Call to stop UK landowners making huge profits from speculation

Thinktank identifies issue as the driving force behind the UK’s broken housing market

Mortgage lending fell in July before rise in interest rates

Number of mortgages approved drop by 4.3% to 39,584 compared with a year ago

Help-to-buy pushes Persimmon profits up by 13%

Government scheme helps housebuilder thrive despite housing market slowdown

Is the homebuilders’ house of cards starting to wobble?

The help-to-buy boom in the property market has done wonders for Persimmon. How much longer can that last?

Cracking summer: UK insurers expect rise in subsidence claims

Heatwave has caused damage to walls of homes, with south-east particularly susceptible

London property slump puts brake on UK house price growth

Average price rise across UK falls to 3% as London prices and rents nosedive

‘Brexit isn’t helping’ – profits dive 18% at Savills

Upmarket estate agent also blames extreme UK weather as property deals fall sharply

Rents in UK will rise for next five years, experts predict

Rics says falling supply of rental properties and increased demand will lead to 15% rise

‘Five years ago there was nothing’: inside Duqm, the city rising from the sand

Oman’s sparsely inhabited coast of fishing villages and Bedouin camps is being transformed into an industrial city with port, luxury hotels and housing for 111,000

How will interest rate rise affect mortgages, savings and property?

Impact of Bank of England’s decision to lift base rate for only second time in a decade

MPs back plan for ombudsman to resolve new homes disputes

Service would be free and help new-build buyers to get faster redress for defective properties

‘We’ve lost all hope’: the investment scandal wrecking Russian lives

For years, thousands of Russians have been paying mortgages on homes that remain alarmingly unfinished. The ‘defrauded co-investors’ have found a voice – but will the Kremlin listen?

Skyscrapers wreck cities – yet still Britain builds them

Around 500 towers are proposed for London. They’re not just ugly: they symbolise Britain’s greedy pandering to developers, writes Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins