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Why can’t I buy a home on Airbnb, asks frustrated purchaser
Could short-term rental property firm Airbnb expand into sales – and could it ever do a deal with a UK portal, as it has in US?
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Agency
Picture of the Week: And we’re talking money (lots of it)
Countrywide and Foxtons' bosses earnings look good – just don't mention the share prices
Lettings
Pace of rent rises slows across country – and drop in central London for first time in six years
Rent rises curbed by large rise in number of rental homes available, says Countrywide
Finance
Rising construction costs mean developers prepared to pay less for land
Prime central London development land prices drop almost 10%
Agency
Agents divided as to whether plans to share fracking profits will help local housing markets
Could Government's latest ideas on fracking compensation avoid property blight?
Politics
Not even Theresa May will be able to tame London housing market
Prime Ministers come and go – but house prices mostly go only in one direction
Finance
Here are some of the stories that got you talking this week
Brexit or the Stamp Duty deadline – which has had the greater effect on the housing market?
Agency
Victory for agents after industry regulator warns that portal juggling is illegal
Agents face prosecutions and bans after industry bodies move to warn against illegal practice which 'cheats the public'
Agency
Three Foxtons agents ‘fired’ after fracas with demonstrators
Foxtons says agents are no longer working for it
Agency
Agents warned that price-conscious vendors will want cheaper transaction costs
Broker cuts forecasts for Countrywide earnings saying more vendors will want fixed-fee hybrid agency services
Agency
Don’t pay us – we’ll pay you to sell your home, agent tells vendors
Agent set to launch 0% commission service that will give sellers £150 high street vouchers
Lettings
Number of private tenants evicted by bailiffs soars 88% in five years
Shelter blames sky-high cost of renting as bailiff evictions increase in private rented sector
Finance
Repossessions and mortgage arrears fall to new lows
Mortgaged property repossessions at lowest level since 1982, report lenders
Politics
Government facing calls for Right to Buy to be scrapped
Only 20% of council homes sold last year are being replaced
Other News
Gloomy RICS reports fastest drop in house sales since last crash
RICS calls for urgent government action but admits confidence 'more resilient' than expected
Finance
Lending to first-time buyers is highest for nearly nine years
First-time buyer loans lead the way for third month in a row
Agency
Reports of post-Brexit housing crisis ‘unfounded’ as market barely alters
Agents slate scaremongering and insist housing market is perfectly healthy
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Housing market continues to hold its breath as uncertainty continues
We have not yet had the data that proves things either way, says LSL
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Picture of the Week: So, it’s a move to the country you’re after?
Take a look at this property to enjoy the (somewhat unlikely) glimpse of paradise
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And here’s another contender for Picture (sorry, Pokemon) of the Week
Property particulars take Pokemon Go craze into account