Help To Buy is continuing to help cash-strapped Londoners who want to get on the property ladder.The scheme covers new homes valued up to £600,000 and allows buyers to borrow 40 per cent of the purchase price from the Government in the form of ... read more »

The high price of housing, the capital’s rising population and Brexit jitters are combining to shut first-time buyers out of the property market, according to Professor Tony Travers of the London School of Economics. A slow-down in new hom... read more »

Rents in Britain have stayed broadly flat over the last year but overall the lettings market is highly active with viewings up 13.3% year on year and lease signings up 3.5%, new research shows. However, at the same time, supply has fallen by 6.9%, a... read more »

  From Milton Keynes to Moscow, the “garden city” concept of creating model new towns has been the main weapon in the battle against housing shortages.  The biggest British garden city project currently under way is finally st... read more »

Four in every 10 buyers of a new home are taking advantage of the government-backed Help-to-Buy scheme, following reboot announced in last November's budget, report housebuilders.   The government-backed scheme covers homes valued up to &poun... read more »

An interest rate raise in May seems almost certain after the Bank of England said last week that it would need to raise rates to tackle high inflation. So what will this mean for your finances?   Households have been warned to expect further i... read more »

Property experts warn that current housing policy does not reflect the demand from over 60-year-olds looking for homes. Delegates at a conference held by the housing law firm Winckworth Sherwood were asked if they thought the government’s focu... read more »

Fiona and Jonathan Jones admit to an element of desperation in 2006 when they bought a neglected Sixties detached house on a large plot along a popular country lane in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. But turning an “ugly duckling” into ... read more »

The average house price in Kensington and Chelsea has soared by nearly 130 per cent since 2009, according to research by online estate agents HouseSimple.com Less glamorous boroughs of Haringey and Waltham Forest have witnessed impressive price... read more »

Almost 30 per cent of London homes are being advertised for sale with reduced asking prices, while realistically valued houses and flats are being sold within just 71 days.​ A new report shows that in some parts of the capital a third of s... read more »