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The National Leasehold Campaign’s (NLC) heroic journey to get reform of the controversial tenure type on the statute book has hit...

Zoopla users can now filter their property search by leasehold and freehold. In a move welcomed by leasehold campaigners, the portal said...

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

Plans to set ground rents at a ‘peppercorn rate’ are reported to have been dropped amid opposition from freehold campaigners and...

Leasehold campaigners are urging anyone responding to the Government’s consultation on ground rents reform to boycott all options but capping them...

Campaigners and commentators have reacted cautiously to leasehold reform proposals put forward in the King’s Speech. The King took part in his...

If you’ve paid even scant attention to Landlord Today or other trade titles, you’ll be familiar with the headlines about rogue...

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

It’s been a year since Housing Secretary Michael Gove declared that was “morally wrong” that leaseholders should pay to fix unsafe...

The Government is being urged to exclude spray foam insulation from its new Eco+ scheme aimed at improving the energy efficiency...

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

Housing minister Lee Rowley is set to make one of his first official public appearances at a Conservative Party fringe event...

A parliamentary petition calling for ground rent charges to be extended to existing leases has reached the required number of signatures...

Better LGBT representation is needed among property professionals, both in the workplace and in marketing, campaigners claim. LGBT property networking group Freehold...

It’s easy to overestimate the importance of something in one’s own industry or work, but there seems good reason for believing...

Propertymark’s chief executive has rejected claims that his organisation’s housing market data inaccurately states the numbers of prospective buyers for each...

The government has been warned that its much-talked about levelling up agenda is ‘doomed to fail’ without major reform of the...

One of the biggest campaign groups calling for leasehold reform has welcomed the action taken by the Competition and Markets Authority...

The Trading Standards agency team has outlined to Estate Agent Today the process it will follow to improve what it calls...

The controversial demands of Trading Standards for more “material information” to be provided upfront in property details have been criticised by...

One of the most outspoken campaigners against stamp duty has been fined for avoiding tens of thousands of pounds in … stamp...

Agents and property experts have reacted angrily to the government's refusal to extend the stamp duty holiday. The government has told campaigners that...

Survivors and bereaved family members from the Grenfell Tower fire have joined forces with residents trapped in allegedly dangerous flats in...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign says the portal has merely kicked the fees can down the road, deferring a long-term...

The death has been announced of one of the country’s leading campaigners against the injustices of the leasehold system, Louie Burns. Burns...

Rightmove’s shareholders appear to have been generally unmoved by the string of protests against the portal in recent weeks. At the portal’s...

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

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

The leasehold scandal continues to generate plenty of column inches, with fresh stories emerging almost daily of people living in unsellable...

A maverick estate agent pictured wearing a yellow vest has threatened to mount what he calls a “civil protest” if Brexit...

Activists from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender movement are reported to have staged what they called a “queer kiss-in" outside...

Home owners seeking lease extensions may now have to pay more as a result of a controversial judgement handed down by...

It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...

The two main political parties have squared up to each other over the issue of increasing council tax on second homes...

When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation takes some beating. Press releases are still arriving berating the December...

An agency specialising in land and planning claims that campaigners in favour of maintaining the green belt must accept that some...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has met campaigners to scrap anti-buy to let measures introduced by the Cameron government in the past...

The glorious thing about the referendum on our EU membership is that four weeks today it will all be over –...

The government's consultation on the proposed privatisation of the Land Registry closes today. Interested parties have had since March 24 to give...

The long running story of the south London pub which Foxtons wants to convert to a new office has taken another...