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- Mortgages
Churchbridge Capital scraps bridging loan broker fees and introduces cashback
The London broker will pass 10% of its lender procuration fee back to borrowers on standard bridging deals where it earns at least 1% commission.
- Homeownership
New planning rules move more housing decisions from councillors to officers in England
From 31 October, objection numbers will no longer force a committee vote, and remaining planning committees will be capped at 13 members.
- Homeownership
Land Registry says UK annual house price growth slowed to 0.9% in August
Annual growth eased from 1.2% in July, the fourth monthly slowdown in a row, and London prices fell 2.2% over the year.
- Landlords
Boydens wins first London block management client near St Paul's Cathedral
The Colchester agent, which manages more than 3,000 units across Essex and Suffolk, has also promoted Euan Shepherd to assistant manager.
- Landlords
Prime London rents rise 4.6% in September, fastest pace in 18 months, LonRes says
LonRes says lets agreed fell 14.9% year on year while new instructions rose 3.4% and available stock grew 6.9%.
- Homeownership
Gap between new listings and agreed sales widest in a year in September
New listings rose 14.8% on August while agreed sales fell 16.1%, cutting conversion to 41.9%, the lowest since last December.
- Homeownership
Over a third of London first-time buyer purchases exceed Lifetime ISA cap
Reallymoving says 34% of London first-time buyer purchases are above the £450,000 cap, up from 25.7% when the Lifetime ISA launched in 2017.
- Homeownership
Barratt Redrow launches 168 Colindale Gardens apartments from £355,000
The Gardenia Collection is a 12-storey block of one-, two- and three-bedroom flats near Colindale Underground Station on the Northern Line.
- Interiors
Marriott Marble Arch completes multi-million-pound renovation of all 247 rooms
Trevillion designed the refurbishment, which covers the lobby, Executive Lounge, event spaces, fitness centre and a new room category.
- Mortgages
Mortgages of £500,000 or more rise 24% in 2025, Savills says
Savills says 62,391 loans of £500,000 or more were issued in 2025, with growth since 2021 coming from outside London and the South East.
- Mortgages
Income caps would rule out over 22% of Mojo's London first-time buyer applicants
Mojo Mortgages says more than 13% of its first-time buyer applicants across the two years of its data would fall outside the proposed Your First Home caps.
- Landlords
Foxtons says London renter registrations fell 21% between August and September
The agency's lettings index shows registrations for the year so far running 11% behind last year, while listings and achieved rents edged higher.
- Homeownership
Asking prices cut on 41% of homes for sale in England, eXp UK says
About 165,647 of 403,962 listed homes have been reduced, with the South East showing the highest share at 43.9%, according to eXp UK.
- Homeownership
EV drivers no longer need planning permission for cross-pavement chargers
The government says the change saves drivers up to £300, though council authorisation is still required to install a charging gulley.
- Homeownership
Bouygues UK wins Gateway 2 approval for 295 homes at Tustin Estate
The Building Safety Regulator signed off the second phase of the Southwark regeneration, with four minor conditions attached, after a 34-week review.
- Landlords
Rents fall in eight of 12 UK regions in September, HomeLet says
The national average hit a record £1,387 a month, but rents outside Greater London slipped 0.3% over the month to £1,176.
- Landlords
Prime central London landlord yields reach highest level since 2009, Savills says
Most prime London flats now yield above 4%, with one-bedroom flats averaging 5.8%, as rents rise and property values fall.
- Homeownership
Homes near top secondary schools carry 29% price premium, Savills says
Savills found the premium in the top 10% of constituencies for school results has narrowed from 33% a decade ago as price growth lagged.
- Investing
London Square sets out plan for 9,000 homes across London in five years
The Aldar-owned developer says the homes, worth £5bn in gross development value, will be spread over about 30 sites, with 65% affordable.
- Investing
Landsec pauses Lewisham Shopping Centre rebuild a year after approval
The owner says it is 'deprioritising' the scheme for 1,744 homes, citing tough economic conditions and a council push for more affordable housing.
- Homeownership
Sellers cut asking prices on more than 3,000 homes a day in September
Rightmove says September's daily average of price reductions was the highest of any month for 15 years, with the typical cut nearly 7%.
- Homeownership
UK house prices fall 0.2% in August as annual figure turns negative
The average home cost £298,468 in August, down from £299,153 in July, with the South East and London posting the steepest annual drops.
- Landlords
New rents rise at fastest pace in nearly two years, Hamptons says
Average newly agreed rents across Britain rose 2.7% annually in September to £1,433 a month, the tenth straight month of accelerating growth.
- Mortgages
PlannerPal brings AI meeting tools to mortgage advisers through Twenty7tec's ADVICE
The integration lets advisers turn recorded client meetings into notes, letters and reports, with London broker Charles Cameron among the first users.
- Mortgages
Lower earners face high borrowing under Your First Home scheme, Tembo says
Tembo's modelling of 17 English cities finds lower earners would need more than 4.5 times income in 13, despite a 2.5% deposit.
- Investing
Kingston's Cambridge Road Estate regeneration wins approval for second phase
Vistry and Kingston council's next stage will deliver 383 homes, 94 of them for council rent, as part of a 2,170-home scheme designed by BPTW.
- Investing
Curlew Capital wins planning approval for 123-bed student scheme in King's Cross
The Britannia Street Car Park plan includes a £5.7m payment towards affordable housing in Camden and a new community hall.
- Homeownership
London subsidence heatmap reveals postcodes most likely to crack in the next heatwave
Homes in Islington are more than four times more likely to suffer subsidence damage than homes in Hillingdon when the next heatwave hits, according to a new analysis of London's clay belt. The borough-level ranking…
- Homeownership
3.3 million Brits are living in homes that are quietly damaging their mental health
Living with damp isn't just unpleasant. It may be making you mentally ill. An analysis of government housing data by PsychiatryWitnesses.co.uk has found that residents of damp homes score 13% higher on anxiety measures…
- Homeownership
The London postcodes where slow broadband is quietly dragging down asking prices
Broadband Provider , the broadband news and comparison website, has released a map showing the relationship between connection speeds and property values. And for London's flat-heavy boroughs, where gigabit availability…
