Four in 10 Londoners ‘ready to quit capital’ over housing costs November 5, 2025 Nearly half of the capital’s 25-45 year olds are ready to leave over unsustainably expensive housing, according to a new study. In fact, two in three are regularly borrowing money to pay housing costs, most commonly turning to credit cards, payday loans and family support, according to a new report from Pocket Living. “The pressures [...]
‘Urgent and consistent’ policies needed to revive SME housebuilding November 4, 2025 The government must fix the ‘overly complex, costly, and slow’ operating environment for small and medium construction companies to unlock housebuilding, according to a new report. Delivery of new homes could be increased by up to 56 per cent – 100,000 properties a year – if barriers to building are removed, according to the State [...]
Badenoch ‘rebuilding’ Tories as she marks a year as leader, she says November 2, 2025 Kemi Badenoch has said she is “rebuilding” the Conservative Party, as she marks her first year as Tory leader. Badenoch’s first anniversary since taking over as Tory leader is on Sunday, November 2. She came to the helm of the Conservative Party after a leadership contest triggered by Rishi Sunak’s resignation in the wake of [...]
House prices edge higher amid Budget speculation October 31, 2025 UK house prices rose for a second consecutive month, as buyers remained resilient amid growing tax rise speculation in the upcoming Autumn Budget. The average value of a house increased 0.3 per cent to £272,226 in October, according to Nationwide’s latest housing pricing index. House prices were 2.4 per cent higher than last year, following [...]
Starmer reprimands Reeves for ‘inadvertent failure’ over rental licence mishap October 30, 2025 Sir Keir Starmer has sent a sharply worded email to Rachel Reeves criticising the Chancellor for misleading suggestions that she did not know she needed a licence to rent out her family home. Reeves has had to backtrack from earlier suggestions that she and her husband had not been aware of the Southwark Council rental [...]
Reeves may be forced to pay back £38,000 in rent after breach of housing rules October 30, 2025 Rachel Reeves may be forced to pay back tens of thousands in rent to her tenants after leasing her Southwark home without a license. Southwark’s rules on housing allow tenants to claim up to 12 months of rent if they’re a tenant of an unlicensed property. Given that Reeves has been renting out her £3,200-a-month [...]
Super-rich ditch London mansions for flats, developer says October 30, 2025 London’s super-rich are swapping mansions for pieds-à-terre as they seek to wind down their presence in the UK or exit altogether, one of the top developers in the capital has said. Alex Michelin, co-founder of Valouran, said many high net worth individuals (HNWIs) remained attracted to London but were scaling down their property investment to [...]
New 1,200-home neighbourhood unveiled in Elizabeth Line-linked Southall October 30, 2025 A new 1,200-home neighbourhood has been unveiled in Southall as the city continues to expand out along the Elizabeth line. Quarter Yards will deliver 1,273 new homes and over 105,000 sq ft of commercial space. Marcus Blake, managing director at one of the developers, St George, said he has seen “strong demand” for housing in [...]
World-leading office demand and a severe supply crunch meet in London October 30, 2025 New research shows that London is the most attractive European city for commercial office investment, but its future is under threat from a lack of construction. Central London has the lowest vacancy rate among international peers – two thirds lower than Manhattan’s – demonstrating continued global appeal, according to the London Property Alliance. Prime rents [...]
Mortgage lending hits highest level since March amid pre-Budget rush October 29, 2025 Net borrowing of mortgage debt rose to the highest level since March this year, money and credit statistics published by the Bank of England have shown, in signs that Brits are rushing to buy homes before any new property taxes are announced at the Budget. Net borrowing rose by £1.2bn to £5.5bn while mortgage approvals [...]