Nick Milton, a biographer of much-maligned Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, says our current PM could learn a lot from his time in office.

Activity is strongest in the upper end of the housing market where stamp duty savings are most significant.

Latest research from Hamptons International shows a 5.5% monthly rent hike in rural areas while cities sagged by 5.3%.

Agents face a worst-case scenario as sales are frozen for 'some time' and council cannot carry out land searches.

The money saving experts has backed an LSE report that seeks to offer the government ways out to solve the problem.

Latest RICS report says the good times are continuing although some agents say it has quietened down in recent days.

David Smith of The Sunday Times tells conference that stamp duty cliff-face runs risk of causing an adverse reaction in housing market before economy has recovered.

Latest data from TwencyCI shows 44% more properties between sale agreed and completion than would normally be expected.