Andy Burnham should listen to housebuilders and revive a version of the scheme for first-time buyers, because it worked better than many realise

If you want a decent old age then tapping into the money in your property may be the answer. Here are the pros and cons

The number of sales agreed over the past four weeks was 9 per cent lower than in last July, according to the property search website Zoopla

Buy-to-let companies more popular than personal ownership and the nationality of those setting up such corporate structures is shifting

The Local Government Association says the charge will add cost and complexity, as well as being unfair to areas with fewer high-value properties

A shake-up of rental rules is seeing specialist lenders and professional investors breathe life into a market that hasn’t roared since the Celtic Tiger years

Fears that ‘preposterous’ plans to replace council tax will lead to higher rents and a shortage of homes

Conflict in Middle East means more bad news for borrowers — here’s what you can do

Renewed conflict in the Middle East and higher oil prices will push up the cost of mortgages, but it’s good news for savers

New research for The Times indicates that the UK’s property market has been hit by a hidden crash in the past five years — with a few notable exceptions