The retirement risk homeowners are taking with their property wealth
With warnings that the cost of borrowing is set to rise, further choking off demand, homeowners should no longer be...
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The ordinary homes at risk from a £1.5m ‘mansion tax’ threshold
The word “mansion” usually conjures palatial entryways, swimming pools, cinema rooms and gardens you could fit a helipad in.Not according...
The chart that shows mansion tax is already distorting the housing market
Are you listing your property for lower before the mansion tax? Email us at money@telegraph.co.uk*.Labour’s mansion tax has already started...
Why buying a house was quicker in the days of fax machines
Paul Lyons, managing director at Lyons Bowe Solicitors, says the issue stems from professionals being overstretched.The number of conveyancers in...
Labour plans tax raid on holiday cottages
James Murray, a junior Treasury minister, confirmed in a written parliamentary answer that his department was reviewing “the tax treatment...
The buy-to-let reality check: Why a cash Isa beats being a landlord
Hello Neighbour used average rents, house values and gross rental yields from property portal Zoopla’s September 2025 index and assumed...
The collapse of boomers’ million-pound property dream
Others are wary that the market could fall even further and want to sell so that they can put the...
‘The best thing I ever did’: the homeowners downsizing years before retirement
The house is cheap and easy to maintain, giving the couple plenty of time to spend working on their garden...
Quitting the UK rental market? Here’s where to invest instead
Prime property is also substantially cheaper than other European capitals. “Prime residential is at an average of €14,600 per square...
This family must tear down its summerhouse (as Labour plans a garden-home boom)
The Causleys are appealing the decision, costing them a further £500.Although their summerhouse is in the front garden, and so...
