The Government’s controversial Renters (Reform) Bill has fallen victim to Rishi Sunak’s election announcement and has been shelved. The legislation – which...
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25 May 2024
From: Features
There was a long-awaited return to the House of Commons this week when the Renters (Reform) Bill finally rose to the...
27 April 2024
From: Features
Yulia Barnes is founder and managing partner of Barnes Law 2024 is set to be another significant year for the property...
20 January 2024
From: Features
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill passed its second reading in Parliament last night. Housing minister Lee Rowley pledged that the legislation...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Housing Minister Rachel Maclean MP is probably looking forward to her summer break this year. But wherever she's going and whatever she's...
29 July 2023
From: Features
Two former housing ministers have criticised the Government for scrapping housebuilding targets. The Government officially watered-down proposals for mandatory local housebuilding targets...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The Government is not taking any responsibility for the thousands of people that have had spray foam installed by Green Homes...
16 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has signalled that legislation to allow for further leasehold reform will be included in the next parliamentary...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ex-Home Secretary Priti Patel had around three years in Government to sort out housing but...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest measures for property the Chancellor included in his Autumn Statement may not have been dramatic, but has it given...
10 December 2022
From: Features
Measures to deliver new homes, regenerate left-behind communities and clean up rivers have been added to the Government’s flagship Levelling Up...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Simon Clarke is set for his first grilling by MPs as Levelling Up and Housing Secretary. Clarke will be questioned by the...
18 October 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s talk of 50-year mortgages being introduced, loans that, along with the property they finance, could be passed to the next...
09 July 2022
From: Features
At least 18 MPs have come out in favour of a new annual Proportional Property Tax which would be levied on...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
It is claimed by Propertymark that the government’s Economic Crime Bill - to be debated in the House of Commons today -...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
It appears that new controls on property ownership may feature in future sanctions against Russia in response to its aggression in Ukraine. Prime...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A campaigning MP is to meet with a government minister to discuss controls and disincentives for second homes. Former Liberal Democrat MP...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A wealth tax on overseas owners of UK homes could raise £5 billion a year to help local people buy their...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...
13 November 2021
From: Features
A surprise statement from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the stamp duty holiday, which goes on until the end...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...
04 September 2021
From: Features
The House of Commons Library has published what may be the definitive record of estate agency regulations issued in recent years...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The MP who chairs one of the most important committees in the House of Commons has urged the government to increase...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Labour’s new housing spokesperson is the experienced MP Lucy Powell, who until the weekend was shadow business and consumer affairs minister. She replaces...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...
03 April 2021
From: Features
The online petition which prompted a debate by MPs has now won the support of around 150,000 signatures. Typically public support for...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
You can watch the Parliamentary debate on a possible Stamp Duty Holiday extension here, using the streaming link at the bottom of...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Labour has entered the cladding controversy by calling a vote in the House of Commons to force government action on the...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The Prime Minister this afternoon stated that lockdown will remain in effect until early March at the earliest. He told the House...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
It's been announced that MPs will after all debate the Stamp Duty Holiday extension following a hugely popular online petition. The 90-minute...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The government may be stopping MPs debating an extension to the stamp duty holiday - despite a pledge they would do...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering an extension to the current stamp duty holiday according to media reports today - and the...
17 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Housing minister Kelly Tolhurst has resigned from the government for personal reasons. Tolhurst had formal responsibility for the government’s policies to combat...
16 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The Daily Mail has mocked housing minister Chris Pincher for advising people to going £174-a-bottle champagne while awaiting the rollout of...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News
02 January 2021
From: Features
The coronavirus pandemic has somewhat eclipsed Brexit this year – which is no mean feat. Cast your mind back to pre-Covid...
12 December 2020
From: Features
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has resisted changing any property taxes in the short term, but has used his Spending Review statement to...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has extended the furlough scheme until the end of March. It will continue under the current rules, with the...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England’s monthly interest rate decision was made today - but instead of it being announced at 12 noon,...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Housing Minister Christopher Pincher announced that the introduction of the Renters' Reform Bill will be delayed for an indefinite period due...
31 October 2020
From: Features
NAEA Propertymark is calling on agents to show “greater diligence” when dealing with Russian buyers, in the light of the report...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Housing minister Chris Pincher has now been named in media investigations into allegations concerning his political boss, Robert Jenrick, and the...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Beleaguered Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is under growing pressure to explain his part in a planning decision - now deemed illegal...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News
A taxation institute is urging the government to delay Capital Gains Tax changes relating to housing transactions until the virus crisis...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The Chancellor has announced that the furlough scheme is to be extended until the end of October. He made the announcement in...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News
The government has - once again - announced the introduction of a New Homes Ombudsman. The news came yesterday when Housing Secretary...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The Law Society’s new TA6 Property Information Form has just launched, as previewed on Estate Agent Today 10 days ago. “The TA6...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Last November, as part of the Conservatives’ general election campaign, Boris Johnson made a surprise announcement that his party would introduce...
01 February 2020
From: Features
The controversial former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, is to be the keynote speaker at a property industry...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News
The Liverpool Echo says housing minister Esther McVey, who was born in the city, is now ”reviled” there following comments about poor families. According...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News
A briefing note for MPs prepared from government statistics shows that housing starts and completions have increased from the lows observed...
20 August 2019
From: Breaking News
A slew of bad news stories about online estate agencies may have taken the lustre off the sector in recent weeks,...
06 March 2019
From: Breaking News
When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. The more...
26 January 2019
From: Features
Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...
22 September 2018
From: Features
A government minister has made a pointed jibe at estate agents who appear not to regard cash purchases of high-value properties...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News
So here’s another week’s great work being done by colleagues in our industry - and we’re very pleased to salute them. Everybody...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Phillip Hammond claims over 60,000 first time buyers have already benefitted from the stamp duty relief he announced at his...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News
It’s no surprise that figures don’t always show the results or consequences we expect - even if they are entirely accurate. Look...
06 January 2018
From: Features
A House of Commons committee has prepared a briefing document on areas of the UK residential and commercial properties sectors most impacted...
02 January 2018
From: Breaking News
Labour MP Justin Madders is working on a Private Members' Bill creating leasehold reform in a bid to help leaseholders who, he...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News
Like many of Labour’s recent policy proposals, its call for rent controls leaves more questions than answers. There has been widespread criticism...
07 October 2017
From: Features
Parliament is sitting again and the entire lettings industry is waiting with bated breath for more detail on the government’s proposal...
09 September 2017
From: Features
New housing minister Alok Sharma is set to make his first key speech this week, at the Housing 2017 conference in...
27 June 2017
From: Breaking News
The Green Party, one of the final political groups to launch their manifesto for the June 8 General Election, wants an end...
23 May 2017
From: Breaking News
Anyone hoping that the General Election could herald an immediate change of heart by the Conservatives on high levels of stamp...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News
Estate agents have been broadly supportive of the decision by Prime Minister Theresa May to push for a snap General Election...
19 April 2017
From: Breaking News
Housing minister Gavin Barwell says the government will put forward proposals in the new year to stop abuses of the leasehold...
21 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Housing minister Brandon Lewis has joined many others across the country in paying tribute to Jo Cox, the Labour MP murdered last...
20 June 2016
From: Breaking News
The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team has over the weekend repeated its intention to investigate allegations of so-called portal juggling...
03 May 2016
From: Breaking News
A Conservative MP is to raise the portal juggling controversy in the House of Commons. Derek Thomas, MP for St Ives in...
28 April 2016
From: Breaking News
And so it begins. Four months and counting before we vote to leave or remain. For a country apparently so divided about...
27 February 2016
From: Features
So housing made itself top of the list of questions by the new Leader of the Opposition’s first PMQs on Wednesday...
18 September 2015
From: Features
A new All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Planning has been announced to address what it calls “the national housing emergency”...
29 July 2015
From: Breaking News
An MP has tabled an Early Day Motion calling on the Land Registry to require greater transparency for overseas company purchases...