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...
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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...
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...
