Housebuilder issues profit warning as summer property sales slump

Company’s share price plunges, wiping half a billion pounds off the sector

Britain suffers biggest housing downturn since financial crisis

High property prices and mortgage rates trigger major slump in sales, says Rics

Regent’s Park mansion Hanover Lodge sold by Russian oligarch for £113m

Sale comes as Russian owners offload London assets amid heightened tensions with the West

One million homeowners facing £500-a-month mortgage shock

Up to 650,000 households at risk of defaulting by end of year, Bank warns

RAF control tower featured in David Niven film to become luxury holiday home

Restoration of the building into a £3.1m four-bed property will preserve the wartime legacy of a Second World War air base in Hampshire

Race for fixed-rate mortgages sparks fears of £180m hit to OneSavings Bank profits

Shares in FTSE 250 bank plunge amid rush to mitigate impact of rising interest rates

Britain suffers biggest hit to house prices of any large European economy

Rampant inflation and rising mortgage costs hammer UK housing market

Rics plunged into crisis as standards board quits

Mass resignation is latest sign of infighting at trade body for estate agents

Millions of households hit by council tax ratchet

Average bill rises 80pc in real terms since levy was introduced

Santander pulls fixed and tracker rate mortgages as market turmoil continues

Bank reassesses deals ahead of expected interest rate rises

Michael Gove’s rent reforms are forcing landlords to quit, surveyors warn

Looming bill and rising interest rates are eroding confidence in the buy-to-let sector

Rival Purplebricks bidder plots to hijack £1 takeover – with £1.5m offer

Lecram Holdings warns cut-price sale 'not in best interest of shareholders'

New homeowners won’t enjoy same house price surge as their parents, says OBR economist

Rising interest rates, home working, and changing demographics are set dampen valuations

Purplebricks, once worth £1.4bn, sold for just £1

Estate agent Strike buys out rival in rescue deal after share price plunge

Purplebricks shares plummet 60pc as it runs out of cash

Troubled estate agent has been searching for a buyer since February

Half a million landlords to leave buy-to-let sector as baby boomers retire

Landlord exodus is expected to put more pressure on already-soaring rents

‘Bullying’ accountant must pay neighbours £60,000 for ‘selfish’ parking, judge rules

Row over ‘few feet’ of space in west London had potential to reduce value of family’s £750,000 home by 10 per cent

Designer wins fight to stop neighbour’s barn conversion blighting his £3m mansion

Court of Appeal rules in favour of Glenn Kinnersley after he objected to Paul Dixon’s ‘suburban’ style redevelopment

Outdated planning laws stopped millions of homes being built

Britain’s house building rates have fallen behind the rest of Europe

Artist proves that her caravan may float but it’s not a boat

Crafter Janet Jaffe's static home sits on a platform over a flooded gravel pit but the landowner claimed that meant she could be evicted

Sarah Beeny embroiled in landscaping row with Somerset neighbours

Presenter's mission to create her dream home, as seen in her Channel 4 series Sarah Beeny's New Life In The Country, is facing challenges