London ‘worse than any other city’ for planning delays
London suffers from worse planning delays for affordable housing than any other city in England, the country’s biggest housing association...
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More than 1,000 new homes a day needed to hit Labour’s housing target
More than 1,000 new homes need to be built each day to hit Labour’s housebuilding targets, new research shows.Housebuilders would...
Britain’s downsizing crisis is only getting worse
Are you trying to downsize? Tell us your story at money@telegraph.co.uk*Stephen Crowhurst’s late mother moved into a care home three...
The winners and losers under a Burnham property tax shake-up
For a two-bedroom flat near Canary Wharf, last bought for £380,000 in May 2024, the current Band D council tax...
The Sussex coast that poses an early test for Burnham’s housing dream
The plan stretches all the way back to Westminster and Andy Burnham’s housebuilding ambitions, now steered by Angela Rayner, the...
Homeowners overturn £6,200 service charge bills in landmark victory
Flat owners have won a landmark victory against a housing association after being forced to pay thousands of pounds in...
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...
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...
