Berkeley says homebuyers lack feel-good factor

Managing director says lack of mortgage and 'external economic events' availability continue to be a drag on sales

Bridge is a good buy but won’t earn piles

The income from Swinford Bridge may be tax-free, but the responsibilities bring down the yeld to a modest 4.6 per cent

Building industry unites to fight tax crackdown

Barratt and Persimmon, two of the country’s biggest housebuilders, have backed the campaign being led by industry bodies

A radical remedy to property boom and bust

Adam Pose, of MPC, proposes that capital gains tax and stamp duty be increased in line with house price inflation

Rental market shrinks as landlords sell up

Number of properties for let dwindles to 11-year low, pushing down tenants’ bargaining power with landlords

Candys seek £68.5m Chelsea Barracks damages

Property developers say they would drop claim for Qatari partners' pulling out of project in return for damages payment

Agents force buyers into costly mortgages

Purchasers are losing thousands as agents use a hard-sell to chase commissions

New deal for "near-prime" borrowers

One of the biggest "sub-prime" lenders returns after two years with deal aimed at the customers with a less than perfect credit history

Investors fear the next bubble will be made in China

Popular mortgage deals fall below 5 per cent

Average two-year fix costs 4.99 per cent, according to Moneyfacts.co.uk, the lowest rate since June

Tories to scrap Hips if they win election

Grant Shapps, the Shadow Housing Minister, has pledged to scrap home information packs to help the housing market recover

Nationwide cautious on housing as profits fall

UK's biggest building society says recovery will be protracted as first-half profits more than halve to £117m

125 per cent loans to homemovers

Existing customers in negative equity can move home with new deal from Coventry Building Society

Drop in US home builds exposes fragile market

Figures show that housing starts dropped 10.6 per cent in October as homebuyers remained cautious about the market

Bovis to raise land value on market rebound

The housebuilder, which has axed more than half its workforce, now has cash to start buying new plots

Olympic Games ‘driving out poorer residents’

Gentrification effect brings into question the Government’s intention to improve living standards, says report

Stamp duty change to compound low prices in worst hit areas

RICS warns that areas already suffering from house prices falls will face drop in activity when stamp duty threshold is lowered