The Market

Significant tightening of data protection regulation less than a year away, but survey finds 35% of real estate and construction firms have "no awareness at all"

Buying agent Sara Ransom on the retirees trading country idylls for the stomping grounds of their youth...

The DCLG asks the industry if a new independent regulatory body is needed - and if separate bodies should be established for both leasehold and private rented management, and letting agents.

Top architecture practice Liftschutz Davidson Sandilands outlines the design elements required to create high-quality & future-proofed rental properties.

Prices are still sensitive as stamp duty continues to hamper top-end country house sales, says Savills

London's unsold new-build stock mountain piles up

A newly-renovated Grade I listed former embassy building is being pitched as "Regent's Park's first purpose-made refurb-to-rent mansion"

Cash sales account for 30-40% of UK property transactions, says the ONS

Hammond is considering "bold measures" to "restore intergenerational fairness" to the housing market

But the portal warns that "New sellers’ pricing optimism may be unfounded in some parts of the country" as deal numbers drop

Vendors keen to "shift some perceptions" about digital currency

Country house prices increased by 0.2% in Q3, while Edinburgh has seen a marked rise in £1m+ deals