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With Labour’s election victory, a new EPC target has been announced. In mid-July, the new Secretary of State for Energy Security and...

The new Labour government has committed to building 370,000 homes per year, but is it realistic? The housing crisis in the UK...

The Housing Scotland Bill must be changed to reflect reality. Following a recent report by the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) which...

The expected dip in mortgage rates following the Bank of England’s base rate cut continued this week with NatWest’s lowest price...

One key point of difference in the parties’ housing policies during the recent general election campaign was that the Conservative Party...

The new Labour government has pledged to prioritise a ‘brownfield first’ approach to urban planning, as part of its promise to...

Rents have begun to stabilise, despite an exodus of landlords from the sector and resistance over rent reductions. The market is witnessing...

We welcome the thrust of the Deputy Prime Minister’s announcement this week on planning reform.  In particular, we support the return of...

There is no doubt that the residential market in the UK slumped last year. Transactions were at around 1 million, whereas...

Mandatory housing targets are back, alongside a pledge to build 1.5 million homes in the next five years. But can Prime...

A recent appeal decision which allowed housing development on the Hertfordshire Green Belt highlights the need for greater flexibility on locational...

It’s so good to see housing at the top of the government’s agenda for change. Finally! The housing crisis has been met...

The Chancellor’s plans to ‘get Britain building again’ are very significant for the property sector and property investment, specifically.  The plans...

Just a week after Labour’s landslide election victory and already their top team is coming under scrutiny and being asked to...

Like a breath of fresh air, we now have a government that actually appears to be governing. OK, it’s only 10 days...

Just a week after Labour’s landslide election victory and already their top team is coming under scrutiny and being asked to...

So it’s a Labour landslide but it’s not like 1997. I remember the last time as if it were yesterday. May 1st, 1997....

On balance, a stable new government with a large majority is good news for the sales market. Labour’s costed spending plans,...

With a historic majority for Keir Starmer and the Labour Party, there can be no doubt over which party will be...

Heidi Shackell, chief executive officer at The Lettings Hub said: “The General Election, called in May, halted progress of the Renters'...

Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset class but more recently, residential property values have taken over....

Institutional investors and "for-profit" registered providers are set to play an increasingly vital role in tackling the UK's affordable housing crisis,...

Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...

There is a danger that some agents forget to undertake basic activities after a lengthy period of a super-strong market. That’s the...

The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...

Labour’s new housing spokesperson is the experienced MP Lucy Powell, who until the weekend was shadow business and consumer affairs minister.  She replaces...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

The first speakers have been announced for the 2020 conference of the National Association of Estate Agents, to be held on...

Countrywide is to give each of its 10,000 staff a strategy document setting out where the company is planning to be...