House prices rise by more than 4% year-on-year
LSL says average house price is now £284,742
Charlie Stong
Interest rate rise would leave ‘more than half’ struggling to pay mortgage
Building Societies Association expresses concerns
Buy-to-let sales rise by 50% in a year
Boom continues as investors benefit from lenders' enticing deals
House price rises slow but demand still growing
Halifax House Price Index shows average price of a home is now £202,859
Man charged with murder of police officer
18-year-old to appear in court on Thursday
Scottish rental prices fall as Government presses ahead with rent control plans
Average monthly rent in Scotland now stands at £757
One in five young people move back in with parents due to high cost of housing
And Shelter says 15% of 20- to 34-year-olds have never moved out
‘Versace on the inside, London on the outside’ – developers desperate for investors’ cash
A peak into the world of advertising the capital's new builds
Number of house sales falling through ‘at lowest level since 2012’
Buyers know what they are looking for and do not want to lose out
Two arrests made after policeman’s death in wake of burglary from estate agent
Estate agency premises still cordoned off
Landlord Action hits out at new legislation
Deregulation Act came into force last week
Largest number of private renters for 30 years
More than one in five people renting privately, according to think tank
Letting agents facing action over failure to sign up to redress scheme
Agents still not signed up one year after being required to do so
More than half expecting interest rates to rise
However fears do not dampen expectations that house prices will continue to rise
Stamp duty changes ‘create east/west divide’ in Prime Central London
Greater concentration of larger houses to west of Hyde Park subject to higher stamp duty leads to sales divide
‘Suicide’ of landlord saddled with debt
Charles Cole ran into trouble over failed Romanian property venture
5% of home buyers ‘do not view property’
Research also shows that young people spend less than an hour viewing
ARLA says rent controls could lead to even more expense for tenants
ARLA points to example of Germany where it says properties under rental controls are often let completely unfurnished
Second crowdfunding pitch for Property TV is pulled
Sky property business says its viability is unaffected by setback
Treasury rakes in highest revenues yet from Stamp Duty Land Tax
Stamp Duty take from property hits a record high