The Market

There have been 17 different Housing Ministers in the last 20 years, but who delivered the most new homes?

Lord Best's Regulation of Property Agents working party will present its recommendations - including new mandatory qualifications for all consumer-facing estate agents - to the Government next week

The UK property market appears to be stabilising, says the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors

Major new survey reveals that public trust in the UK planning system is 'almost non-existent'; GBI describes results as a 'significant wake-up call', pledges to help drive some industry-wide changes

'About 70%' of Phase 3A units have now been sold at Battersea Power Station - which is about the same level as in 2017, before construction delays allowed some buyers to back-out of contracts

New analysis of PCL purchases compares Baby Boomers, Millennials, and Generation Xers in terms of spend, activity and preferred locations...

What with the looming Brexit deadline, George Monbiot's radical proposals for the Labour Party, and a new starter at No.

The world's wealthiest individuals lost 3% of their combined net worth in 2018; Britain's HNW set lost 6%

Proposed 'new deal for leaseholders' involves a 'radical' five-point action plan that would cap ground rents at £250 a year

Estate agents tell of fraudulent tenants targeting luxury rental homes in London, while Benham & Reeves has flagged a 117% "surge in fake applications" in the wake of the recently-enacted Tenant Fee Act…

But sentiment remains 'fragile' as political uncertainty continues to put the brakes on prime residential property markets, says Savills

Knight Frank reports the highest number of country house buyer enquiries in five years, but price growth and stock levels are not moving