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Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset class but more recently, residential property values have taken over....
06 July 2024
From: Features
You don’t have to be a mind-reader to believe there will be a large majority Labour government by the end of...
04 May 2024
From: Features
It’s tempting to think that Michael Gove’s proposed clampdown on Airbnb-style short lets is a uniquely British form of small-mindedness, part...
20 April 2024
From: Features
From medieval castles to Elizabethan manor houses, Georgian townhouses and Victorian terraces, the UK’s historic buildings are central to our country’s...
10 February 2024
From: Features
Chris Hemmings, Parter in Carter Jonas’ Planning & Development team We’re confident of a better start to 2024 than 2023. The news that...
06 January 2024
From: Features
Landowners seeking to sell their land for development will have to adjust their expectations as the market, the planning system and...
30 December 2023
From: Features
Paul Johnson, Head of Corporate Sales at Leaders Romans Group (LRG) Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset...
04 November 2023
From: Features
And suddenly it’s autumn. It’s just six weeks before the clocks change, days are getting shorter and - the real sign...
09 September 2023
From: Features
The majority of mortgage lenders have committed to showing more flexibility to struggling borrowers but the Government has confirmed that support...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has secured promises from banks to be more flexible with mortgage borrowers amid concerns about rising rates. Average mortgage...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The investment group which today withdrew an offer to buy Purplebricks says it did so because "the financial condition of Purplebricks...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Labour says it will reform how land is valued under Compulsory Purchase Order powers in a bid to increase house building...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Inventory clerks and letting agency staff have been warned to put safety first when lone working or entering tenants’ properties for...
07 January 2023
From: Features
In this guest feature, Dillon Darbar, counter fraud manager at Network Homes, sets out why estate agents need to be aware...
26 November 2022
From: Features
Over the last five years, the Government has introduced a range of measures to regulate the property market, particularly in the...
12 October 2022
From: Features
Some people will say: What problem? But they are getting fewer as the detrimental effect of increasing numbers of short lets on...
03 September 2022
From: Features
Limited supply is prompting more buyers to consider new-builds but the sector is also suffering from a stock shortage, Savills warns. Research...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News
In retrospect, it was perhaps inevitable that the infamous dead cat would come into the debate over government housing targets and...
21 May 2022
From: Features
Local residents are to be given the final say on changes to the name of their street under new government plans. The...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Property searches are not showing up some new road schemes because they are classified by local councils as planning consent for...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...
19 February 2022
From: Features
The government is threatening to deny planning consent to developers who refuse to pay towards the removal of unsafe cladding on...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A pilot scheme has been announced to test ways of limiting second home ownership and reducing the impact additional properties have...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Increasingly rigorous Money Laundering Directives have made regulations in the property industry more stringent than ever, and Estate Agents have a...
22 November 2021
From: Legislation & Compliance
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
A leading planning consultancy has claimed that ‘the myth’ that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News
There are a huge array of products and services covering the entire journey of lettings, from prospecting all the way through to...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Over the last three years there has been a quiet revolution in the tenant referencing market. Starting with the 2019 tenant...
08 September 2021
From: Features
Media reports over the weekend suggest the government is preparing a triple whammy - three measures which may reduce the number...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s gathering momentum to do ‘something’ about the unfairness of council tax and stamp duty. This isn’t new in principle. Agents have...
24 July 2021
From: Features
Almost 77 per cent of people think the government must build more homes - but if that means reclassifying Green Belt...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A council cracking down on the increase of illegally positioned estate agent boards. Agents are required, under Planning and Highways legislation to...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has launched a formal consultation process on a new residential property developer tax which is to contribute towards cladding...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Safety checks which are apparently now preventing thousands of owners selling flats are to be eased - but there is confusion...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...
05 November 2020
From: PropTech & Innovation
The troubled Countrywide group has announced a £90m investment by Alchemy Partners, a private equity company that specialises in investing in...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A woman who bought a London house in 2012 is now suing the conveyancers that worked for her at the time...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Home owners in England will be entitled to add up to two storeys to the height of their home via a...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News
A London Labour council has won draconian powers to effectively ban For Sale and To Let boards in several parts of...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News
In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...
11 July 2020
From: Features
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - accused by some of breaking the lockdown some weeks ago - is now in more hot...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News
A Fine & Country agent has just sold a home based on a video viewing, and is now sharing tips with...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Beleaguered estate agency group Countrywide has asked the government to give agents a business rates holiday. Measures announced in last week’s Budget...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Estate Agent Today understands that the Knight Frank agency has been hit by a large number of branch office heads quitting...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News
After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...
04 January 2020
From: Features
A new portal has been launched aiming to take on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket in the retirement property sector - and...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News
The head of a new property portal is urging agents to forget about spending money on For Sale and To Let...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A London council wants government backing for a borough-wide Section 7 direction - effectively banning all agents’ boards being erected without...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News
It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News
A new digital platform has been set up in a bid to provide a one-stop-shop for self-build enthusiasts - and it...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News
A member of a legal information and networking organisation says an online estate agency expects him to do some work in...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News
There’s been a mixed response to the government’s surprise announcement that it would make permanent the right of home owners to...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News
An estate agency accused of “taking the mickey” over the number of boards it has erected has fought back. The mayor of...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News
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
A London council is considering a borough-wide ban on agents’ boards of all kinds. Labour-controlled Camden already has a ban for a...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...
02 February 2019
From: Features
There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...
30 January 2019
From: Features
The head of a controversial property portal says agents can by-pass some GDPR marketing restrictions by using his service’s social network. Ben Davis,...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Given that ‘UK buyers are the most digitally active home hunters’, with HSBC’s Beyond the Bricks report stating that 90% of...
24 October 2018
From: Features
The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the government’s move to ensure most future new-build houses are sold as freehold...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The vast majority of new-build houses are to be sold as freehold with ground rents for new leases capped at £10...
14 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...
15 September 2018
From: Features
When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...
11 August 2018
From: Features
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...
07 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...
10 July 2018
From: Breaking News
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...
26 June 2018
From: Breaking News
A London council is seeking widespread powers to ban For Sale and To Let boards which it claims are seen by...
25 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...
12 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The entrepreneur behind a free-to-list property portal claiming support from 17 estate agencies has defended the description of them as ‘partners’ -...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
22 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
15 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
08 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
24 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Estate agent licensing will reduce competition, make buying and selling homes more expensive, and add another layer of red tape to...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
17 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
10 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
03 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
At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue dominates our marketplace, but I think it’s fair to acknowledge during...
31 March 2018
From: Features
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
20 March 2018
From: Breaking News
An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
20 February 2018
From: Breaking News
At the start of February, Nationwide suggested that the housing market was picking up. Last week, RICS reported on its continued...
17 February 2018
From: Features
The General Data Protection Regulation legislation coming into effect in the UK on May 25 has undergone some subtle changes which...
08 February 2018
From: Breaking News
There’s a new warning being issued for estate agents and all other businesses to ensure they are prepared for the General...
05 January 2018
From: Breaking News
A major industry supplier has reminded estate and letting agents that they have to check their responsibilities and systems ahead of...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News
A roadshow is being launched to help the industry tackle what is being described as “the biggest change to affect estate...
06 November 2017
From: Breaking News
Statements from The Property Franchise Group and Belvoir continue to ramp up the war of words between the two agency groups...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News
A new firm has launched in Surrey describing itself as “the premium hybrid estate agency” with an innovative presence on the...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News
Even so close to the event, I don’t think anyone will be deeming 2017 as the ‘summer of love’. The summer of...
16 September 2017
From: Features
Are you protecting your data right? This may sound like the sort of direct warning you get from cold callers or...