The Market

"The news is bleak" says the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) as it forecasts that home ownership will fall by 7% in the coming decade…

John Swinney has followed George Osborne's lead, announcing a 3% increase in the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax rate for additional properties in Scotland, such as buy-to-let and second homes.

It's been reported that a monumental château outside Paris has just sold for $301m (about £200m), which would effectively smash the current world record.

Benham & Reeves has reported a wave of landlords approaching the firm about putting their property portfolio into a limited company in the wake of double whammy changes to mortgage relief and stamp duty.

As you may have noticed, house prices have gone up a bit in the last 20 or so years.

London's sales and lettings markets are beginning to look healthier, says Douglas & Gordon, as the firm reports that its sales applicant numbers are 50% up on last year's levels, and that it has seen…

Despite sitting on a giant war chest of institutional investment, the Build to Rent sector is finding it practically impossible to acquire suitable sites at the moment.

The new 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes and buy-to-lets "would be the equivalent to 11 months income for the average mortgaged landlord" says Countrywide Plc.

The biggest planning fine in history has reportedly been handed down to a private developer after a six-storey block of flats went up in Hoxton without permission.

One of the last undeveloped plots on Miami Beach has just been sold for an incredible $38.5m (£25.3m).

This handy top-line comparison of the capital's key neighbourhoods deserves to be made into some kind of poster.

Rightmove's latest monthly check has shown a 1.1% dip in the asking prices of new properties being listed across England & Wales, the lowest December fall seen since 2006.