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

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

Reforms to the UK’s planning system must move from a one size fits all approach to boost development, the Government has...

New Chancellor Rachel Reeves has used her first speech to reinstate housebuilding targets and pledge to build one and a half...

There’s a very important first step that needs to be taken in resolving the housing crisis: we need a greater understanding...

You don’t have to be a mind-reader to believe there will be a large majority Labour government by the end of...

There’s been broad support from within the agency and wider property sectors for Labour’s proposal to build on selected parts of...

Keir Starmer set out Labour’s policy for housebuilding this week and targeted ‘ugly’ parts of the Green Belt. It will be a...

Propertymark has urged the UK Government to consider other ways of boosting the supply of homes for purchase.  The Government has two...

Building on brownfield sites may not be the silver bullet it is made out to be, the government has been warned. Housing...

Propertymark has backed the launch of the Government’s £80m brownfield regeneration scheme. Councils across England can now bid for a share of...

More families need a home they can call their own, the Housing Secretary Michael Gove has claimed. Speaking at the Tory Party...

The Government has set out yet another attempt to meet it manifesto commitment to build 1m homes over this Parliament. Prime Minister...

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ex-Home Secretary Priti Patel had around three years in Government to sort out housing but...

The government is being urged to not just treat housebuilding as a numbers game. It comes as the Department for Levelling Up,...

The government last night revealed more details on its flagship Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill including letting local authorities double council...

At first glance, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech earlier this week didn’t offer much from a property perspective. But digging down a little...

There’s been some cynicism amongst the industry in response to new homes promises made by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in yesterday’s Budget. Sunak...

The Budget has proven more generous than many expected - and with most property taxation left unchanged. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made...

In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...

Housing minister Esther McVey says Compulsory Purchase Orders and brownfield land registers are to be made digitally transparent.  This will allow CPO...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

The government has signalled that it is going to publish a housing White Paper later this year with “significant measures” to...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...

An agency which specialises in land is calling on local councils to play a greater part in the push to create...

In an unexpected announcement, the government says it will "directly commission" companies to build up to 13,000 new affordable homes on...

Now that the General Election results have been counted and verified, and now that a new parliament has been sworn in,...

The  new government has announced its legislative plans for housing in the coming year.  In the first all-Conservative Queen’s Speech since 1996,...

There has been much debate in recent years about Britain’s desperate need for more housing stock. Demand has been outstripping supply...