Estate agents in England report surge of interest as tax cut spurs on homebuyers

Fears stamp duty holiday could be swallowed up by competitive house bidding

‘This isn’t really Somerset’: how the rich took over Bruton

George Osborne is the latest to move to a town home to actors, art dealers and internet billionaires

‘Phones ringing off the hook’ at estate agents after stamp duty cut

Record traffic on property websites as buyers and sellers hope to make most of tax break

Summer statement 2020: IFS airs doubts on ‘unprecedented’ UK economic stimulus

Thinktank fears deficit will go higher, new job retention plan is wasteful, and questions stamp duty and VAT cuts

UK housing market’s post-lockdown bounce ‘might run out of steam’

Latest monthly snapshot shows rise in buyers and homes for sale but prices expected to fall

Mass unemployment feared despite Rishi Sunak’s ‘plan for jobs’

Economic experts, unions and Labour sound warning after summer statement

‘There are too many uncertainties’: reactions to the summer statement

From workers on furlough to house buyers, how Rishi Sunak’s changes are affecting people

Stamp duty holiday may revive housing market, say experts

Summer statement raises hopes for flurry of fresh buyers entering property sector

Summer statement: the UK’s Covid-19 economic crisis in five key charts

Ahead of Rishi Sunak’s statement we look at public finances, economic growth, jobs, retail and the housing market

How Rishi Sunak could kickstart UK’s post-lockdown economy

Chancellor expected to announce comprehensive tax and spending package

UK house prices fell for fourth month in a row, says Halifax

Figures cover first full month English estate agents were open after coronavirus closure

UK construction sector rebounds amid plan for stamp duty holiday

Housebuilders increase activity but job cuts in the industry likely to be ahead

Redrow shifts its housebuilding focus away from London

Developer warns pandemic will hit profits as it gears up for working-from-home market

UK home loans fall 90% since start of Covid-19 crisis

Figures drop to lowest rate since at least the early 1990s, says Bank of England

From wrecked cars to catwalk: the fashion hothouse born in a row of lock-ups

It’s had Huguenot weavers, Jewish traders and Bangladeshi tailors. But east London is not the clothing powerhouse it was. Could a £6m startup built from garages in Poplar see it sashaying back?