The financial services industry’s much-hyped mortgage holiday scheme, heavily endorsed by the government, could cost home owners hundreds of pounds in extra payments it is claimed.

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick – accused by some of breaking the lockdown some weeks ago – is now in more hot water after the government accepted that a key planning decision he made was biased.

The government is jeopardising the success of the housing market relaunch through the inflexibility of the furlough scheme, claims a group of agents, conveyancers, valuers and other property professionals.

High-end agency Beauchamp Estates is claiming to have bagged the capital’s biggest deal during the lockdown period – a mansion which has sold for £15.45m. 

The well-known chief executive of Fine & Country, David Lindley, is standing down

OnTheMarket has introduced a new filter that allows buyers to limit their searches to those properties with online viewing options.

A group representing 600 tax experts working in UK legal and accounting firms is warning buyers not to purchase a new home without selling their old one first – unless they are prepared to risk paying thousands extra in taxes if the sale is delayed.

A digital ‘members-only club’ for property professionals around the world has slashed its prices nine months after launching.