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Mortgage lending for home purchases in London tumbles

Data from Council of Mortgage Lenders shows dip during Q3 in number and value of mortgages.

Nov 23, 2016

By Shane Croucher

UK Housing London Brexit

Autumn Statement 2016: Letting agent fees

Landlords warn tenants to prepare for rent hikes if letting fees are banned

Philip Hammond set to use Autumn Statement to switch burden of letting agent fees from tenants to landlords.

Nov 23, 2016

By Shane Croucher

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Property industry is asking Philip Hammond to reverse Osborne's tax hikes — is he listening?

George Osborne overhauled property taxation but the sector hopes his successor Hammond will be different.

Nov 22, 2016

By Shane Croucher

Philip Hammond Tax UK Housing

Barcelona council slaps Spain's major banks with fines for leaving city homes empty

Mayor Ada Colau said Barcelona 'stands up to speculation' as she unveiled the fines.

Nov 22, 2016

By Shane Croucher

Spain

Government U-turns on controversial 'pay-to-stay' policy for council tenants

Housing Minister Gavin Barwell said pay-to-stay does not support working-class families struggling to get by.

Nov 22, 2016

By Shane Croucher

UK Housing

Is Airbnb making the London housing crisis worse?

Professional landlords are reportedly using the holiday lettings platform, and City Hall is looking to regulate.

Nov 19, 2016

By Shane Croucher

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Number of new affordable homes plummets to record low

DCLG plays down figures as the start of a new housebuilding cycle, but Labour calls the drop 'disastrous'.

Nov 17, 2016

By Shane Croucher

Government is 'turbocharging housebuilding' as number of new homes surges

Fastest growth in new homes for eight years but still figures fall short of meeting government's 2020 target.

Nov 15, 2016

By Shane Croucher

London property prices show 'remarkable fortitude' in face of Brexit

Land Registry and ONS data shows London property outperformed all other regions of the UK in September.

Nov 15, 2016

By Shane Croucher

London UK Housing Brexit

Office construction volume in central London touches 8-year high but momentum slows, Deloitte says

Office construction increased by 4% over the past six months to 14.8 million sq ft.

Nov 15, 2016

By Kedar Grandhi

Brexit

First-time buyers feeling affordability pinch as house prices surge says Rightmove

Asking prices on homes for sale are resilient in the face of Brexit.

Nov 14, 2016

By Shane Croucher

UK Housing London England

UK rents might be approaching an 'affordability ceiling' after years of rising faster than wages

Landlords face higher costs, but may not be able to raise rents in response because of affordability issues.

Nov 14, 2016

By Shane Croucher

UK Housing Tax London

Donald Trump will be US president but there is no sign of panicked exodus to London

It has been speculated that Trump's election in the US may cause Americans to migrate to London.

Nov 10, 2016

By Shane Croucher

Donald Trump London

There is beauty in brutalism - but for many their only choice is to live in a concretopia

Some people love brutalism, some people hate it, what matters is who lives in these controversial estates.

Nov 7, 2016

By Shane Croucher

UK Housing

UK house prices: Slowdown in growth 'largely due to mounting affordability pressures'

House price index from Halifax shows slowing annual rate of growth in the UK.

Nov 7, 2016

By Shane Croucher

UK Housing Brexit

Lower benefit cap comes into force as DWP claims it 'restores fairness' to the welfare system

Campaigners warn more households at risk of homelessness and poverty because of lower benefit cap.

Nov 7, 2016

By Shane Croucher

UK house prices will not grow in 2017 amid Brexit uncertainty, Savills says

Property firm says house prices will grow by 13.1% on average in the UK by 2021.

Nov 4, 2016

By Kedar Grandhi

UK Housing Brexit

An American fleeing President Trump? Head to London where Brexit makes house prices cheaper for you

Sharp fall in the value of the pound against the dollar hands Americans a discount worth thousands.

Nov 4, 2016

By Shane Croucher

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Black Brick's Camilla Dell: Newbuild property in central London faces substantial price cuts

But Black Brick boss also says sub-£1m property market is 'active and resilient' in London.

Nov 3, 2016

By Shane Croucher

London UK Housing

New home registrations stall across UK and collapse in London, says NHBC

NHBC reports zero growth in the number of new homes registered to be built during the third quarter.

Nov 3, 2016

By Shane Croucher

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