Why Rayner’s empty homes plan is built on a fantasy
Cash-strapped councils also face the threat of the property being repossessed by lenders if the owner can no longer afford...
archiveUK property
Councils handed power to seize empty homes after just six months
Lord Frost, the former Brexit minister, said: “Don’t risk leaving your house empty. After six months the Government will come...
‘The rich are being attacked everywhere. We don’t have hoards in the bank – we have mortgages’
Down in the bowels of Broughton Sanctuary – eight miles from Skipton, North Yorkshire – is a framed newspaper cutting....
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...
Far East Orchard buys US$79 million London site for conversion to student housing
Far East Orchard is buying a London property for £60 million (US$79.3 million), which it will redevelop into a 444-bed...
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...
Reform donor to sell £18m luxury flat amid fears of Labour tax raid
He has become a prominent financial backer of Reform after previously being a Conservative donor.He has donated hundreds of thousands...
Healey’s mansion tax raid to hit 270,000 families
John Healey’s planned changes to the mansion tax mean more than a quarter of a million families will be hit...
Landlords quit rental market at fastest rate in a decade
Landlords are quitting the lettings market at the highest rate in a decade following the introduction of Labour’s Renters’ Rights...
