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<p>The disparity between rental yields in northern and southern England decreased during the second quarter of 2026, according to data from Fleet Mortgages' latest Rental Barometer. Average rental yields across England and Wales increased by 0.3 percentage points year-on-year to 7.8% in Q2.</p> <p>T...

<p>Deposit replacement provider Reposit recorded a 58% increase in sales during the first half of 2026, with growth concentrated in the build-to-rent sector. The company reported that sales to the build-to-rent sector more than doubled compared with the first half of 2025, rising 103%.</p> <p>The po...

<p>The salary required to rent an average home in London has fallen by 17% year-on-year, marking a significant shift in the capital's rental market. Propertymark's data shows the representative annual salary needed dropped from £86,250 in June 2025 to £71,550 in June 2026.</p> <p>The post <a href="h...

The former Compass Head of Engineering will have the weighty responsibility of rolling out Compass's technology to all of the holding company's recently acquired brands.

A New Western report says independent investors delivered 120,193 homes in the starter segment during 2025.

The executive orders arrive a few weeks after Trump's State of the Union address to Congress in which the president offered limited details about his housing affordability proposals.

The White House announced on Friday afternoon its effort to challenge what it calls “unnecessary regulatory barriers” to homebuilding by issuing a broad executive order to reduce environmental, permitting and programmatic restrictions that federal officials say are contributing to the nation’s housi...

Realtor.com finds institutional investors were 1% of purchases in 2015 to 2025, suggesting limited affordability impact.

A federal judge on Friday blocked subpoenas that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) served the Federal Reserve in a case involving Jerome Powell’s Congressional testimony on the central bank’s headquarters renovation.

Uncertainty, margin compression and the gut-check math of affordability are the givens of a new-home market impatiently waiting for relief on at least one of those three fronts. &#160;Most public homebuilders – facing this indefinite limbo – are doing the same thing: slowing down. Production starts ...

iBuyer Opendoor’s recently launched mortgage product has sparked debate across the mortgage industry about who absorbs the cost and whether the model is sustainable.

Howard Hanna launches HannaList as brokerages expand private networks, this column proposes three steps for portals and MLSs to limit harm.

Crescenzo comes to NFM after a two-year stint as Southeast division manager for Nation One Mortgage Corp.

CIH names Shay Artzi CTO to unify 340,000 agents on 1 platform after the $1.6 billion Anywhere acquisition closed in January 2026.

While it seems that Big Tech is always taking aim at real estate professionals, their boots-on-the-ground usefulness makes them indispensable.

<p>UK property listings have reached their highest level in a decade, according to tracking data since 2017, though sales volumes remain below recent years. January 2026 transactions align with historical norms but trail the strong performance of 2021, 2022, and 2025.</p> <p>The post <a href="https:...

<p>Jefferies London has acquired Grange London, an independent estate agency based in Paddington, as part of its expansion into the capital's lettings market. The deal adds a managed portfolio of more than 100 properties to Jefferies London's operations.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.property...

<p>Leasehold properties are taking more than 250 days to sell, over 100 days longer than freehold homes, according to a corporate property sales firm. The company has called on the incoming prime minister to prioritise reform as delays affect lenders and investors.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://w...

<p>Estate agents using professionally produced property videos on social media platforms generate approximately six times more impressions than those using static images, according to data from property marketing platform PropertyBox. The company reported that video posts generated over 8.1 million ...

Trust &#038; Will data shows homeowners are experiencing financial anxiety and are weighing estate plans and reverse mortgages to tap equity.