Autumn Budget Fallout: Impact on UK Housing and Mortgage Market
The UK government presented its 2025 Autumn Budget (the Budget) to Parliament on 26 November 2025 with a clear intention to plug a large hole in public finances. The Budget…
Cash House Sales Drop 45% Over 5 Years Across England and Wales
Property Solvers’ analysis of HM Land Registry data has recently revealed that the number of cash house sales in England and Wales has fallen by 45% over the past five…
Lord Bailey AM: London Must Get Radical to Get Building
City Hall Conservatives Assembly Member and former Mayoral candidate Lord Bailey of Paddington AM has today launched a new report, Get London Building, which examines the causes of the London…
Investment and the Future of BTR and PBSA
Commentary on investment and future of BTR/PBSA Willie Roberston, Contracts Manager at HiiLIFE “If anything, 2025 has highlighted the resilience of the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) market. Investment has already…
Residential Property Transactions Up 4% in July Following “Lender innovation around affordability”
Lender innovation has kept the property market busy, experts have said, as the number of UK residential property transactions in July 2025 was up 4% on July last year and…
Experts Warn New NI Levy Will Send Rents Soaring
Landlords could be hit with a new National Insurance (NI) levy on rental income in the Autumn Budget, in a move the government is apparently considering to plug the black…
Majority of UK Homebuyers Lack Confidence Labour Will Deliver on Housebuilding
Less than half of UK homebuyers are confident that Labour will deliver on its pledge to deliver more homes, according to new research from Market Financial Solutions. The London-based specialist…
Mansion Tax Would Spark Exodus and “Kill off the upper end of the property market”
Property experts have slammed Rachel Reeves’ latest idea for plugging the gap in the UK’s financial purse, saying a mansion tax is “short-termist” and could see even more wealthy people…
Rental Affordability Getting Worse in England: “Many Are in an Impossible Position”
Rental affordability is getting worse in England with property experts warning that “many are in an impossible position” and “paying over the odds”. In 2024, private renters on an average…