Myra Butterworth

Purplebricks' Michael Bruce says the World Cup is having an impact on the property market as movers hit pause.

While the pace of house price growth is small, it is the direction that has surprised many commentators given Britain's political uncertainties.

Zoopla's Richard Donnell warns that Stamp Duty has become so high that it prevents some people from moving home.

The housing market activity is likely to remain relatively subdued in the near term, says RICS' Tarrant Parsons.

Campaigners have dismissed extra cladding funding as “incremental measures” that risk locking leaseholders into long waits for a resolution.

“We need more homes to support people at every stage of the moving journey," says Rightmove's Colleen Babcock.

Britain’s poshest postcodes where homes change hands for more than £1million, have been revealed.

Eriona Bajrakurtaj, of Major's Accounts & Co, says: "The biggest problems we're seeing come from misconceptions about what's required."

National Leasehold Campaign's Katie Kendrick describes leasehold as a "life sentence".

"Land is a good thing to tax because you can’t take it abroad or move it offshore," explains Sir John Gieve.