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An industry trade body wants the government to scrap the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes - and...

Results of a study of 2,000 adults suggest that almost one in five of them want to buy or invest in...

Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...

A bank’s latest study suggests that self employed people are increasingly pessimistic about the chance of them being able to get on...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock has hit a record £7.56 trillion despite the pandemic. The calculation - by Savills,...

A mortgage technology platform has released figures suggesting the housing market remains strong, with high numbers of searches by buyers for...

Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...

The proportion of 25 to 34 year olds who own their own home in England has risen for the first time...

He’s a young and very wealthy up-and-coming MP in his 30s, a Cambridge graduate who also studied in the US and...

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

Conventional wisdom appears to have it that there are fewer owner-occupiers and more renters these days - but that’s not what...

A housing academic claims that while popular belief has it that homes are getting smaller, the typical living space in England...

A full 100 per cent of 20 to 24 year olds hope to buy their own home one day -  but...

A regional pilot has been launched for what is called the Voluntary Right to Buy - a scheme giving housing association...

Boris Johnson is calling for a cut to Britain’s “absurdly high” stamp duty. Writing in this morning’s Daily Telegraph - the same newspaper...

Statistics published for the Annual Tax for Enveloped Dwellings show that the government appears to be succeeding in its  bid to...

When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation takes some beating. Press releases are still arriving berating the December...

The UK Independence Party’s housing policy for the General Election hinges around a huge expansion in modular factory-built housing - but...

Media reports over the weekend suggest that the government is to introduce a 'buy as you go' system in the Autumn...

We talk about the unstoppable rise of buy-to-let and forget that it was only as recently as the early 1970’s that...

So this weekend some of us will see our first snow of the season. Harsh weather, Christmas adverts and winter generally...

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

Owner occupation in Britain will plummet from its current level of about 68 per cent of homes to around 60 per...

Estate and letting agents and other figures in the property industry have been making their last-minute calls on Chancellor George Osborne...