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...
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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...
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...
Moody’s City of London head office on sale for US$445 million
It will test investor appetite for trophy real estate in a market where transactions have cooledPublished Wed, Sep 16, 2026...
100-year-old construction giant to stop building homes in UK
Construction continues to suffer a slump amid persistently high inflation, rising build costs and weak housebuyer demand.Housebuilder MJ Gleeson swung...
Help to Buy was ‘very high value for money’, audit finds
But between 2012 and 2019, profits at the housebuilder Persimmon trebled, with the York-based developer making more than £1bn in...
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...
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...
Billionaire Chris Rokos to keep Wiltshire mansion despite quitting UK for Greece
Billionaire Chris Rokos is to press ahead with the £175m restoration of his Wiltshire mansion despite switching his residency to...
Edinburgh least affordable city for tenants despite Sturgeon’s rent controls
The UK Government’s 2025 analysis found that 83pc of landlords were small landlords, with small-scale retired landlords who typically owned...
