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Britain's housebuilders are seeing a recovery in buyer interest and land purchasing activity in early 2024, according to the latest Knight...
11 May 2024
From: Features
Help to Buy has been ranked as having the most positive influence on the property market in recent times. Agency comparison website...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Market appraisal volumes dropped 7% in March according to Propertymark’s latest market snapshot, based on data from up to six weeks...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
An influential consumer body is demanding a complete overhaul of Energy Performance Certificates. Which? says that with millions of households across the...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Sky News is reporting that up to 30 Conservative MPs are threatening to rebel against the government’s approach to ground rents...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent estate agent has started an online petition to reverse stamp duty so it is paid by the vendor, not...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
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
Last weekend a story by The Sunday Times’ Deputy Political Editor indicated that the Government is proposing implementing a £250 cap...
27 April 2024
From: Features
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
The Law Society is facing backlash from conveyancers after issuing new property information reforms that take account of Trading Standards’ material...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Further estate agency regulation won’t be too expensive for the industry, Lord Best has said. Lord Best, who led the Regulation of...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Plans to set ground rents at a ‘peppercorn rate’ are reported to have been dropped amid opposition from freehold campaigners and...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) reforms has expressed frustration that the recommendations have failed to materialise as...
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
It’s time to abolish what is colloquially called Landlord Licensing. If you’re a casual reader and perhaps not in our industry, a...
09 March 2024
From: Features
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has almost halved its house price forecasts after another relatively quiet fiscal update for the...
07 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
Property professionals have called for the Government to allocate its promised £3m towards improving the home buying and selling process to...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is reported to be considering scrapping non-dom status in the latest rumour ahead of this week’s Budget. It comes...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The complexities of the government’s leasehold reform proposals affecting millions of homeowners came under the spotlight at a seminar organised by...
02 March 2024
From: Features
Attempts to get the long-awaited Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules introduced into the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill have failed. The...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has added its name to calls for Stamp Duty reform and has also urged lenders to develop more affordable mortgage...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has joined growing calls for Stamp Duty reform ahead of the Spring Budget next week. The property portal has outlined three...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Dave Sayce, Founder and Managing Director of Compare My Move, reflects on the legal changes that will make leasehold purchase more...
24 February 2024
From: Features
A senior estate agent has described the Government’s pledge to compel councils to cut red tape in favour of development as...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
From medieval castles to Elizabethan manor houses, Georgian townhouses and Victorian terraces, the UK’s historic buildings are central to our country’s...
10 February 2024
From: Features
There are several pros to cohabitation, and it’s always a wonderful experience when you’re handed your set of keys as a...
03 February 2024
From: Features
Everyone’s a pundit these days, aren’t they? And January is pundit season – when a New Year starts, out come the...
20 January 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
Estate agency regulations and minimum standards may finally see the light of day after Labour put forward amendments to the Government’s...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Parliamentary news may have been dominated by the fallout from the Rwanda Bill yesterday but another important piece of legislation also...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Happy New Year and welcome to what’s looking like a busy - perhaps even hectic - 2024! I thought it worth running...
15 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
NAVA Propertymark members are predicting another challenging year for the hospital sector. Chris Platts, NAVA advisory panel member, said 2023 was a...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Agency trade body Propertymark has expressed hope that housing will be a key part of the Spring Budget after the Treasury...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The last thing you want as we rake through the dying embers of 2023 is a journalist’s prediction of what’s going...
30 December 2023
From: Features
As the world marches relentlessly forward to 2024, the government’s flagship legislation for the private rented sector (PRS) remains in limbo. This...
30 December 2023
From: Features
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
March was the most popular month for completions this year as sales took longer and buyers focused on affordability, analysis has...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
T'was three nights before Christmas, when all through the site, We’ve delivered thousands of stories to bring you delight. We’ve had Strike turn...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
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 Scottish Government’s Budget has been described as a “missed opportunity.” The update yesterday from Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison, outlined a...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
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 2023 Autumn Budget, amongst its considerable 110 growth measures, contained an important announcement for the property sphere, with £3 million...
16 December 2023
From: Features
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is falling short of its own objectives, an industry executive has claimed. Linz Darlington, founder of...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
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
I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...
06 December 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Leasehold campaigners are urging anyone responding to the Government’s consultation on ground rents reform to boycott all options but capping them...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
It may be a measure of the government’s incompetence in the area of housing that two recent major announcements were sorely...
02 December 2023
From: Features
The Guild of Property Professionals is urging estate agents across the UK to be on high alert as cyberattacks targeting the...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The long-awaited Leasehold and Freehold Bill is set to be unveiled in Parliament today. The Bill aims to make it cheaper and...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The United Kingdom stands on the precipice of a historic overhaul in property ownership. With the King's speech unveiling the anticipated...
25 November 2023
From: Features
The Autumn Statement ended up being silent on Stamp Duty reforms and direct housing market stimulus but there were some nuggets...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver his Autumn Statement this afternoon amid rumours of Stamp Duty reforms and support for first-time buyers. The...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Nationwide has called for an independent review of the first-time buyer market as it urges the Chancellor to boost support for...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A buying agent has given his backing to the prospect of a Stamp Duty and Inheritance Tax (IHT) cut during this...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...
18 November 2023
From: Features
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is seeking feedback on two ‘working papers’ that detail its assessment on the use of...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Stamp Duty cuts won’t give the property market the boost it needs, an agency chief executive has warned. Dominic Agace, chief executive...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The Government appears to have gone through so many housing ministers that it is now repeating them. Lee Rowley was appointed as...
14 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
Three members of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners take a brief look at some of the trials and tribulations awaiting...
11 November 2023
From: Features
Agency brand Chestertons has joined calls for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to include Stamp Duty reform in his Autumn Statement. Hunt will deliver...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The Government has outlined five proposals to reduce ground rents for existing leaseholders as its latest attempt to reform the sector...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Campaigners and commentators have reacted cautiously to leasehold reform proposals put forward in the King’s Speech. The King took part in his...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The majority of agents back parts B and C of material information rules but more guidance is needed on where to...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
By Neil Cobbold Recent data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show that 24,260 households served a valid Section...
04 November 2023
From: Features
More than three quarters of Estate Agent Today readers have backed the prospect of a Stamp Duty cut. The Government is rumoured...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
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
Trading Standards has insisted it is still on track to introduce parts B and C of material changes rules for property...
31 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
From: Sponsored Content
Stamp Duty reform was back in the news over the weekend amid reports that the Government plans to reform the controversial...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Housing supply rather than the private rented sector (PRS) made the headlines during the Conservative and Labour Party conferences this year...
14 October 2023
From: Features
The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) is seeking feedback from agents on proposals that it feels will “revolutionise moving home...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The Labour Party is being urged to take the lead on estate agency regulation and help driving up standards in the...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
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
Buyers and sellers are still factoring energy efficiency into property valuations despite Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rolling back net-zero reforms. Analysis by...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Stamp Duty changes and planning reform should be high on the party conference season agenda, agency executives have suggested. Leaders Roman Group...
25 September 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
MPs have expressed “concern and disappointment” at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) for its persistent poor performance...
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
Introduced to Parliament in May, the Renters (Reform) Bill seeks to improve the private rental sector for both tenants and landlords....
15 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
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
I recently wrote that the long-gestating Renters Reform Bill, finally introduced in Parliament back in May, could be poorly timed, both...
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
Andrews Lettings Director Angharad Trueman has identified two priorities for her forthcoming term as President of the Association of Lettings Agents. Known...
19 August 2023
From: Features
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during recent local election campaigning,...
19 August 2023
From: Features
There is much debate about energy efficiency right now and about expected changes to minimum EPCs for private rental properties and...
12 August 2023
From: Features
The Halifax is warning that house price falls will continue into 2024. It cautions that price drops will be “gradual, rather than...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties...
05 August 2023
From: Features
Landlords considering selling up are being urged to lease their homes to a trust catering for homeless people instead. With fears that...
01 August 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
The Government has set out yet another attempt to meet it manifesto commitment to build 1m homes over this Parliament. Prime Minister...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
‘Schools out for Summer’ as the Alice Cooper song goes and the kids are not the only ones looking forward to...
22 July 2023
From: Features
It’s not a sentence that I thought I would be writing, but Housing Secretary Michael Gove has indeed finally done something...
15 July 2023
From: Features
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
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
Barriers to entry are a big concern for any sector, particularly those who need a greater number of technology innovations to...