UK house prices fall for first time in three months amid ‘subdued’ market Average price of home down 0.2% from February to March, to £261,142, says Nationwide
Can this ‘ethical capitalist’ solve the UK’s social housing crisis? Julian Richer, a landlord himself, says markets have created only disaster and the nation must shift from its focus on ownership
‘This hits the wrong people’: holiday let owners say Hunt’s scrapping of tax relief won’t affect rich Wealthy second home owners who can afford to allow them to sit empty will carry on, say those with small holiday lettings
How council taxes and the budget are pushing owners to de-list second homes in England and Wales Wales led the way in tackling the problem of empty properties and priced-out locals – and now Jeremy Hunt has weighed in
Part of billionaire family’s property empire named on London’s rogue landlord list Subsidiary of Lazari Investments fined £67,000 for breaches of HMO licence conditions on Camden flats
First-time buyers: how to pick a mortgage and the best UK deals Trying to choose between a fixed rate and a tracker, or thinking about getting help from family? Here are the options
UK house prices rise by 1.5% in biggest increase for 10 months Data from property website Rightmove finds average asking price has reached almost £370,000
Ground rent not legally or commercially necessary, says UK watchdog CMA says government may have to step in to protect leaseholders, as thousands in England and Wales remain trapped in contracts
Nationwide to buy Virgin Money in £2.9bn deal Lenders reach preliminary agreement on key terms in deal to create new competitor with £366bn in assets
Mortgage reforms have excluded first-time buyers, say UK building societies Report calls for overhaul of rules on loan affordability and repayment, and more flexible mortgage products
UK house prices rise for first time in more than a year as mortgage costs drop Average cost of a home increased to £260,420 in February, up by 1.2% on a year earlier, says Nationwide
UK property sales forecast to rise by 10% as buyers and sellers return Data from online property company Zoopla showed the housing market is on track to reach 1.1m transactions across this year
Millennials on course to become ‘richest generation in history’ Generational transfer of wealth largely built up in property will amount to $90tn in US alone, report says
UK housebuilders investigated over possible sharing of price information Watchdog says it has ‘fundamental concerns’ about market including supply of new homes
Like many of us, Jeremy Hunt has dreams that his budget won’t stretch to As the budget looms, the chancellor has very little scope to deliver the sort of measures that might make people vote Tory