Everyone is leaving London – and other lessons I’ve learned while trying to move house

Why be in a city centre when nothing’s happening there, and where should you be when civilisation ends? Covid-19 has turned the housing market into an existential crisis, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Nationwide warns of ‘false dawn’ after UK house prices leap 1.7%

Pent-up demand from buyers powers rebound but redundancies may cause slowdown

Extending help-to-buy will only make the housing crisis worse

To make homes places to live, rather than accumulate wealth, we need to overcome our addiction to house price growth, says economics editor Laurie Macfarlane

UK Covid-19 cases fall but fears grow over jobs, spending and debt

Analysis of pandemic’s effects on businesses examines work, growth and stock markets

Help-to-buy scheme may be extended beyond 2020 deadline

Treasury pushed to help UK housebuilders and extend subsidies for construction delayed by Covid-19 lockdown

Cut in stamp duty has only really benefited London, says Zoopla

Property website says sales jumped by 27% in first two weeks of stamp duty holiday

Here’s an idea that could earn the government £400bn in 25 years

It’s radical and fraught with political difficulty, but its virtues are many – starting with fairness

England’s leasehold system is crumbling. Freeholders’ fightback will be nasty

There was good news this week for millions of homeowners. But it’s not time to celebrate yet

Britain’s housing market sees post-lockdown mini-boom

With homes now back on the market, estate agents say inquiries are ‘through the roof’

Mortgages still in lockdown despite stamp-duty holiday

Low-deposit home loans are coming back … but choices are limited and lenders are applying new terms and conditions

Leaseholders billed up to £115,000 each to remove Grenfell-style cladding

Flat owners in Manchester block say they face bankruptcy unless government steps in

Capital gains tax review: your questions answered

All you need to know about CGT and the possible outcomes of the chancellor’s surprise review

Stamp duty cut fuels surge of interest in London commuter belt

Rightmove says interest doubled for homes between £400,000 and £500,000 in Harrow, Milton Keynes and Watford

Rishi Sunak’s capital gains tax review may usher in higher taxes on wealthy

Chancellor’s directive to focus on how people escape CGT ‘feels like starting pistol for a tax grab’, says analyst

Nationwide to offer low-deposit mortgages after stamp duty move

Society reverses June decision following announcement of tax holiday on certain homes