Policy

Taxing mansions has been the talk of the town for four years now, but August was a bit quiet on the Mansion Tax front.

HMRC has laid down an ultimatum to second home owners who haven't paid their Capital Gains Tax yet; come forward by the end of the week or we'll come and find you.

How much of this "housing bubble" is actually media-driven, asks Trevor Abrahmsohn... As hip-hop raconteurs Public Enemy advise, "Don't Believe the Hype"

Planning Minister Nick Boles has (nearly, finally) published a new national online planning guidance resource for public testing and comment.

Stamp duty is now at a level that jeopardises the economic viability of a property purchase; a sliding scale would make far more sense, says David Hannah...

Eric Pickles has warned that freedom of speech and independent journalism are under attack in local government, after local residents were threatened with arrest for filming and reporting council meetings.

There's a storm brewing between the Depart. for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Dept. for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) over what impact wind turbines have on rural house prices.

The Residential Landlords’ Association has put in its official response to the Government’s consultation on plans to introduce mandatory tenant immigration checks (announced back in May) – opposing…

Jones Lang LaSalle has joined the flurry of firms significantly revising their market predictions up for the rest of the year and beyond.

For London's estate agents, the consequences of all this housing market hype are potentially devastating, says Ed Mead... It must be the silly season.

Camden Council sounds pretty fed up with the number of unoccupied properties on its patch, and has asked for additional powers to clamp down on "Buy to Leave" investments.

Eric Pickles has told local councils that they should clamp down quickly on illegal encampments and unauthorised traveller sites, as he announced a new set of guidelines that gives "more power and a stronger…