Bank of England payment system collapsed ‘due to design fault’

Report investigates nine-hour collapse last year of system vital for CHAPS payments

Britain’s housing crisis is a human disaster. Here are 10 ways to solve it

Rowan Moore: The fallout of rising house prices for families, communities and business has been severe. We need solutions to build a fair, prosperous and healthy society

Ireland’s bizarre battle for Gorse Hill

Brian O’Donnell once owned property worth €1bn but now he has the Bank of Ireland bailiffs at the door of his exclusive €7m family mansion

Starter homes initiative – everything you need to know

The government has said it will double to 200,000 the number of discounted properties available to first-time buyers under its home building scheme. Find out how it will work

Fears over deflation thwarted Bank of England vote to raise interest rate

Falling oil prices driving inflation down to 0.5% in January, forced Martin Weale and Ian McCafferty to back down

House prices expected to show weakest growth since May 2013

Few estate agents expect price rises in next three months and nearly half of polled London surveyors report falling prices, finds RICS survey

A lament for the death of bohemian London

The eviction of the 12 Bar Club squatters is just the latest chapter in a devastating saga of politics aligning with business

Developers condemn housing policy that risks wrecking social mix in London

Warning that affordable housing contributions exemption is ‘deeply flawed’ comes from firms that stand to benefit

Property developers allowed to reduce affordable housing commitments

Government’s new vacant building credit described as ‘insane’, as Westminster council estimates it could lose up to £1bn in housing payments

Neighbourhood rebranding: wanna meet in LoHo, CanDo or GoCaGa?

From London’s new Knowledge Quarter to New York’s NoBro (seriously), neighbourhood rebranding is all the rage – and we can’t just blame estate agents, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The burden of being super-rich: the domestics are always on holiday

Knight Frank, estate agent to the wealthy, issues advice and a stark warning about staff spilling the beans on social media

Tower Hamlets Psycho: a symbol of Britain’s housing crisis

Nell Frizzell: Indifferent to the deprivation he looks down on, the ‘hero’ of developer Redrow’s ad epitomises our slide back into economic polarity

How Deptford became the ‘apex of fashionability’ and other stories

Ian Jack: South-east London is next on the property developers’ hit list – and another characterful neighbourhood is promised rebirth. Is there an alternative?