Average London house price exceeds £500,000 for first time

Temporary break on stamp duty in Covid crisis leads to boom in sales

Home buyers face unexpected tax bill when stamp duty kicks in

Rightmove says buyers could be hit with £15,000 bill as rush to complete is causing delays

The Wodge: can London’s tallest new skyscraper survive the Covid era?

Nicknamed The Wodge because of its girth, the capital’s tallest ever office has just muscled onto the skyline. But in the age of coronavirus, who wants to jostle for 60 lifts with 12,000 others?

Are soaring markets and house prices an ‘epic bubble’ about to pop?

QE is fuelling huge speculation with investors trusting central banks will step in if markets dive

Surveyors draft plan to free homeowners from fire safety limbo

Rics seeks to end need for EWS1 form stopping resale or remortgaging despite lack of cladding

UK house prices reach new high but growth is slowing, says Halifax

Prices ended 2020 up 6% on the previous year on pent-up demand and stamp duty holiday

Housebuilder Barratt ups sales forecast amid pent-up demand

Buyers seek to complete deals before end of Covid stamp duty holiday

Ground rent scandal: leaseholders in England get new rights

Homeowners get right to extend leases to 990 years with zero ground rents

UK mortgage approvals at highest level in 13 years

Stamp duty holiday and Covid-prompted house moves drive mortgage market boom

Homebuyers warned of scams as end of stamp duty holiday looms

Buyers in danger of being conned by fraudsters into paying money into their accounts, says UK Finance

UK property could cool sharply from six-year high, say lenders

Most bullish forecast for 2021 is 4% rise as stamp duty holiday and Covid furlough scheme end

Islington records UK’s highest house price growth of 2020 at 13.4%

London boroughs take nine of top 20 places, with Leeds and Wolverhampton second and third

Covid led to huge London property exodus, says Hamptons

Londoners bought homes outside capital worth £27.6bn, largest amount spent since 2007, says lender

New Covid variant and looming Brexit disruption deepen UK economic gloom

Our latest snapshot of key economic indicators show retail sales falling, job losses soaring, GDP growth and stock market stalling

840,000 private tenants in England and Wales could be behind on rent

Landlords’ group calls for more government help because of Covid ‘debt crisis’