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Estate agency regulation is needed to help improve the homebuying and selling process, MPs have been told. The first hearing of the...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents remain typically optimistic about the property market after interest rates were been held at their 16-year high of 5.25% by...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
You don’t have to be a mind-reader to believe there will be a large majority Labour government by the end of...
04 May 2024
From: Features
Prominent housing and mortgage experts are downplaying the chance of an interest rate cut following the Bank of England monetary policy...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A recent announcement by housing giants Persimmon has been heralded as a welcome boost to the property sector. In a trading update they...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark, the leading membership body for property agents has written to London Mayor candidates highlighting proposals to tackle the unique housing...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Thousands of people will be invited to take part in new research to help provide information on why one particularly badly...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A property industry group has called for a reduction in the discounts available for council tenants buying their own home, after...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s been broad support from within the agency and wider property sectors for Labour’s proposal to build on selected parts of...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
It’s tempting to think that Michael Gove’s proposed clampdown on Airbnb-style short lets is a uniquely British form of small-mindedness, part...
20 April 2024
From: Features
Keir Starmer set out Labour’s policy for housebuilding this week and targeted ‘ugly’ parts of the Green Belt. It will be a...
20 April 2024
From: Features
Inflation has eased to 3.2% down from 3.4%, official figures from the Office for National Statistics show, the lowest level since...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has urged the UK Government to consider other ways of boosting the supply of homes for purchase. The Government has two...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has welcomed the reappointment of Julie James as the new Welsh Housing Minister. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and campaigns at...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Both 'beauty' and ‘gentle density’ are central themes of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).. The notes which accompany the NPPF state...
23 March 2024
From: Features
Interest rates were held for the fifth consecutive time after the latest Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting yesterday. The...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The best news for the property sector to come from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget statement came not from any fiscal...
20 March 2024
From: Features
The Government has taken the unusual step of intervening in the London Plan to boost housebuilding in the capital. Housing Secretary Michael...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Today, I am reflecting on the Chancellor’s surprise Spring budget decision to abolish multiple dwellings relief for Stamp Duty Land Tax...
16 March 2024
From: Features
One of the UK’s largest mortgage lenders has reduced its upper age limit in a blow for home buyers . Halifax is...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Female agents have shared their view on representation and opportunities in the sector to mark International Women’s Day. Industry data shows while...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents are hopeful of support for the property market in today’s Spring Budget. It could be the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s final fiscal...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents would be happy to pay for regulation but the sector should be wary of costs, a Propertymark executive has told...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Representatives from Propertymark, Trading Standards and The Property Ombudsman (TPO) are set to discuss estate agency regulation in the House of...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Peers in the House of Lords have launched an inquiry into agency regulation. The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee will...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The Government’s proposal to introduce a new 1% deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder is unworkable...
24 February 2024
From: Features
Every year the media writes a lot about house price crashes, and often pose the question whether this is the year...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Last weekend, Levelling Up and Housing Secretary, Michael Gove wrote in the Sunday Times that the nation’s housing crisis was so...
17 February 2024
From: Features
Two brothers who previously worked as estate agents have launched a new networking platform for property professionals in the UK. Chris Tremlett,...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Building more homes is a better solution than mortgage schemes to support first-time buyers, a Zoopla executive has claimed. Richard Donnell, executive...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Sir Simon Clarke’s call for Rishi Sunak to be ousted from Downing Street may well express what many of his MP...
27 January 2024
From: Features
Whether a General Election is held in May, November or in January one thing is guaranteed - we can expect to...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during May’s local election campaigning,...
13 January 2024
From: Features
As Conveyancers we operate in such a volatile market, where government economic policy can and has repeatedly made our professional lives...
13 January 2024
From: Features
Housing policy should focus on making better use of existing stock as well building more homes, a new report claims. A report...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The debate over the Green Belt, and the newly branded ‘grey belt’, has made the headlines a lot recently and will...
30 December 2023
From: Features
Landowners seeking to sell their land for development will have to adjust their expectations as the market, the planning system and...
30 December 2023
From: Features
New homes – we need more in ‘24 2023 was a year which saw the 'need to moves' active in the housing...
23 December 2023
From: Features
The Government has published long-awaited reforms to its National Planning Policy Framework, confirming that local housebuilding targets will be advisory rather...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The supply of new homes could reach the lowest level since 2014, builders have warned. It comes as the Government is due...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents are hoping for further support for the housing market north of the border as the Scottish Government prepares to set...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The factor most likely to influence the housing market next year is entirely outside the industry’s control: the General Election. Knight Frank...
16 December 2023
From: Features
In July the Government committed to ‘a new era of regeneration, inner-city densification and housing delivery across England, with transformational plans...
16 December 2023
From: Features
The Bank of England maintained interest rates at 5.25% yesterday, raising hope among agents that this would boost buyer confidence and...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
When almost all agents and developers use the tried and tested formula of floorplan, professional photography and a well-crafted description, what can be...
13 December 2023
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There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...
09 December 2023
From: Features
There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...
06 December 2023
From: Features
House prices increased for the third month in a row during November but are still down annually, Nationwide data shows. The lender’s...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A series of webinars have been unveiled to help agents prepare for new material information rules. Rightmove said it is providing a...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has launched a new staff benefit to support employees undergoing fertility treatment. The benefit allows staff time off...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
There has been much barn conversion activity in recent years perhaps as a result of the change in farming methods making...
25 November 2023
From: Features
Rightmove has launched a course for estate and letting agents to help them understand and remain compliant with the Consumer Protection...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has expressed its opposition to Scottish Government plans to increase council tax premiums on second homes. Speaking to the Scottish Parliament’s...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has written to the Housing Secretary Michael Gove to reiterate its longstanding call for regulation of property agents. The agency trade...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has secured guests from the Bank of England to join a live webinar for agents today. The event aims to break...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Interest rates were held for a second consecutive month yesterday, giving agents renewed hopes that the cost of borrowing has reached...
03 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Why professional indemnity claims are on the rise In today's volatile economic landscape, the uncertainty faced by landlords and tenants has reached...
01 November 2023
From: Features
Propertymark has given its backing to commitments from the Housing Minister on the long-awaited next steps of leasehold reform. Timothy Douglas, head...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The best way to judge the UK housing market is to check on what’s happening in Parliament, not the price indices...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A proposed cut in stamp duty by the Westminster government would be a welcome boost to homebuyers and would need to...
27 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...
26 October 2023
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published an updated UK supplement of its ‘Red Book’ – its master document...
26 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The government should reverse some of its latest energy efficiency policies so owners, landlords and tenants can enjoy cheaper fuel bills The...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...
21 October 2023
From: Features
An opinion piece by Sam Reynolds, CEO of Zero Deposit Just weeks ago, the Bank of England brought a halt to its...
21 October 2023
From: Features
Talk about a wasted opportunity. The Conservative party conference - just finished, and possibly the last one before a General Election -...
07 October 2023
From: Features
Propertymark is extending its political engagement and reach by exhibiting at the party conferences this week. The agency trade body will be...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
After years - indeed a decade - of anti-rental sector policy and rhetoric it’s difficult not to see recent days as...
23 September 2023
From: Features
The Bank of England is facing calls to hold off on raising interest rates this week. Its Monetary Policy Committee is set...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...
16 September 2023
From: Features
Twenty-minute neighbourhoods, 15-minute cities, low traffic neighbourhoods, walkable neighbourhoods: these concepts are suddenly everywhere. They boil down to a simple idea:...
16 September 2023
From: Features
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
And suddenly it’s autumn. It’s just six weeks before the clocks change, days are getting shorter and - the real sign...
09 September 2023
From: Features
As money laundering compliance marks its twentieth year, more and more estate agents are being fined for breaches of HMRC’s ID...
09 September 2023
From: Features
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has been granted observer status for this year's UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) to...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...
30 August 2023
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Keir Starmer’s announcement about building on the Green Belt attracted some contentious headlines. It immediately thrust housing and planning into the...
26 August 2023
From: Features
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has repeated calls for Stamp Duty to be scrapped as politicians prepare for party conference...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
It was a genuine pleasure to read this week about Yorkshire estate agent Ian Bradbury who clocked up 40 years selling...
19 August 2023
From: Features
It is no secret that our climate is getting warmer. 2022 was one of the six warmest years on record globally,...
31 July 2023
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29 July 2023
From: Features
Average mortgage rates have dropped slightly, providing possible respite for homebuyers. The latest Moneyfacts data shows the average two-year fixed mortgage rate...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents should ban swearing from the workplace to boost employee wellbeing, a respected agency executive claims. Speaking on the latest episode of...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
An improvement is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as ‘an occasion when something gets better or when you make it better’. ...
26 July 2023
From: Features
According to research, the average cost of home insurance was £300 in 2022 – a record low. However, this could increase...
22 July 2023
From: Features
A recent poll of 11,000 private renters by SpareRooom reveals that 81% spend more than 30% of their take-home pay on...
22 July 2023
From: Features
The publication of inflation figures by the government tomorrow will be a Do-Or-Die moment for the housing market, it’s been claimed. At...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
MPs have cast doubt on the Government’s ability to achieve its target of 300,000 new homes per year by the mid-2020s...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Mortgage borrowers are facing higher costs but banks are ‘resilient enough’ to withstand a 30% fall in house prices, the Bank...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
There’s a warning today that confusion over plans to transition rural properties to greener heating systems may be deterring buyers. Trade association...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is working with an Anti-Money Laundering service to stage a webinar for agents wanting to know more about compliance. At the...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill was finally introduced in Parliament in May, but is it really good news for tenants? Several...
08 July 2023
From: Features
At present, the space heating of homes accounts for roughly 14% of the UK’s annual emissions. If we are to meet...
14 June 2023
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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
A new survey suggests the overwhelming majority of the public are critical of the government’s apparent housing failures. A study of 1,323...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Labour says it will reform how land is valued under Compulsory Purchase Order powers in a bid to increase house building...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Real estate consultants SHW is advising leaseholders not to wait to extend their lease. The call follows the start of the Government’s...
20 May 2023
From: Features
A lack of direction and constant shifts in planning policy at local and national government level is putting a block on...