The Property Podcast

Net migration is down 48%, house prices are slipping, and construction has hit its lowest point since lockdown. Rob & Rob unpack the biggest property stories of the month - one where the mood and the opportunity couldn’t be further apart.

(00:40) Why the rental market will feel the migration crash before house prices do

(04:15) Interest rates are held, but the reason behind it isn’t exactly cheerful

(05:11) House prices are finally catching up with sentiment, with the north-south gap getting starker

(11:06) Mortgage rates are coming back down and lenders are cutting aggressively

(13:05) Why the Government’s housing target is a fantasy

(16:30) Rent growth’s cooling, so why are professional landlords planning to expand?

(19:44) Hub Extra

Links mentioned:

ONS Net migration statistics

Bank of England interest rates may not need to be increased

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House prices:

Nationwide’s House Price Index

Halifax’s House Price Index

Zoopla’s House Price Index

Savills downgrades house fall

Mortgages:

Mainstream lenders extend cuts

Planning and supply:

Planning applications hit record low

All three categories of construction work fall sharply

Rents:

ONS private rent and house prices

Only 1% of professional landlords plan to leave the market

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Can you keep a buy-to-let mortgage forever? And is a landlord required to install an EV charger? Your questions answered on this week’s episode of Ask Rob & Rob.

(00:45) Amit is worried that as he gets older, lenders will eventually refuse to mortgage his buy-to-lets. Rob B reassures him that this fear is largely overblown, explaining what you really need to watch out for when taking equity out over the long term.

(03:56) Sue wants to know if she’s obliged to pay for an EV charger that a tenant is requesting? Rob D lays out exactly where she stands.

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Landlords are leaving the market in droves... so why have property purchases by institutional investors just hit their highest level since 2016?

Rob & Rob unpack surprising new data that flies in the face of everything you’re hearing about the rental market, and what it means for anyone investing right now.

(00:48) News story of the week

(06:12) The surprising data that contradicts everything you’ve been hearing about the buy-to-let market

(08:47) The regional split where investors are stacking up

(11:06) One group of landlords is exiting - but who’s buying their properties?

(13:09) Why today’s yields could be the early signal of rising prices

(20:00) Why the people waiting for confidence to return will be the ones who miss out

(21:17) Hub Extra

Links mentioned:

NRLA - Struggling tenants risk being locked out of rental market

Hamptons data

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It’s Tuesday, which means another episode of Ask Rob & Rob!

This week, should you pay down your buy-to-let mortgage or keep leveraging? Plus, can you profit from house price movements without buying a property?

(00:37) Amy’s tempted to start overpaying the mortgage on her highest-rate investment, but is she giving up the biggest advantage of property investing in the process? Rob D warns against letting short-term frustration drive the decision.

(05:42) Noel reels off a list of ways to profit from regional house price movements without buying property, but which one's the best option? Rob B reveals which one he’d consider - and why others are best avoided.

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What makes an experienced investor pull the trigger in today’s market? Rob B shares his first investment of 2026 - and the deal he secured might be the best argument against sitting on the sidelines.

Why that area? Why now? Rob & Rob break down the deal to reveal the discount, the fundamentals and why this was an opportunity Rob B simply couldn't walk past.

(00:46) News story of the week

(03:06) What made Rob B invest in this overlooked area

(09:00) The negotiation that knocked £40,000 off the price - and why discounts like this won’t survive a market recovery

(13:08) The fundamentals behind Rob B’s investment - from major employers to billion-pound investments for a brand-new train station

(20:42) Why investors who wait for confidence to return will be the ones who miss out

(24:10) Hub Extra

Links mentioned:

1 in 4 homes bought in the North of England are from investors

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