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House prices fell in August but a Brexit-triggered crash 'should be avoided'
Halifax house price index says slowdown is in line with its forecasts.
Rents rising 'at a sustainable pace' in the UK according to HomeLet
HomeLet rental index shows average UK rent hit £915 per month in August 2016.
Landlords switching to Airbnb for lucrative holiday lets risk breaching buy-to-let mortgage terms
Residential Landlords Association warns of London landlords worsening housing crisis by growing use of Airbnb.
Apartments to go on sale in Spire London, set to be Western Europe's tallest residential tower
Chinese developer Greenland Group preparing for October launch of luxury apartment sales in Canary Wharf.
The Croydon facelift: From concretopia to culture capital
Croydon council is working on an ambitious £5.25bn regeneration scheme to transform a bleak corner of London.
House prices defy Brexit uncertainty — but only because there are too few homes for sale
Nationwide house price index for August shows faster growth than July.
London rental price growth is slowing as affordability constraints 'start to bite'
Capital Economics says it "seems unlikely that the dip in rental growth in London will be short-lived".
House prices slowing across UK cities and 'agents will look to re-price stock'
Hometrack says average house price in UK's 20 major cities rose 9.5% over the year - but it is a reduction.
Persimmon sees profits lift 29% to £352.3m
Yorkshire-based firm sees a rise in buyer numbers despite uncertainty caused by EU Referendum vote.
London overtaken by the East of England as region with the fastest-growing house prices
Average UK house price rose by 8.7% over the year to June 2016, hitting £214,000.
London rents fall for the first time in six years – but only on new lets
Countrywide says buy-to-let rush before stamp duty hike saw the capital's rental supply rise by a third.
There is a 'deepening new build crisis' in London property as tax hikes push investors away
London Central Portfolio highlights Tower Hamlets and Battersea-Nine Elms 'mega clusters' as areas of concern.
Asking prices drop with London property worst-affected, says Rightmove
Rightmove house price index shows fall in asking prices in line with average for summer slowdown despite Brexit.
House price growth slumps to a three-year low after the EU referendum
Rics said new buyer enquiries dropped at the fastest pace since 2008.
Crossrail: Slough house prices get biggest boost from new Elizabeth Line across London
Elizabeth Line will link Berkshire and Essex via central London and is inflating house prices near its stations.
Brexit sparks increase in price reductions on homes for sale, says Zoopla
A third of sellers cut prices by an average £25,000 but discounts 'not as high' as expected.
Brexit uncertainty does little to curb the rising cost of rents
HomeLet says average UK rent rose 2.3% over the year to July 2016, reaching £779 a month.
A third of working families 'just one pay cheque away from losing their homes'
While some could last one month, a fifth told housing charity Shelter they could not even do that.
UK house prices fell 1% in month after Brexit vote
Halifax house price index shows slowdown, though it is 'too early' to blame poll.
What the Bank of England's interest rate cut means for the UK housing market
BoE slashes base rate in half and boost stimulus as Brexit uncertainty weighs on UK economy.
Prime London property: 'Brexit has been a trigger to make overdue reductions to asking prices'
Knight Frank says vote 'reinforcing pricing trends' after stamp duty hikes dampened demand.
House price growth is collapsing in London, says Capital Economics
Capital Economics predicts fall in London's house price growth from 12.1% to zero in 2016.
Planning approvals for new homes fall sharply in London
Stirling Ackroyd says 76% of all potential new homes were rubber-stamped by local planners in London.
Stamp duty revenue leaps 28% after tax hike on buy-to-let property investors
HMRC figures show the UK Treasury brought in £1.977bn from stamp duty in the second quarter of 2016.
New home registrations in London tumbled ahead of the EU referendum, says NHBC
NHBC says across for the whole of the UK new home registrations are solid, but some regions saw declines
House price growth accelerated in the month after the vote for Brexit
Nationwide house price index for July 2016 shows average property value hit £205,715.
UK house prices: The housing market will 'slow down but not plummet' amid Brexit concerns
House prices will fall in London as demand is throttled by global economic issues, tax rises and Brexit.
Mapped: Where landlords are seeing the biggest returns on buy-to-let investments
LendInvest buy-to-let index shows Manchester is top city for rental yield but London best for overall returns.
Mortgage approvals down 11% in the month of the EU referendum
BBA lending data shows number of mortgage approvals in June 2016 was 48,973.
London house prices saw fastest growth under Margaret Thatcher's government
Stirling Ackroyd research shows biggest boom in London house prices was under Thatcher.