Policy

50-year mortgage terms could allow inherited debt and prop-up house price inflation.

Spot checks and a kitemark quality scheme are floated as the government looks "to improve the holiday letting market for those living in popular tourism destinations."

“Today marks a major turning point for building safety in this country, as we introduce a tough new regime to make homes safe and help rid the sector of bad practice once and for all," says Levelling…

"I understand that regional mayors may soon be given the power to ban properties from being used as short-term lets," writes James Forsyth, political editor of The Spectator, in The Times.

Britain's central bank hikes interest rates again in a bid to curb inflation.

A sweeping set of changes to the private rented sector "marks a generational shift that will redress the balance between landlords and 4.

When set up, any overseas entity (like a foreign company) buying UK property will need to register its beneficial owners

With provisions due to come into force at the end of this month, the Macfarlanes team takes an in-depth look at the new Building Safety Act - which "represents a sea change for the construction sector"…

Housebuilding target abandoned as the Prime Minister launches an independent review of access to mortgage finance. Property industry calls out proposals as "bluff and bluster".

"Later this week – if I am here later this week and I very much hope that I will be – Michael Gove and I will be setting out plans to kindle that dream of home ownership in the hearts of millions who…

William Clutton of Iceni Projects delves into the government's proposed overhaul of the Community Infrastructure Levy and Section 106 Agreements, as outlined in the recently-published draft Levelling…

There is a lot of bad news out there right now and the property market will not be immune from interest rate rises and inflation, writes LonRes chairman William Carrington…