Calls to extend stamp duty holiday mount as fears of slump grow £3.8bn giveaway that fuelled surge in housing market ends same day as furlough
Britons in process of selling about 650,000 homes, says Rightmove Stamp duty holiday has kept demand high despite second lockdown in England
Rents in British cities fall by up to 15% amid Covid ‘exodus’ London landlords have slashed rents as tenants in countryside pay more, says Hamptons
With debt heading for £2tn, Sunak will need to get imaginative about tax rises He must reassure the country that austerity will not return: a tax on property assets, however unpopular, would be an answer
Super-rich buying up ‘Downton Abbey estates’ to escape pandemic Sales of £15m-plus English country homes breaking records as wealthy families ‘recalibrate their priorities’
Countrywide estate agents receives £82m takeover bid from rival Connells Private equity firm Alchemy offered to invest £90m in UK’s largest listed estate agency group
Rise in construction sector brightens UK economic gloom Builders bounce back from spring contraction as other industries struggle
UK country house prices hit four-year high in ‘race for space’ Shift to working from home drives demand among wealthy buyers for properties in rural areas
What England’s second lockdown means for your finances Where you stand with mortgages, furlough scheme, holidays and more during Covid crisis
‘Nightmare’ of businesswoman accused of mortgage fraud Santander accused a designer of supplying forged documents – but refused to explain its actions
One in eight UK renters unable to meet housing costs in full, says report Action needed to help tenants in second wave of Covid, says Resolution Foundation
UK house price boom will collapse once buyers lose their jobs Pent-up demand in the Covid lockdown and the stamp-duty cut kept the property market hot, but a chill is on its way
UK house prices jump but slowdown is likely, says Nationwide Lender feels mini boom after Covid lockdown will stop when stamp duty holiday ends
Lloyds cashes in on UK mortgage boom as profits rise Lending rose £3.5bn in Q3 after bank processes highest number of applications since 2008
Mortgages: how to get a loan as lenders pull up the ladder First-time buyers face significant hurdles and high interest rates in their search for a home