Your weekend roundup of top news and views

Legal challenge threatens serious setback to leasehold reforms

Labour’s flagship housing policy could collapse “like a house of cards” if courts overturn legislation, warns property legal expert James Carpenter.

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HOUSING MARKET ANALYSIS: Highest number of properties for sale for nine years

Latest supply and demand data reveals that property transaction numbers have been extremely buoyant this year, but will this last, asks Kate Faulkner.

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Interview with estate agent star of The Apprentice

Kieran McCartney, who recently left the hit TV show, told The Neg agents should boycott the portal in protest against fee hikes.

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HMO licence applications jump 40% as landlords switch strategies

An increasing number of landlords are moving away from traditional lets in favour of HMOs, according to Just Landlords boss Clark Ross.

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Iran conflict and Mansion Tax wipe £360k off top-end homes, says Savills

Prime country properties have seen some steep price corrections as market volatility hits buyer confidence, says Director of Residential Research, Frances McDonald.

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Mortgage criteria eased to boost loans market

Lenders can now issue more high loan-to-income offers under proposals designed to allow households to borrow cash.

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BLOG: Collaboration and innovation in a post-RRA landscape

CEO of RentGuarantor, Paul Foy, asks how the property industry can seek to replicate certainty of rental income and work together.

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Property market 'takes a knock', RICS reports

RICS's Tarrant Parsons says a positive feeling in the housing market has been hit by war in the Middle East, and the outlook is now flat.

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