Decent Homes Standard: Government urged to avoid ‘new layers of legislation’

  Propertymark has called on the next Scottish and Welsh Governments to fix their ‘broken’ housing markets. It suggests housing will be a defining issue at the Scottish and Welsh Parliament elections this year – and it has produced housing manifestos for each nation. The manifestos include proposals to reform property taxes and transaction costs,…

Hamptons dust off their property market crystal ball for 2026 Author: Gemma Discover more from Sovereign Prime Property Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe

The owner of a West London rental house has been handed a Rent Repayment Order (RRO) and fines totalling £21,771.68 despite the tribunal finding that some of his tenants had behaved in ways that were, at times, ‘distressing.’ Stevan Gorgievski, who has owned 4 Biscay Road (main image) with his wife since 1993, told the…

Letting agents operating in the UK’s holiday hotspots have been handed a big opportunity after new research has revealed that a majority of second home owners are considering long-term or short-term lets to pay the large extra tax bills landing on their doormats. The Sykes Holiday Cottages survey of second homeowners who don’t currently let…

Artificial intelligence is being increasingly embraced by the property industry, but it has yet to become a mainstream search tool for buyers and sellers, new research by GetAgent reveals. The agent comparison site surveyed 622 UK estate agents to understand how widely AI-powered search tools are influencing property discovery and marketing activity, and how agents…

The Property Franchise Group PLC has reported a strong upturn in sales activity and revenue in its trading update for H1 2025 Author: Gemma Discover more from Sovereign Prime Property Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe