The Market

Measures to prevent abuse are welcome, but let's not forget the leasehold structure has created and maintained some of our best loved urban landscapes...

'At the moment, empty furnished homes left vacant are effectively protected by Whitehall rules'

Replacing SDLT with an annual property tax could raise housing transactions by about 27%, claim academics

Each UK household has - if everything were equal - gained £143,059 since 2006

20 areas of London now have an average psm price of £5,000 or more...

How do the courts deal with the family home in separation cases, and what are the solutions available to both parties?

“For smaller developers who are already struggling to find funding for their developments, these added costs can be the final nail in the coffin", says peer-to-peer lender

The rate of price declines slows a bit, as demand and transaction numbers pick up

Buy now and take advantage of lower prices and less competition, or hold off and risk missing out?

Landlords regain some ground as stock levels finally subside

Knight Frank's Prime Global Cities Index recorded 4.4% growth in the year to June 2017

'The market is adjusting as it always does, but HM Treasury will bear some of the pain this time as they forgot that the London residential market is part of the economy, not a cash cow needing to be milked'…