estimated 10.4% of all shared living…

Housebuilders’ suppliers are on the hook for building remediation costs following a ruling from the Supreme Court. The developer Barratt Redrow won a Supreme Court ruling against engineering consultancy URS,…

Luxury estate agency firm Circa London has partnered with Castlemere Developments to market its new £9.6 million townhouse development in Dulwich to buyers in the Far East. Circa London has…

A commercial building spanning 233,000 sq ft near Manchester’s Piccadilly Station is being constructed called The Republic. The development will sit within Mayfield Park from developer Landsec with construction business…

The true scale of mortgage fraud in the UK may be far greater than official enforcement figures suggest, client due diligence platform Thirdfort has warned. Mortgage fraud often involves forged…

Funders are seeing overwhelming interest in the build-to-rent sector. Half (50%) of funders experienced a very strong appetite for lending to build-to-rent schemes and a similar proportion (47%) still have…

There’s been a 55% drop in first-time buyer offers in this quarter compared to the same time last year due to the cliff edge nature of the the stamp duty…

The construction sector saw a 33% rise in project-starts in the three months to May compared to the three months before, research from construction firm Glenigan has revealed. However, it’s…