The Market
Church of England plans 9,000 new homes on excess land
The church 'has something unique to contribute to the housing crisis', says the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby
What do UK homebuyers most regret compromising on?
Which? survey quizzed 1,200 homebuyers on the concessions they made when choosing a property - and those they later came to rue...
London’s buy-to-let investors ditch the capital as tax hike bites
2016's stamp duty surcharge has had a noticeable effect on the behaviour of landlords based in London, suggests Hamptons, with increasing numbers now looking further afield in search of lower entry costs…
‘Resurgent’ Salisbury named ‘the best place to live in Britain’ in 2019
Novichok-hit Wiltshire market town tops The Sunday Times annual list of nice places
Asking prices tickle up in April – but property market activity is still lower than a year ago
'We are not anticipating an activity surge,' says Rightmove as Brexit is delayed, 'but maybe a wave of relief that releases some pent-up demand to take advantage of static property prices and cheap fixed-rate…
Serving Notice on Section21: On the consequences for landlords
As the Government announces its intention to abolish the Section 21 process, otherwise known as the ‘no-fault eviction’, Peter Hermon-Taylor explains the background, key points and potentially far-reaching…
Government to ban ‘no-fault’ evictions in ‘seismic’ rental sector shake-up
James Brokenshire announces Government's intention to abolish 'no-fault' Section 21 evictions, in what's being billed as the 'biggest change to the private rental sector in a generation'
At a glance: Property taxes around the world
CBRE compares how the tax treatment of property differs by country, but which is the most favourable for buyers?
Construction firms facing ‘catastrophic’ changes to insurance contracts
'Unprecedented' tightening of insurance market conditions could end up forcing some firms out of business, warns Mactavish
Ranked: The world’s most expensive cities in 2019
Hong Kong tops CBRE's list once again, with London down in eighth place. 30 of the 35 profiled cities have seen residential real estate values rise in the last year, led by a Spanish property boom.
‘Astute buyers are revelling in the confusion & making well-informed, strategic purchases’
"The UK property market has remained in a state of flux over the last month due to the ongoing uncertainty which the country faces over Brexit," says buying agency Garrington in its latest monthly video…
‘Over a quarter of Londoners are looking to leave the UK capital within the next two to three years’
51% of Londoners think the capital is "too stressful", according to a survey by Berkeley Homes