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A new analysis of buyers’ actions during viewings suggests many effectively ignore the truly important features, and are instead distracted by...

Eluned Morgan is set to be named First Minister of Wales in a move backed by estate agency trade body Propertymark. Morgan...

Propertymark has called for an end to instability over Wales’ housing policy. It comes after Welsh Labour leader and First Minister Vaughan...

Property professionals have called for cross-party support and stability when it comes to housing policy under the new Labour Government after...

It’s all over bar the voting, so let’s cut to the chase. Labour will win on July 4, big time. Even a...

You may not have realised, but yesterday, the new government’s housing policy was agreed. No, I’m not talking about the new ‘Freedom...

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

Last weekend, Levelling Up and Housing Secretary, Michael Gove wrote in the Sunday Times that the nation’s housing crisis was so...

Sir Simon Clarke’s call for Rishi Sunak to be ousted from Downing Street may well express what many of his MP...

A lawyer has called for Help to Buy to be resurrected in the Autumn Statement. Paul Sams, head of property at Dutton...

Rachel Maclean has been sacked as housing minister as part of today's Cabinet reshuffle. Maclean had replaced Lucy Frazer as housing minister...

Talk about a wasted opportunity. The Conservative party conference - just finished, and possibly the last one before a General Election -...

After years - indeed a decade - of anti-rental sector policy and rhetoric it’s difficult not to see recent days as...

Labour’s Deputy Leader, Angela Rayner is to add the housing brief to her deputy leader role. She takes over from Lisa Nandy...

It may be all change - again - at the Department of Levelling Up, Communities and Local Government if media speculation...

Lucy Frazer became the 13th Housing Minister to leave the role in the past decade yesterday after she was promoted to...

Lucy Frazer has been promoted from Housing Minister to Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in Rishi Sunak’s latest...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has committed to look into issues with the Building Safety Act after MPs claimed leaseholders and Help to...

The Land Registry has said it anticipates ‘minimal disruption’ if a civil service strike goes ahead. Civil servants across 126 public sector...

Agency proptech supplier Muuvo has made new data available to help agents comply with impending Trading Standards upfront information requirements. The National...

And…breathe. For a while back there, the only certainty for the housing market was uncertainty. That isn’t to say the election of Rishi...

Recent political changes – and there have been quite a few in recent weeks – have brought about something of a...

Michael Gove has returned to frontline politics and his previous role as Levelling Up and Housing Secretary. He is among the new...

Housing Secretary Simon Clarke has left Cabinet after Rishi Sunak officially entered Downing Street as Prime Minister this morning. Clarke cited his...

A week-long race to be the next Conservative Party leader and the Prime Minister kicks off this week, or may already...

Levelling Up and Housing Secretary Simon Clarke has given his backing for a return of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister. Clarke was...

Who would be in the shoes of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng? I don’t mean who would like their power, pay and...

There has been an understandable focus on things other than Government since the death of Queen Elizabeth was announced, but Prime...

Time is up for Boris Johnson's tenure as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, serving 3 years and 44...

First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...

New Housing Secretary Simon Clarke may be an unknown entity to many agents but he has a track record of supporting...

Simon Clarke has been confirmed as the new Housing Secretary in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Liz Truss this evening. He...

From housebuilding to planning laws and stamp duty reform, agents and property professionals were ready with plenty of suggestions for Liz...

Jacob Rees-Mogg is reportedly being lined up as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities should Liz Truss win...

The last week has been dramatic even by the standards of UK politics, with a Cabinet and junior minister rebellion bringing...

A senior member of the Home Buying and Selling Group has insisted work on reforms is ongoing despite the ministerial merry-go-round...

Housing minister Stuart Andrew has become the latest minister to resign from the government. More than 15 government ministers and officials have...

Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid sensationally quit as Chancellor and Health Secretary respectively this evening but Housing Secretary Michael Gove is...

There was an article in Estate Agent Today recently that suggested only four per cent of properties on Rightmove and Zoopla...

What a difference two months and some local elections make. Cast your minds back to March 9 and the annual report of...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Well-known property expert and video interviewer Chris Watkin independently investigates how one piece of software is having such a big effect...

Will he stay or will he go? You don’t need me to say who ‘he’ is - it’s the only story...

Agents are being advised to wear face masks at work - even if no member of the public is present.  Paul Offley,...

Former Housing Secretary James Brokenshire has died at the age of 53. The Conservative ex-Cabinet minister, who was diagnosed with lung cancer...

Boris Johnson's sudden and unexpectedly ruthless Cabinet reshuffle, which drew comparisons with Margaret Thatcher's 'purge of the wets' in 1981, ended...

In a day of unexpected drama, Boris Johnson carried out a surprisingly brutal and widespread Cabinet reshuffle which saw a number...

Robert Jenrick has been sacked from his post as Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary. He was the third major name to...

New guidance has been issued to agents as the government confirms that most remaining Coronavirus restrictions are to be lifted from...

Agents are to be told this week that employees can drop face masks, social distancing and other workplace measures put in...

In the world of football – very topical at the moment, as we all enjoy the Euros – there is an...

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

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

Agents should know in the next 36 hours how new Coronavirus restrictions will affect how they work. The Prime Minister is announcing...

The Times has revealed new allegations concerning the behaviour of Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick. The Cabinet member has been under the spotlight...

Controversial Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, tipped by some for sacking when the Cabinet is reshuffled next month, appears to be confident...

A London Labour council has won draconian powers to effectively ban For Sale and To Let boards in several parts of...

Controversial Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is the subject of a harshly critical cartoon in The Times which depicts “pigs in the...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - currently at the centre of a planning controversy - could be sacked in a September Cabinet reshuffle. The...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has now been named in media investigations into allegations concerning his political boss, Robert Jenrick, and the...

Dominic Cummings has been at worst a cause of huge anger to a nation that’s already extremely anxious. At best, he’s been...

Housing Minister Chris Pincher and Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick stayed well clear of the Dominic Cummings row over the weekend -...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

The Law Society says there is still some possibility that those home movers scheduled to complete in the near future might...

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...

The government has dismissed a request from the NAEA and ARLA Propertymark to review business rates for agency offices on High...

The government will not announce a Mansion Tax at next month’s Budget. It was first reported by the Sunday Telegraph a week ago,...

Esther McVey has been sacked as housing minister; she was the ninth housing minister in as many years. Her successor is the...

Unsourced stories in a number of newspapers over the weekend - all likely to have come from government off-the-record briefings -...

It is possible that agents and their business partners in the conveyancing, mortgage and survey industries could be obliged to have...

He’s a young and very wealthy up-and-coming MP in his 30s, a Cambridge graduate who also studied in the US and...

A new year dawns - but will 2020 bring new change for the agency industry now that the market appears to...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

A new survey claims to have discovered the sights and experiences that most deter would-be buyers when they view homes on...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Phil Smith - mio Account manager What is mio and what does...

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...

If you’d asked me at the start of the year how I thought the political landscape might look now, I wouldn’t...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new Property Jobs Today column, bringing you the industry’s...

Esther McVey is to be the new housing minister - one of the most seasoned politicians to take the job in...

The new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government is the relatively unknown Robert Jenrick -  but his new housing...

The industry press has given substantial space to recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents, the government’s working party which has...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

It appears almost certain that there will be another new housing minister named when a new Conservative leader - and thus...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

The government has revealed that it’s to ‘test’ the workings of the New Homes Ombudsman before the scheme formally launches. Housing Secretary...

When they first came onto the scene, online-only estate and lettings agents were predicted to swiftly spell the end for traditional...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

A no-deal Brexit The biggest impact of a no-deal Brexit in relation to housing is a potential fall in house prices -...

It’s not just the Cabinet and the government where jobs are in flux - there are plenty of moves to announce...

Housing minister Kit Malthouse appears to be backing Theresa May as Brexit chaos consumes the government. A request from Estate Agent Today...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the number of properties on estate agents’ books is now nearing...

Bank of England governor Mark Carney says a no-deal Brexit exit could lead to a 35 per cent house price crash. The...

Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what it feels like! The resignation of the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...

With the shelf life of recent housing ministers being on a par with football managers, it's perhaps little surprise that we're...

The little-known Conservative MP Kit Malthouse has been named as the new housing minister. He takes over from the high-flying Dominic Raab,...

Labour says it wants ‘Healthy Homes Zones’ in a bid to reduce housing-related health inequalities which are estimated to cost the NHS £1.4...

To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics would be something of an understatement. As I write, the Brexit...