How Manchester developers dodge affordable housing

The revelation that of 15,000 planned houses in Manchester none qualify as ‘affordable’ is no surprise if you look at the city’s relaxed attitude towards developers

Housing crisis: 15,000 new Manchester homes and not a single one ‘affordable’

In Sheffield just 1.4% of homes approved by planners met the government’s affordable definition, while in Nottingham the figure was 3.8%, a Guardian Cities investigation has shown

America’s costliest house: developer takes $500m gamble on Bel Air eyrie

Niles Niami specialises in homes for the super-rich. All he needs is a billionaire to snap up his LA hilltop mansion called The One

Ghost towers: half of new-build luxury London flats fail to sell

Developers have 420 towers in pipeline despite up to 15,000 high-end flats still on the market

Wonky desks, giant fig trees and mindfulness classes: is this the office of the future?

Second Home is reinventing office life. Is yours next? Step inside its world of vintage chairs, froth insulation and zig-zagging walkways

May to set timetable to reveal foreign owners of UK property

Pressure from Tory peers leads PM to promise draft legislation on register of beneficial owners by summer

Property market braces for shockwaves from landmark leasehold case

Appeal court ruling could halve the cost of extending leases or buying freeholds for 2.1m households in England and Wales

UK house price growth to slow dramatically in 2018, say experts

Fear of interest rate rise and Brexit expected to either halt house price growth or result in a small below-inflation rise

House prices to fall in London and south-east in 2018, say surveyors

RICS warns property market sentiment is turning cautious and only price rises in cheaper areas will save UK suffering nationwide fall in values

Tenants lose out after landlord pressure halves UK home insulation cap

Plan to make landlords improve draughtiest homes and boost energy efficiency for hundreds of thousands of tenants lies in tatters, say critics

Housebuilders issue Brexit plea as poll shows UK reliance on EU workers

Home Builders Federation says one in six builders are from EU and calls for permit system for skilled workers to build more homes and ease housing crisis

Key points from budget 2017 – at a glance

The chancellor, Philip Hammond, has unveiled the budget. These are the main points, with political analysis

Monaco builds into the Med to house new throng of super-rich

The tax haven has a luxury housing crisis – it doesn’t have enough land for the 2,700 multimillionaires forecast to settle there over the next decade

Household finances under strain as Nationwide warns of tough times ahead

CEO warns ‘sluggish’ economy, Brexit uncertainty, weak wage increases and rising inflation are hurting building society customers

Raze, rebuild, repeat: why Japan knocks down its houses after 30 years

Unlike in other countries, Japanese homes become valueless over time – but as the population shrinks, can its cities finally learn to slow down and refurb?