The impact of Help to Buy II in six charts

The second phase of the Government’s Help to Buy Scheme has been praised by some as a much-needed stimulus for housebuilding and economic recovery and derided by others as a distortion of the market and a drain on the taxpayer. The mortgage guarantee scheme is...

UK house-building crisis – and how to solve it

Shortage of homes adds to the risk of a bubble – but policy-makers could help, property industry says Estate agency Savills has added to the alarm over Britain’s property market by warning of a “housing crisis” stoked by a shortage of new homes. The...