Leeds Building Society has helped 9,600 first-time buyers get onto the property ladder in just the first six months of this year.

Despite the Government’s pledge to build 1.5million new homes, house building numbers have fallen since they came to power.

A BBC investigation, aired just weeks after a Panorama programme on conditional selling, highlights how thousands of HMOs in London are going unlicensed.

Officials say adopting the tech will speed up property transactions and remove the need for signatures witnesses.

Mike Morgan, a much-respected figure within the private rented sector, has been killed in a cycling accident, his employer ...