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Shifting to a new platform isn’t about where you show up, Audie Chamberlain writes. It's about whether your presence actually helps someone make real estate decisions.

<p>Property owners are increasingly converting second homes into short-term holiday lets following council tax reforms introduced in 2025. Generation Rent has called for enhanced licensing controls to regulate the balance between tourism and permanent housing supply.</p> <p>The post <a href="https:/...

<p>Estate agency network Fine &#038; Country has announced plans to expand into at least five new international markets during 2026. The company has appointed Jonathan Handford as a consultant to lead the expansion effort.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.propertywire.com/news/fine-country-plans...

Longevity isn’t accidental, Jen Cameron writes. It’s built through steady leadership, practiced values and a commitment to people over optics.

The former CEO quietly left the company as of the close of its merger with Compass, a rep confirmed to Inman. Former Anywhere CTO Rudy Wolfs also left in the wake of the transaction.

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<p>The UK housing market faces a freeze caused by accumulated transaction costs rather than house prices alone, according to Andrews Property Group CEO David Powell. He argues that government intervention is needed to reduce transactional friction affecting first-time buyers, existing homeowners, an...

<p>Renters in London are spending an average of 49.5% of their monthly income on rent, though the proportion has decreased since 2024 due to wage growth outpacing rental increases. The data shows significant variation across boroughs, with Hackney recording the highest ratio at 60.6%.</p> <p>The pos...

<p>Properties listed in February have the highest likelihood of finding a buyer at 68.9%, according to Rightmove analysis of a decade of UK property data. January listings sold fastest at 47 days on average, whilst March recorded the highest transaction volumes.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www....

Tim Reilly of Radian Real Estate Management discusses the evolution of SFR, BTR, DSCR, and RTL, the role of diligence solutions as well as valuation services, provided by homegenius Real Estate, and what defines the next era of housing.

Short-term rentals behave like operating businesses, not long-term rentals. Here’s why Form 1007 fails STR lending and how lenders can reduce DSCR risk

<p>GB Bank has completed a £6.15 million bridging facility for a commercial property in Uxbridge, west London. The transaction completed in nine weeks and features an 18-month initial term with extension options.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.propertywire.com/news/gb-bank-provides-6-15m-bridg...

<p>Aspen Bridging has completed a £1,225,000 facility for a Sunderland property development consisting of eight four-bedroom townhouses. The transaction combined No Valuation and Bridge-to-Let products to complete within a month.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.propertywire.com/news/aspen-deliv...

Proptech innovators at Inman Connect New York said that a new, more proactive version of AI may come into its own — and spread throughout the real estate industry — in 2026.

The Fed's Michelle Bowman believes that banks and consumers have both suffered as the banks’ share of market has declined.

<p>Together has provided a £160,000 regulated bridging loan in nine days to enable buyers to complete on a £100,000 auction property. The Cheadle-based lender stepped in after the buyers' original lender withdrew, putting their £10,000 deposit at risk.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.propertywi...

<p>Approximately 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage agreements are scheduled to expire during 2026, with most borrowers expected to require new home loans. The average standard variable rate currently stands at 7.25%, whilst the UK mortgage market features more than 7,100 different products.</p> <p>The...

<p>Shawbrook Bank has provided a £9.5 million commercial loan in partnership with P10 Financial Group for the acquisition of a multi-tenanted office building in the Thames Valley. The facility enabled a Surrey-based investment group to purchase the 95,000 sq ft commercial property.</p> <p>The post <...

<p>Estate agency network Fine &#038; Country has announced plans to expand into at least five new international markets during 2026. The company has appointed Jonathan Handford as a consultant to lead the expansion effort.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.propertywire.com/news/global-news/fine-c...

Compass finalized its $1.6B acquisition of Anywhere, with CEO Ryan Schneider and CTO Rudy Wolfs departing per merger terms.