Leaders from the property sector comment on the latest Halifax data showing a 4.3 per cent annual price increase in UK house prices in August, the strongest year-on-year rise since November 2022.

Following consultations with Enfield, Reading, Gateshead and Wandsworth, Propertymark is calling on the UK government to rethink local licencing schemes ahead of launching its proposed digital private rented sector database.

To meet its manifesto pledge of 1.5 million new homes within this parliamentary term, Labour must deliver just over 1,150 new homes consistently every single working day for the next five years without defaulting - this is roughly equivalent to delivering at least five large scale housing est