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Throughout the general election campaign, the Green Belt was central to the debate about the housing crisis. The new Labour government...
03 August 2024
From: Features
A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s a very important first step that needs to be taken in resolving the housing crisis: we need a greater understanding...
11 May 2024
From: Features
A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Winkworth has opened its fifth office in Devon – with what it describes as a prime spot in an affluent area...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank says it’s opened six new offices over the past two years, and hired 14 new partners, as part of...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s been broad support from within the agency and wider property sectors for Labour’s proposal to build on selected parts of...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has secured agreements from eight freeholders to remove “problematic ground rent” terms from leases. The competition...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
United Kingdom Sotheby’s International Realty is ramping up its offering with a new countryside office situated just outside of Cobham in...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Savills has kicked off 2024 with two key external hires and an internal move into its country house team. James Toogood has joined...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The average household in England and Wales who purchased in the past 20 years and sold last year achieved profits of...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The borough of Richmond upon Thames in London has been crowned the happiest place to live in Great Britain, according to...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Who are you, and what does it say on your business card? I'm Ashley Day, the Director of Bristol Property Centre. What is...
09 October 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
Keir Starmer’s announcement about building on the Green Belt attracted some contentious headlines. It immediately thrust housing and planning into the...
26 August 2023
From: Features
Open Property Group has carried out research which looks into where UK homeowners are moving to and if there is a...
09 August 2023
From: Features
The Government has set out yet another attempt to meet it manifesto commitment to build 1m homes over this Parliament. Prime Minister...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
It has been another busy week in the property sector. In his latest column, property commentator Jonathan Rolande, provides his take on...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
28 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The flat market in prime central London (PCL) is undergoing a resurgence, a buying agent claims. Residential and investment buying agency London...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The ‘race for space’ may not have been as significant a contest as first thought, new data suggests. Figures from property data...
15 February 2023
From: Breaking News
It turns out even estate agents have to go off-market when finding their own homes. Paul Clarke, of Belvoir-owned self-employed agency brand...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? On my card it says: Vincent Anthony, Managing Director of Propertynest. ...
12 January 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
London has returned as the go-to destination for potential property buyers, Rightmove claims. The portal has revealed the most searched for locations...
21 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Estate agents selling rural homes have been urged to provide better levels of upfront information regarding homes in the countryside that...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Transforming your living room into an eco-friendly space not only benefits your health and wellbeing, but the planet too. It can...
27 September 2022
From: PropTech & Innovation
The property jobs market hasn't taken a summer holiday this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took place during...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
More than a third of England’s regions have seen buyer demand fall over the previous quarter, research claims in the latest...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The owners of Parkers’ Witney branch have marked their third year under the sales and lettings brand by opening their second...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Fifteen businesses which had bought freeholds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A rural body in Wales has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals for draconian new taxes on second homes. Earlier this...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...
05 March 2022
From: Features
Netflix’s period romantic comedy Bridgerton appears to have registered with Asian property buyers - and as a result they want to...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Dog facilities - even separate rooms for them - are now a major factor on the ‘want list’ for growing numbers...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News
House and apartment sales are still being hit by confusion and worry over ground rents on existing second-hand leasehold properties. This is...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A probe by the Competition and Markets Authority has led housebuilder Taylor Wimpey to make changes for the benefit of leaseholders. Taylor...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Hello again and with just two weeks to go before the festivities begin, there’s a definite ramping up of fund-raising for...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove will launch its latest outdoor campaign on Monday, with advertisements in over 1,000 roadside and rail locations remaining in place...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Ruddock – Partner and Head of Residential Sales Operations...
10 November 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...
13 October 2021
From: Features
The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...
09 October 2021
From: Features
There’s good news and bad news from the shake-up in government ministers and ministries that was presented to the nation last...
25 September 2021
From: Features
We may be getting an extended summer but agents haven’t just been basking in the heatwave. There has been plenty of goodwill...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) has become the latest body to welcome the decision by Countryside Properties to scrap the requirement to pay...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the biggest campaign groups calling for leasehold reform has welcomed the action taken by the Competition and Markets Authority...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News
In what will be seen as the latest win for leaseholders across the UK, it’s been revealed that – following action...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...
11 September 2021
From: Features
House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed. HM Revenue and Customs...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...
31 July 2021
From: Features
HM Revenue & Customs has warned of what it calls the “negative impacts” of the pandemic on the latest property transactions...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...
17 July 2021
From: Features
As the country prepares to cheer on England (can we speak for the other UK nations too?) here’s a look at...
09 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A London agency is rejecting the suggestion that sellers are heading to the countryside - instead, it says they’re likely to move...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News
In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...
08 May 2021
From: Features
A think tank claims that ‘urban flight’ - when people leave cities and head for towns and villages - is merely a...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the current...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Boutique estate agency D S Churchill is to open a countryside office serving the Cotwolds, Oxfordshire and surrounding counties. D S Churchill...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News
One year on from the UK’s first stay-at-home order, London has been overtaken as the most searched-for location on Rightmove, according...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Two of Britain’s largest house builders have reacted sharply to calls by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and the Competition and Markets...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News
The Competition and Markets Authority has written to two top house builders ordering them to change their leasehold terms. In September the...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
London still dominated the league table of locations with the highest volumes of sales by value in 2020, despite the apparent...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s most exclusive agencies, UK Sotheby’s International Realty, was the subject of a Channel 4 documentary last evening. The...
29 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...
28 November 2020
From: Features
What’s the happiest place in Britain? Rightmove has the answer. In a new ‘Happy At Home’ index calculated by the portal and...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The UK lettings market is no stranger to technology. But only a few of the early initiatives have remained, and landlords...
07 November 2020
From: Features
It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
Two reports this morning suggest that activity in the most expensive sectors of the housing market is doing as well as...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News
When it comes to the future of the property market in the wake of Covid-19, there are two main schools of...
19 September 2020
From: Features
The Competition and Markets Authority is today opening enforcement cases focusing on the sale of leasehold homes by four leading housebuilders. They...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...
01 September 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
Strutt & Parker is warning that in a worst-case scenario house prices in some locations could drop 10 per cent this...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Zoopla says while there may be speculation about people fleeing London and big urban areas for the countryside, the evidence suggests...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News
A survey of 2,000 prospective movers by Zoopla shows the vast majority still intent on buying - but younger purchasers’ plans...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Darren Loftus and it says Commercial Director on...
18 June 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
Savills has given the industry an insight into how buyers’ and sellers’ priorities may change as the industry returns to work...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Let me start by wishing everyone well in these uncertain and precarious times. I truly hope you, your families, friends and...
18 April 2020
From: Features
Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Michelle O’Brien, mio Account Manager for Home Counties North What is...
27 November 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News
A distinctly autumnal storm seems to be gripping the UK for the early part of the weekend but as ever, nothing...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your weekly chance to catch up on major moves in our industry. Everyone here has...
11 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The demand for rural properties is high, and with 20.7% of England’s population in countryside areas, estate agents have a large...
02 March 2019
From: Features
Rightmove has revealed which day was its busiest in 2018 in terms of page views. It says February 19 was the date,...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement calling properties for sale ‘park homes’ when the buildings themselves could not be...
05 December 2018
From: Breaking News
We’ve all heard the comments - the countryside is being covered in concrete, new houses are springing up everywhere, our green...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Countrywide, the troubled estate agency group thought by some to be near collapse, has delayed issuing its interim figures which were...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Countrywide has not made any official statement about speculation over the weekend that it was about to seek an additional £100m investment. Estate...
23 July 2018
From: Breaking News
It’s being reported this morning that Countrywide will seek new investment of over £100m, probably in the next few days. The Sunday...
22 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Summer is traditionally the time of the year when the property market slows down, with people going away on their holidays...
19 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content
Barclays is next week launching a so-called ‘green mortgage’ which links the loan to the Energy Performance Certificate rating of the...
06 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Q. How did you get in to the property industry? My career in the property industry actually started out as a holiday...
01 February 2018
From: 60 Second Interview
This might just be one of the busiest Agents Do Charity columns we’ve ever had with many firms having a mixture...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News
We know all about Grand Designs and Location, Location, Location - now Channel 4 hopes another new TV property programme will become just...
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Countryside Properties and Telford Homes are the latest housebuilders to report good trading conditions following the result of the EU referendum. Countryside,...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Right-wing journalist Melissa Kite has used the columns of the weekly political magazine to accuse estate agents of being “like a...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News
An agency specialising in land and planning claims that campaigners in favour of maintaining the green belt must accept that some...
27 September 2016
From: Breaking News
Who are you? Edward Trustworth, 23 What does it say on your business card? Founder, MyTenantedProperty.com What does the business do and what are you...