New rules have gone through, making it possible to convert disused offices into homes without planning permission. The changes are in amendments to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development Order) 1995...

Only 38% of towns in the UK are affordable for home purchase by key public sector workers. Nevertheless, the statistic is an improvement on the 4% reported by the Halifax back in 2008...

The Labour party has produced a policy paper on Britain’s housing crisis, with a twin focus on building new homes and the private rented sector...

A Law Commission consultation is ending today which could see laws protecting home owners’ historical rights to light extinguished for good. The proposed legislative change means that while home owners can currently contest plans for developments that overshadow their homes, they would no longer be able to claim a right to light...

Penthouses have become among the most sought-after homes in the capital, and it is now impossible to buy one for under £1m anywhere in London, property consultancy firm CBRE has said...

A fundamental review is needed of the way new homes are designed if the UK is to produce successful low carbon homes of the future. The call has come from a new guide by the NHBC Foundation, a research group which advises house builders...

A think tank has called for a land value tax which would penalise people with large gardens while incentivising developers not to hang on to undeveloped land banks but to get on and build houses...

Communities in Oxfordshire and Devon have voted for large new developments in their areas. Residents in Thame and in St James, Exeter, turned out to support their neighbourhood plans – which were introduced as part of the government’s ‘localism’ planning reforms...