Builders accused of fixing house prices in £4.5bn legal claim
Britain’s biggest housebuilders face a £4.5bn legal claim about allegations they colluded to increase house prices and rip off buyers.Nine...
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Third of new London homes deemed unsellable
One third of new homes in London failed to sell to private buyers last year, laying bare the scale of...
The £1bn ‘Manc-hattan’ scandal looming over Andy Burnham’s leadership
That is despite targets set by the local council requiring all new developments in Manchester to designate at least 20pc...
Housing development attacked by Andy Burnham ally heading for High Court
To reach its target, the Government needs to build 300,000 new homes per year, but just more than 150,000 a...
Buyers demand ‘Burnham discount’ on house prices
This marked the eighth month in a row in which year-on-year prices decreased in London, with prices having fallen by...
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...
New homes discounted by £100k as builder scrambles to sell properties
Vistry announced earlier this year that it would discount new-build homes for the private sales market to help boost sales...
Raffles hotel builder faces collapse
The building contractor behind the Raffles hotel and The Ned is on the brink of collapse, casting doubt on the...
Estate agents under fire for using AI pictures in property listing
Estate agents are facing a backlash for using “misleading” AI-generated pictures of rooms in property listings.London-listed Winkworth, which has more...
Britain can’t build houses (and why it wouldn’t bring prices down anyway)
So no, it doesn’t appear to be a shortage of housing that is the principal cause of the strongly rising...
