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A property industry group has called for a reduction in the discounts available for council tenants buying their own home, after...

What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...

It was a genuine pleasure to read this week about Yorkshire estate agent Ian Bradbury who clocked up 40 years selling...

A recent poll of 11,000 private renters by SpareRooom reveals that 81% spend more than 30% of their take-home pay on...

This question is not as flippant as it sounds because over recent years the status of the private landlord has taken...

London mayor Sadiq Khan says he supports the seizure of property assets connected to the allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin.  The...

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and strategist Sir Lynton Crosby - the architect of many Conservative election campaigns -...

At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

Labour is pledging a “housing revolution” with the biggest council house building programme for decades Its manifesto being launched today will include new...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

Theresa May has appointed a controversial former Shelter executive as her new housing policy adviser working in Whitehall. Toby Lloyd was until...

Councils have started replacing just one sixth of the number of homes sold under Right To Buy in England in the...

Housing appears to have a disappointingly low priority in the new Theresa May-led Cabinet - at least judging from the time...

The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...

Over the next five years at least 70,000 new households a year in England alone will be unable to afford to...

The newly-appointed shadow housing minister says his first priority is to arrest the long-term fall in home ownership in Britain. John Healey...

The government claims that over 36,000 new home owners have been created through Right to Buy since 2012. Figures released by the...