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Rental regulation and supply squeeze keep pressure on UK tenants in 2026
Asking rents across the UK have risen by an average of 4.2% year-on-year, while available rental stock has fallen by roughly 20% across postcode areas — a...
Read articleUK house prices stall in mid-2026 as affordability pressure tests the sales market
Average UK sold prices have softened from their 2025 summer peak, transaction volumes are running below year-ago levels, and flats are taking notably longer...
Read articleDevelopment viability turns a corner as planning reform and rate cuts unlock stalled residential schemes
After two years of suppressed activity driven by rate-driven viability squeezes and regulatory bottlenecks, the UK residential development pipeline is...
Read articleHouse sales stay sluggish despite rising stock: what the regional data really shows
UK house sales remain under pressure in mid-2026, with transaction volumes falling across all major regions compared to a year ago and properties sitting on...
Read articleRenters' Rights Act 2026: how England's landmark reforms are reshaping landlord behaviour, rental supply and asking rents
England's Renters' Rights Act has now delivered its first wave of reforms, abolishing Section 21 evictions, replacing fixed-term tenancies with rolling...
Read articleRecord listings, cautious buyers and softening prices: the UK sales market in 2026 favours patience over speed
The UK residential sales market has entered a phase of buyer-friendly conditions not seen in nearly a decade, with new listings surging to an eight-year...
Read articleBuild-to-rent and the Renters' Rights Act: how institutional landlords are recalibrating for a new era
England's Renters' Rights Act has fundamentally redrawn the rules of the private rented sector — abolishing no-fault evictions, banning rental bidding wars,...
Read articleLocal plans race to meet new housing targets amid planning reform uncertainty
England's councils are scrambling to rewrite or accelerate their local plans following the government's sweeping planning reforms, which reinstated...
Read articleBuild-to-rent faces a turning point as modest price growth and rent reforms shift investor returns
The UK build-to-rent sector is entering a new phase: capital values on new-build flats are growing at only around 2–3% a year, the Renters' Rights Act has...
Read articleDevelopers walk a tightrope as build costs and cautious demand reshape UK housing pipelines
Rising construction costs, stubbornly elevated mortgage rates and softening buyer enquiries are forcing UK residential developers to rethink their pipelines...
Read articleLevelling up or slowing down? How councils are rethinking local plans amid housing target uncertainty
With mandatory housing targets reinstated under the revised National Planning Policy Framework, local authorities across England face pressure to accelerate...
Read articleBuild-to-rent stabilises after rapid rent growth: how investors are pivoting in a price-sensitive market ---
After two years of double-digit rent growth, the UK's build-to-rent sector is entering a more measured phase — with national average asking rents holding...
Read articleDevelopers rethink pipelines as 2026 house price forecasts swing from modest growth to decline
Major lenders and property consultancies have diverged sharply on where UK house prices are heading in 2026, just as Rightmove recorded its steepest June...
Read articleLocal housing need formula overhaul piles pressure on planning systems across England
The government's revised standard method for calculating Local Housing Need has pushed annual delivery targets sharply higher for almost every English local...
Read articleBalanced but brutal: rising listings, falling sales agreed and what it means for UK developers in 2026
New instructions are flooding the UK market at the fastest rate in over a decade, while sales agreed are running 8% below last year and buyers are...
Read articleScotland's First Homes Fund is redrawing the map for first-time buyers — and planning departments are taking notice
Scotland's expanded First Homes Fund deposit support scheme is unlocking new pockets of first-time buyer demand across Scottish cities and commuter towns,...
Read articleLargest June asking price drop in 14 years signals a new reality for UK sellers and agents
Rightmove's June 2026 House Price Index recorded a 0.6% fall in average asking prices — the steepest June decline since 2012 — as supply reaches a...
Read articleScotland's First Homes Fund and planning reforms: a new blueprint for first-time buyer affordability
Scotland's First Home Fund, combined with sweeping planning policy changes under National Planning Framework 4, represents the most ambitious affordability...
Read articleUK sales market slowdown: what June's historic asking price fall really means for buyers, sellers and investors
Rightmove's June 2026 House Price Index has recorded the biggest monthly asking price drop for June in 14 years, with average new-seller prices falling 0.6%...
Read articleEngland's Renters' Rights Act is reshaping the rental market — and the data is already telling a story
The Renters' Rights Act came into force on 1 May 2026, abolishing Section 21 evictions, banning rental bidding wars and restricting rent increases to once...
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