Housing market

Homebuyers facing high costs and delays want the tax break to be extended at the Budget.

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Landlords will have to give six months notice to tenants and contract lengths will increase.

Latest figures show a 8.4% jump in the average cost of a home in Scotland last year.

The housing market's response to the pandemic is "counter to expectation", says one economist.

Prices climbed at their fastest annual rate since October 2014, official figures show.

A deadline to buy a home under the current Help to Buy scheme in England has been extended to the end of May.

Lockdown had encouraged people to buy larger properties with bigger gardens, a building society says.

The Halifax says prices fell last month and are likely to come under pressure in the months ahead.

Transactions jumped in the second half of 2020 but overall they were down 21% for the year, research suggests.

Campaigners say a government fund to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding is woefully inadequate.

Stamp duty changes introduced to boost the housing market are due to end in March.

Estate agents call for tougher measures - as buyers race to beat the end of the stamp duty holiday.

There has been a fourfold increase in mortgage products for those offering a 10% deposit.

First-time buyers are calling on the government to extend a Help to Buy deadline amid Covid-related delays.

Councillors call for more government action to stop families being "forced to leave".

A ban on repossession of vehicles will end but, for homes. will be extended for two months, new plans say.

Councils will also be given extra funding to accommodate rough sleepers, ministers announce.