Foxtons hit as Labour’s rent reforms let students move out early
Foxtons cut its profit guidance after earnings for the first half of its financial year plunged by nearly a third...
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Negative equity traps are the real crisis in housing
So much for an asset that only ever goes up. Last year, nearly one in five people selling a flat...
Councils spend record £1.26bn a year on temporary housing
Expenditure was heavily concentrated in London, with £739m spent in 2024-25, but parts of England had also seen their spending...
Qatari owners of Knightsbridge hotel face inquiry over affordable housing
A luxury hotel owned by the Qatari royal family is under investigation after failing to build affordable homes in London.Westminster...
Burnham’s £4bn Manchester new town delayed by two years
Andy Burnham’s £4bn plan for a “new town” in Manchester has been dealt a blow after hundreds of homes were...
The graph that shows the reality of Britain’s broken housing market
The figures reveal the damaging effect that the leasehold system has had on flats sales in the UK, Zoopla added....
Social housing waiting lists would take 119 years to clear
England’s social housing waiting lists would take 119 years to clear at current construction rates, according to research published by...
I regret buying a shared ownership home
When Cherida Plumb bought her first shared-ownership home, she was grateful for the scheme as it allowed her to get...
Landlords: embrace your inner cockroach – we will survive Labour
And I feel now is the time to share a history lesson with you, because what so many politicians who...
Britain’s housing wealth is in danger of collapsing
Paul Cheshire, an emeritus professor at the London School of Economics, says this is a function of the fact that...
