News
Short lease flats sell for 22% less than wider market, data finds
The biggest price gap was found in Yorkshire and the Humber, with short lease flats marketed at an average of £82,675.
Flats
Case Studies
Puma Property Finance completes £25m development loan for retirement flats
Eliot Kaye, managing director of Puma Property Finance, led the deal.Â
House Prices
House prices now 1.7-times flat prices as gap hits 30-year high – Zoopla
Excluding London, the gap was even wider, with a house costing 2.3 times as much as a flat.Â
News
Flats the hardest property type to sell in the UK, research finds
Research from Sell House Fast found that flats also topped the list for the hardest features to sell, while terraced houses were the easiest.
News
North West overtakes London for off-plan flat sales – Hamptons
Data showed that in 2024, 63% of new-build flats in the North West were sold off-plan.Â
News
Government to ban sale of new leasehold flats under major reform
The Government has announced plans to abolish the leasehold system in England and Wales, banning the sale of new leasehold flats and moving towards a commonhold model of homeownership.
Residential Mortgages
Yorkshire Building Society expands £5k Deposit Mortgage to include flats
Yorkshire Building Society has expanded its £5k Deposit Mortgage to include flat purchases, offering first-time buyers more opportunities to get on the property ladder.
News
Accord extends £5k Deposit Mortgage offering to include flats
The intermediary-only lender is enhancing the eligibility criteria for the mortgage in direct response to feedback from brokers.Â
Buy-to-let Mortgages
Flats now top choice for buy-to-let investment, reveals Inventory Base analysis
Flats have emerged as the top buy-to-let investment option for landlords, offering the highest average yield and rental growth, according to the latest analysis by Inventory Base.
Rental Market
Rental prices make 1-bed flats unaffordable in 10 major UK cities
New research shows that average earners struggle to afford 1-bedroom flats in 10 major UK cities, with London being the least affordable.
News
Demand for smaller homes fuels property price growth in the UK
Halifax reports a 1.9% increase in UK property prices over the last year, fueled by a shift in buyer preference towards smaller homes.
Opinion
Lenders should not be discouraging people from buying flats and apartments
Rory Joseph and Sebastian Murphy of JLM Mortgage Services discuss lenders' lack of flexibility when it comes to lending on flats.