Policy

New laws could mandate licenses for Airbnb hosts and holiday rentals in Scotland.

"I'm still unhappy with the principle of leaseholders having to pay at all" for the cladding scandal, said Michael Gove yesterday. "My questions is why do they have to pay at all?"

John Whittaker explains why the future will be tougher thanks to higher interest rates, or higher inflation, or both…

The Mishcon de Reya team talks us through the key policy changes and announcements for affluent folk and business sorts, as revealed in the details behind Rishi Sunak's "relatively benign" Budget speech.

"This Budget could be regarded as a reprieve for the housing industry," says one commentator, while others bemoan an "underwhelming" speech...

"This Budget could be regarded as a reprieve for the housing industry," says one commentator, while others bemoan an "underwhelming" speech...

Chancellor Sunak has promised to cut taxes, not raise them in the coming years. But the country's biggest house-builders will have profits taxed 4% to help pay for the cladding scandal.

Over the last thirty odd years the general direction of property of all sorts has been up, but we could be heading into a different world that may not be so benign, writes Property Vision co-founder Charlie…

The Government's big plan to de-carbonise British homes in its push to Net Zero is "a comprehensive and groundbreaking strategy", says sustainability lecturer Ran Boydell - but it has some major flaws...

The Government has finally published its Net Zero Strategy, along with an in-depth Heat & Building Strategy.

Property price inflation has driven the average SDLT bill in England up from £601 in 1997 to £3,548 in 2021.

The Stamp Duty holiday is over; notice periods on tenant evictions are back to normal, and HMRC's furlough scheme is finished.