Now 20 years old, much-loved US sitcom Friends centred on six friends living in New York and one of the focal points of many episodes was the iconic flat. To mark the anniversary of Friends, online estate agent eMoov has looked at the prices and fortunes of a number...

Despite having no dedicated housing debate at this week’s Conservative party conference, prime minister David Cameron has pledged to offer homes to first time buyers at 20% below market rate if he is re-elected next May. Being referred to by many Conservatives as...

The number of 18-30 year old property buyers remains at an all-time low, according to the latest figures published by the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA). The organisation’s August Housing Market Report indicates that the younger generation continues to...

Letting agents and landlords have been warned to look out for so-called ghost tenants living in their properties. According to research from Direct Line for Businesses, there is at least three million of these individuals, who reside in a property despite not being on...

Rightmove has used its new real-time data feed to analyse different periods of traffic flow by public users and different updating patterns by advertrising agents - and the time of the week with the least viewing is Friday afternoons. Currently the busiest time for...

Asking prices have risen 0.9 per cent in the past month according to Rightmove, in the first September increase since 2011. The portal says the asking prices of property coming to market this month are up by £2,474 - a sharp contrast to the average change in September...

A great article from The Telegraph - What’s the fastest-growing British industry of the last decade? Apps for smartphones perhaps? Web retailing? Payday lending? Actually, it is probably renting out property. The buy-to-let boom has seen a huge growth in the number of...

Using data and analysis from its property searches, global property portal Lamudi has compiled a list of the top ten most important factors for today’s homebuyer. “Today’s homebuyer is different to those of previous generations. In the age of smartphones, apps and...

Will all buy-to-let loans be regulated? No. The Treasury considers that, in most cases, buy-to-let landlords make an active decision to  become a landlord, an activity for which they will receive an income and for which they will be taxed  as a business. As such, the...

All works carried out in England and Wales require planning permission. Certain types of extensions and changes of use, subject to certain limits and conditions, do not require a full planning permission from a Local Planning Authority. Unless these automatic rights...

Bank Lending Rate The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee has confirmed that the Bank Base Rate is to remain at 0.5% for a further month. It has been at this very low level for over five years – a record period. Source: Bank of England...... oOo HOUSE PRICE...

There has been a steep rise in the number of people renting rather than buying in London, no doubt due to the really high prices of property in the capital, and the rules of affordability to get a mortgage. Landlords are offering smaller and smaller flats to tenants,...