Policy

National housing agency publishes a "comprehensive vision" for the future of house-building and the property market

Enforced variety in housebuilding is the key to boosting build-out rates on large development sites, suggests Sir Oliver Letwin

Hedge fund boss speaks out after council proposes radical overhaul of the rules around acquiring unused dwellings

Mishcon de Reya's expert team breaks down Philip Hammond's last pre-Brexit Budget, highlighting key policy changes for affluent individuals, property owners and entrepreneurs

Commentary from the luxury property industry's top players and pundits

A summary of housing and property-related announcements from this year's Budget

Record penalty handed down after owner finds her apartment had been sublet on Airbnb since 2011;

Tie-up with the RICS and the NAEA aims to 'help agents spot the signs of money laundering and reinforce their legal and moral obligations to report suspicious activity'

A one-metre increase in sea levels could happen within a generation, warns the Committee on Climate Change, putting millions of homes at risk and wiping out many of Britain's most coveted waterfront locations…

'We want a bottom up and not top down system', says council as it prepares to publish a new City Plan

"This could be the most complicated challenge faced by any Chancellor since the 2008 financial crash," says the RICS, as it outlines an eight-point plan to "put the built environment at the heart" of this…

With just a few months to go until Brexit Day, the UK's construction and consultancy businesses remain in the dark on several crucial matters, say Kathrine Eddon & Michelle Essen