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Yulia Barnes is founder and managing partner of Barnes Law   2024 is set to be another significant year for the property...

The debate over the Green Belt, and the newly branded ‘grey belt’, has made the headlines a lot recently and will...

By Neil Cobbold Recent data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show that 24,260 households served a valid Section...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

Landlords are exiting the market in droves. According to an accountancy firm who analysed HMRC data, 70,000 buy-to-let landlords left the sector...

As the unending attack on landlords continues, many are succumbing to the pressures of increased taxes, interest rates rising, regulations becoming...

Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...

Disclaimer: This article is intended for information only and does not constitute legal advice. As part of its 2020 budget, the UK...

A nationalist party has blasted a Labour government in one national region of the UK for its lack of intervention in...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

The government has launched a formal consultation process on a new residential property developer tax which is to contribute towards cladding...

Some 30 tax documents have been released by HM Treasury this afternoon - a mix of responses to past consultations, proposals...

The events of the last 12 months have potentially shaped the future of our sector for years to come. There has been...

It’s been revealed that some far reaching changes to property taxes may not be unveiled at Wednesday’s Budget and may wait...

In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to buying agent and TV property pundit Henry...

An estate agency group has launched new franchise business models to help those in the industry impacted by Covid-19. Century 21 UK...

Agents now have a chance to say what they think should be in a new Code of Conduct being discussed following...

It’s been revealed that the branch closure programme by Your Move and Reeds Rains last year resulted in 460 lost jobs...

The new housing minister is Christopher Pincher, who for the past decade has been Conservative MP for Tamworth having had a...

Being a market leader means staying on top of industry trends. The more aware you are of what's happening in the...

In recent months, we’ve seen headlines dominated by changes to tenancy rules, government consultations and more than a few scare stories. Landlords...

It may well seem that the government is pre-occupied with one issue, and one issue alone. While preparations for Brexit take up a...

New figures released to Estate Agent Today show that a net total of 284 agents’ offices closed down in 2018. This number -...

As we move closer to the halfway point of 2019, property market conditions for agents and their clients remain challenging. Brexit may...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

The beleaguered Your Move estate agency insists there was no breach of customer privacy after an ex-employee reportedly took confidential data...

Formal consultations have started concerning the job losses and branch closures for Your Move and Reeds Rains, revealed yesterday by their...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

An estate agency is moving from its traditional branch to new city centre serviced offices as it expands. East of Exe -...

A series of leasehold roadshows beginning next month in Manchester aims to throw a spotlight on problems associated with the tenure,...

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what the practical...

We are currently engaged in consultations with our members to help to find a practical solution to the concern of the...

There’s a new twist in the row between a Cornish agent and the Advertising Standards Authority. The row revolves around a tweet...

The Advertising Standards Authority says its compliance team is considering its next steps following the refusal of estate agency PDQ Estates...

Industry groups have welcomed Kit Malthouse as housing minister - but make little effort to hide their frustrations, disappointment and disillusionment. Malthouse was announced...

Any letting agent appreciates the effort, dedication, and sometimes heartache, that comes with running a business yet equally knows that when...

This week I carry out a question and answer session with one of the most high-profile names in property. Isobel Thomson has...

It’s no surprise that figures don’t always show the results or consequences we expect - even if they are entirely accurate. Look...

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

It’s something of an understatement to say it’s been a busy fortnight for the industry in terms of announcements, consultations and...

Crowdfunding is nothing new. As I pointed out in a previous Natter, it dates back centuries, playing a part in the...

Another week, yet more consultations - the agency industry can’t complain about not being asked for its views recently. The latest were on...

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform has made a hard-hitting submission to formal government consultations on the...

Welcome to February! It means that 2017 is well under way and we’re edging closer to Spring – a time when...

The government has announced that its next Budget will be on March 8 next year. Until recently, Budgets and their ‘mini-me’ Autumn...

Countrywide’s share price closed slightly down again yesterday to finish trading at 176.0 after news emerged that the group was selling...

The network of independent estate agents known as the Property Sharing Experts has become the Experts in Property. The change of name...

The influential Home Owners’ Alliance pressure group says Britain pulling out of the EU would probably depress house prices. The HOA - a...

There is less than a week to go before formal consultation ends on the introduction of the so-called stamp duty surcharge...

My suspicion in my December Industry Views column that the Chancellor, George Osborne, holds certain types of property owners in contempt...

The Competition and Markets Authority says one of its priorities for 2016-17 is to pursue a project analysing the accuracy and...

Controversy is growing over the government’s surprise consultation period for its proposal to levy a three per cent stamp duty surcharge...

The government chose Christmas Bank Holiday Monday to launch its formal consultation on the ‘additional properties’ stamp duty surcharge, first announced...

The chief executive of Countrywide, Britain’s largest estate and letting agency group handling around one in 10 of all residential transactions,...

Restructuring turmoil continues within Countrywide, Britain’s largest estate and letting agency group, with several managers reportedly being handed notices referring to...