A private school group has secured £1.75 million in bridging finance against a block of buy-to-let flats in West Kensington to address liquidity pressures stemming from VAT changes in the…
OakNorth has provided £11.7m in development finance to Cinch Self Storage to fund two purpose-built facilities in Bedford and Leeds, adding more than 120,000 sq ft of lettable space to…
London estate agency Dexters has acquired Fraser & Co, adding four London offices and a Hong Kong presence to its existing network. The deal brings more than 30 employees into…
Michael Bruce has been officially reinstated as a director at Purplebricks’ parent company Strike, according to Companies House records filed this week, confirming earlier reports of the founder’s return to…
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has called for significant reforms to Stamp Duty Land Tax, arguing the current system creates barriers to homeownership and slows property market activity.…
A BBC investigation has identified 1,539 incidents of ‘cuckooing’ reported to police in London between May 2025 and April 2026, where drug gangs have taken over residential properties from vulnerable…
A National Audit Office report has disclosed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor received rental income from sub-letting three cottages on the Royal Lodge estate, which he leased from the Crown Estate. The…
A group of northern Labour MPs is calling on Andy Burnham to replace Council Tax with a Land Value Tax, arguing the current system creates unfair burdens on lower-value properties…
A property agent has been ordered to reimburse a buyer £575 in survey costs after failing to disclose that a property was of non-standard construction, according to a recent case…
Properties located near nurseries rated highly by Ofsted are selling at a significant premium, with homebuyers paying an average of £77,926 more to secure proximity to top-rated childcare facilities, according…