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04/11/2026

London cap for new first-time buyer scheme ‘needs urgent rethink’.

Effectiveness of measures to help buyers on to the ladder called into question while interest rates are elevated, housing experts warn.

Effectiveness of measures to help buyers on to the ladder called into question while interest rates are elevated, housing experts warn

03/11/2026

Why it no longer pays to build homes. The cost of constructing a house is now more than its selling price in half the country.

The cost of constructing a house is now more than its selling price in half the country. We analyse how taxes and regulations are eroding profit

02/11/2026

What happens if your neighbour’s tree falls into your garden during a storm?

Who is responsible for clearing it up? Who pays if your property is damaged? And what should you do first?

The answers aren’t always as straightforward as homeowners might expect.

Our managing partner Robin Edwards has shared his property expertise with Country Living helping homeowners understand their rights, responsibilities and the practical steps to take when storm damage strikes.

One important distinction? A healthy tree brought down by extreme weather is very different from one that was already dangerous or poorly maintained.

🏡 Read the full article in Country Living:

https://www.countryliving.com/uk/homes-interiors/a74250479/tree-fallen-during-storm-who-responsible-what-to-do/

Have you come across a fallen tree following the stormy weather? Here's what to do...

29/10/2026

A first-time buyer scheme that excludes more than half of new homes in inner London. Is this really the solution?

New analysis reported by The Times reveals that 55% of new homes sold in inner London last year exceeded the £650,000 price cap for the Government’s new Your First Home scheme.

At Curetons, we’ve been sceptical of this policy from the outset. While helping first-time buyers onto the property ladder is absolutely the right ambition, restricting support to new-build properties risks benefiting developers more than the people the scheme is supposed to help.

New builds often command a premium over comparable existing homes, and buyers must also consider service charges, future resale values and the long-term cost of the Government’s equity loan.

First-time buyers need genuinely affordable homes, not simply more ways to borrow money to purchase expensive ones.

If the Government is serious about improving homeownership, it should focus on making the wider housing market more accessible, rather than favouring one particular sector.

📰 Read the full article in The Times:

https://www.thetimes.com/article/a9ce3ca0-79b4-49e5-8ad6-36ee03744a42

The Your First Home scheme will have a price cap of £650,000 for properties in inner London, and £500,000 in outer London

29/10/2026

Same generation. Similar salaries. Completely different housing prospects.

For many millennials the biggest factor determining whether they own a home isn’t how hard they work or how much they earn. It’s whether they have access to the Bank of Mum and Dad.

Our very own Robin Edwards has been speaking to The Independent and discussing how parental financial support is creating an increasingly divided property market.

💬 “The Bank of Mum and Dad has effectively created a two-tier housing market, where family wealth increasingly determines who can afford to buy and when.”

Those fortunate enough to buy earlier have often benefited from rising property values and years of building equity. Meanwhile, others have spent those same years paying increasingly expensive rents, making it even harder to save for a deposit.

It’s a growing divide with consequences that could last a lifetime.

Read the full article in The Independent 👇

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/bank-of-mum-and-dad-millennials-property-divide-b3071622.html

A generation once caricatured as cash-strapped avocado eaters is being increasingly pulled apart by family wealth. With parental gifts and inheritances opening doors for some, the challenges others are facing could be set for life, writes Katie Rosseinsky

28/10/2026

From April 2027, tax on rental income will rise to 24%, 44% and 49% - another 2 percentage points above the increases already planned.

Squeezing landlords while failing to tackle rental supply will just leave tenants with less choice and higher rents.

28/10/2026

A new First Time Buyer ISA arrives in April 2029, replacing the LISA for new savers, but the £450k property cap remains.

With the average London first-time buyer now paying £473k to get on the housing ladder, it therefore makes the scheme all but irrelevant for most trying to buy in the capital.

In today’s Autumn Budget, Chancellor John Healey has set out plans to replace the Lifetime ISA with a first-time buyer (FTB) ISA.

28/10/2026

Autumn budgets impact on London luxury property analysed.

A decade-long analysis of Autumn Budgets reveals that political and economic certainty drives prime London property sales, with the Johnson-Sunak administration producing the strongest market performance whilst current Labour policies face headwinds.

Research examined sales of properties above £5 million and £10 million across Prime Central London (PCL) during four-month periods before and after Autumn Budgets from 2015 to 2025, tracking market responses across different governments.

A decade-long analysis of Autumn Budgets reveals that political and economic certainty drives prime London property sales, with the Johnson-Sunak administration producing the strongest market performance whilst current Labour policies face headwinds. Research by Beauchamp Estates examined sales of p

28/10/2026

London falling — luxury flat sales crash by £3.1bn since 2023.

The capital’s prime market has been floored in the past 3 years by a perfect storm of factors, including the abolition of non-dom status and a lack of stock.

The capital’s prime market has been floored in the past three years by a perfect storm of factors, including the abolition of non-dom status and a lack of stock

21/10/2026

House prices in London’s most sought-after areas continued to plummet in August as confidence across the country’s housing market slumped on the back of rising mortgage rates brought on by the Iran war.

Areas at the centre of the capital’s prime property market shed value in August as house prices across the capital slipped by 2.2 per cent year on year, according to the Office for National Statistics.

House prices in London’s most sought-after areas continued to plummet in August, as the country’s housing market “grinds to a halt”.