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

What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...

It’s taken Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the UK to finally take a much-needed step in the right direction to stop...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...

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

The government’s Levelling Up White Paper, released today, contains an unexpected and shock commitment - to create a new 'lite' version...

I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

A survey undertaken for estate agency Jackson-Stops reveals that 55 per cent of people do not believe housing is a priority...

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...

A former 10 Downing Street adviser says stamp duty on house sales should be scrapped or at least slashed in order...

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

Kenny Bruce, one of the founders of sector-leading online agency Purplebricks, has sent his good wishes to Russell Quirk, who founded...

“Baton down the hatches. Stockpile the food cupboard. Brexit is coming and it’s little more than six months away!” I jest, but there is...

Stamp duty has become the latest weapon in the ongoing war of words between different wings of the Conservative party, as...

Harry Hill - former chief executive of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove - has sharply criticised the appointment of Theresa May’s...

Yesterday’s decision by MPs to agree to Theresa May’s snap General Election on June 8 means that the current government -...

We’re almost nine months on from the EU Referendum and yet the issue remains the big divide across the nation: an...

Now I’m not one to lose sleep over politicians, but it strikes me that Communities Secretary Sajid Javid and Housing Minister...

The government’s blizzard of New Year announcements about new homes has received a distinctly frosty welcome from many within the property...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

London agency Stirling Ackroyd is the latest to call for reforms to stamp duty, with a claim that prices for the most expensive...

The huge consequences of the EU referendum, and the impending Brexit negotiations, have drawn into sharp light the consequences for a...

There has been widespread scepticism from many within the industry that the government will miss its latest house building targets, despite...

Speculation was rife over the weekend that the government would today announce major changes to housing policy - possibly shifting the...

I write this during the week that David Cameron resigned as an MP – it is quite startling how quickly politics...

The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...

A housing body says that, rather than presiding over a worsening housing crisis as many suggest, David Cameron has actually left...

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have asked new housing minister Gavin Barwell to...

The director of a high-end foreign-owned estate agency in prime central London says he is surprised that so many other figures...

One of London’s most outspoken estate agents claims the prime minister who succeeds David Cameron could appoint a chancellor who will...

One estate agency leader - you’d all recognise his name - described the victory of the Leave camp in the referendum...

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...

A high end international London estate agent says a Brexit will lead to increased sales of homes in prime central London...

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

So what is it with young people failing to stand up for themselves and not making the most of their money...

A letter from the Financial Secretary to the Treasury appears to suggest that the government is set on implementing the three...

Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed out of hand appeals and comments from Estate Agent Today readers to reconsider the recent...

In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...

Today is the last chance for Estate Agent Today readers to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...

Estate Agent Today readers are being given the rare opportunity to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...

In an unexpected announcement, the government says it will "directly commission" companies to build up to 13,000 new affordable homes on...

The National Association of Estate Agents has given a cautious welcome to new government plans to expand shared ownership.  David Cameron has...

Property journalists, and more than a few estate agents, are beginning their annual autumn ritual – forecasting what’s going to happen...

There has been a mixed response from the agency world to David Cameron's pledge to reform planning, promise that 200,000 new...

Communities Secretary Greg Clark will be sacked if there is no improvement in the number of homes built in the next...

A new website has been launched to fight back against the attack George Osborne made in the Summer Budget on the...

After a night of remarkable election results, it looks likely that much of the residential property industry - which was strongly...

10 Downing Street is now worth a notional £6,312,292 - a hefty level of appreciation over the £4,574,831 it was worth...

Margaret Thatcher may have given the country Right To Buy and David Cameron has created Help To Buy but when it...

A leading agent's 'ability to buy' measure shows that it is now 77 per cent harder to purchase a home in...