Both buyers and sellers are sitting on their hands, as the unpredictable Brexit crisis wears on. The RICS said that there is little sign of the impasse in the housing market ending, with appraisals down on this time a year ago. It said that new ins... read more »

US dollar buyers are seeing effective discounts of 42 per cent when the weak pound is factored in.    The long slide in London house prices since the EU referendum has picked up pace with the market falling for the ninth qu... read more »

Torchbearer for change: architect Clare Richards has ambitious plans to make London better.   After a successful 15-year career running an award-winning TV production company, Clare Richards chucked it in to become an architect, at 45... read more »

  Bromley has been crowned the childhood capital of London with swathes of open space, the most sports facilities and plenty of good schools, according to new analysis published today. In a city where family homes are in short s... read more »

Up to one in four people in some London boroughs has given up the traditional nine-to-five in favour of working from home, according to new research. Across the UK there are more than four million people working from home, or 14 per cent of the work... read more »

Political chaos combined with Brexit uncertainty have seen a significant drop in confidence in London’s property market – with average asking prices down by more than £13,000 in the past month, new figures show. Righ... read more »

The property market is recovering in London with increasing rents sent to tempt more buy to let landlords back into the sector which could result in significant prices rises, according to the latest index report. Rock bottom sales and rental stock l... read more »

Fixed rate deals are dominating the residential remortgage market with 96% of those who remortgaged in July doing so with this kind of product, new figures show. Some 50% of borrowers took out a five year fixed rate product in July, the highest numb... read more »

We are buying a leasehold flat and have to pay a service charge. Why then would there be a shortfall and who is expected to cover this?  Question: We are buying our first home, a leasehold flat. Our solicitor told us about the service charge w... read more »

Here's what to do if the cladding on your flat isn't up to standard. Fire safety in tall buildings has become a complex issue since the disaster at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington. The 24-storey block was clad in aluminium composite material or ... read more »