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09 October 2023
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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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This article is partially based on “Plugging in to the Future”, NHBC Foundation, NF90, used by kind permission. As part of the...
17 April 2023
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As an estate agent, you know that securing the sale is just step one of a successful journey. But with issues...
01 April 2023
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Housing Secretary Michael Gove has committed to leasehold reform and fixing cladding issues before the next election. It comes as the Government...
30 January 2023
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Agents and property professionals are spreading plenty of charitable love ahead of Valentine's Day. See some of the inspirational examples below. Whatever the...
27 January 2023
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It’s the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell fire tragedy, but are high rises any safer today than they were then? On 14th...
18 June 2022
From: Features
MPs have called for carbon emissions to be considered when it comes to house building. A report released this week by the Environmental Audit...
27 May 2022
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More than half of properties across England and Wales only meet insulation standards of 1976 or older. The startling figures, based on...
04 May 2022
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Energy Performance Certificates are “misleading” indicators of zero carbon buildings and should no longer be used as official guides to help...
16 November 2021
From: Breaking News
We have been speaking with many agents over the past months and the story appears the same with them all. There...
10 November 2021
From: Features
The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....
25 September 2021
From: Features
The government has thrown its weight behind the concept of Unique Property Reference Numbers as a way of speeding up transactions. UPRNs...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...
05 June 2021
From: Features
Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is calling in the government for agents to be trained in the use of software operating the Unique Property Reference...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...
27 June 2020
From: Features
It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...
09 March 2019
From: Features
Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, our regular Monday round-up of moves around our industry. Please let us know what’s happening...
30 April 2018
From: Breaking News
With reports continuing to focus on a slowing property market and an understanding that not enough properties are being marketed for...
31 March 2018
From: Features
A minister has floated the idea that stamp duty could be reduced on homes where sellers have improved energy efficiency. Climate Change...