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Concern mounts among ministers that low construction activity could hit growth forecasts

A £265m mansion in the heart of the Chelsea • Sold by billionaire Nick Candy and his ex-wife Holly Valance • Bought by a Labour-donating hedge fund boss • Why was the tax bill so small?

Ten “cursed” apartments have sat empty since 2012 • The Qatari state can’t find buyers • The local council has approved plans to turn them into short-term lets at up to £18,000 per week

10-year strategic deal will drive affordable housing and estate renewal

10-year strategic deal will drive affordable housing and estate renewal

Shard Place’s policies, including those on guests and delivery riders, have frustrated many renters

London Centric enters the ice cream trade • The capital’s soft serve vendors act like they can ignore the law • It turns out they probably can

Legal & General (L&G) could be forced to repay rent to hundreds of tenants after it emerged that it had been renting out its build-to-rent homes in south London without a licence required by the local...

The long read: Hundreds of millions of pounds of dirty money are being deposited at post offices every year. So why are the police reluctant to investigate the scale of the problem?

Housebuilder looks at incentives for people to buy

A few days ago Manchester City Council published a press release with an eye-catching factoid. Manchester saw more homes built in the last year (4,766) than all the 32 Greater London boroughs combi…

Lawyers investigating the fire that killed 168 people point to ‘unscrupulous’ contractors and ‘systemic’ issues with regulation

Like it or not, the government will have to help developers before houses and rents become even more unaffordable

Cap on spending by Homes England is a blow to Andy Burnham’s promise of a big boost to affordable developments

After a 28-year hiatus, Scotland are back at the World Cup — and for Jamie Lafferty and his Glaswegian schoolfriends, a teenage vow has finally been fulfilled

Safety liability fears choke new work pipeline as London contractor shuts sites and calls in administrators

The 548-bed purpose-built student accommodation in the city centre has submitted plans for a temporary change of use that would allow part of the building to operate as short-stay hotel accommodation ...