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Rushanara Ali was accused of hypocrisy after claims she removed tenants before rent rise of almost £700 a monthRushanara Ali has resigned as homelessness minister after it emerged she evicted four tenants from a property she owns in east London then re…
Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the ‘largest giveaways in UK history’Margaret Thatcher’s right-to-buy scheme has cost UK taxpayers almost £200bn, according to a report into the policy’s contribution to Britain’s hous…
Average price of property rises 0.6% in July to £272,664, says NationwideHouse prices in the UK returned to growth last month, as the market recovered from a dip in June after the end of a tax break on stamp duty.The average price of a home rose 0.6% i…
Record number of homes for sale has created ‘buyer’s market’ and kept price rises in check, Zoopla report saysThe typical summer lull in Britain’s housing market has been avoided amid the availability of bigger home loans fuelling a “buyer’s market”, a…
Rightmove blames the 1.2% fall in new sellers’ prices on the end of stamp duty discounts and more homes coming on to the marketThe average price of homes coming up for sale dropped by the largest monthly amount in more than 20 years in July, according …
Deals for homes worth more than £750,000 are up 7% in June over last year with more properties on marketSales of expensive UK country houses rose in June, signalling a possible recovery in demand as buyers are tempted out by lower prices after an exten…
Move hopes to push lenders to offer more high loan-to-income mortgages and help 36,000 buyers on to housing ladderBusiness live – latest updatesThe Bank of England has rolled out looser mortgage rules that policymakers hope will help 36,000 more first-…
Number looking to move to urban centres up 16% in first five months of 2025 compared with same period in 2015With the rise of home working and surging house prices in many urban areas, one might have assumed that British cities had lost some of their a…
Rightmove says prices dropping as more properties are available and after stamp duty increases in EnglandBusiness live – latest updatesProperty asking prices slipped in June, as sellers faced the toughest competition in a decade to find buyers.The “unu…
Average property price drops 0.4% month on month in May to £296,648, Halifax saysBusiness live – latest updatesUK house prices suffered a steeper than expected fall last month and the biggest quarterly drop in value in almost a year, as economic uncert…