Trading Places: UK landlords holding onto properties for 5 years longer post-recession

"Buyers are ready" says Douglas & Gordon as the estate agency reports a 50% year-on-year jump in the number of new applicants, but vendors are playing it very cool, with 33% fewer new instructions in June…

The UK’s private rented sector (PRS) has more than doubled in size in the last 14 years, says Knight Frank as it turns its research heft to the lettings market, producing a new index that tracks that…

Prices above £2m have stalled, concurs Douglas & Gordon, but argues that we may not have to wait until May to see them rise again...