We need new schemes, fundamental reform, incentives and initiatives to mend the rental sector, says Mark Prisk, Housing Minister.

How is the new homes market performing after so many of being battered by the recession? The Negoatiator takes its pulse.

Each month we visit three agents to discover how the property business and local housing market are doing. This month we visit Devon, Cumbria and West Yorkshire.

Each month we visit three agents across the country to discover what’s happening in their businesses and local markets. This month we visit Norfolk, Anglesey & Gwynedd and Staffordshire.

to discover what’s happening in their businesses and local markets. This month we visit North Devon, Tyneside and West Sussex.

One local authority is really doing something.

No, not yet. The Government’s initiatives to build more homes on England’s green and pleasant land don’t seem to be working, says Andrea Kirkby.

There used to be the Halifax house price index and one from Nationwide. That was it. They were definitive; house prices went up or down, and you knew exactly by how much.…

Can converting commercial buildings to homes really help the housing shortage? Andrea Kirkby investigates.

Peter Buckingham of Andrew Granger & Co considers the rise in popularity of the market town.