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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...

New figures from Connells suggest the company remains Britain’s biggest estate agent, handling one in 10 transactions. And in its latest report...

Throughout the general election campaign, the Green Belt was central to the debate about the housing crisis. The new Labour government...

Industry commentator Charlie Lamdin has launched a 50-hour live stream to help voters concerned about housing decide how to vote in...

In a week when the election campaign descended into claim and counterclaim of lies over tax plans and Nigel Farage was...

You may not have realised, but yesterday, the new government’s housing policy was agreed. No, I’m not talking about the new ‘Freedom...

If, like me, you watched the two party leaders battle it out in the first head-to-head debate you’ll have noticed that...

Rightmove has criticised the lack of focus on housing policy during the first General Election TV debate this week. Housing was rarely...

Political parties have been pretty quiet on housing policy during the General Election campaign and industry groups are hopeful that tonight’s...

So we’ve been sent the ‘Save The Date’ card - it’s July 4. Now all we need is the invitation to the...

Could it be that a politician has finally done the property market a favour? Rishi Sunak’s decision to call the general election...

The Government’s controversial Renters (Reform) Bill has fallen victim to Rishi Sunak’s election announcement and has been shelved. The legislation – which...

Is there such a thing as an online estate agency any more? A decade ago, about the time I started editing Estate...

Property market commentators Russell Quirk and Charlie Lamdin have gone head-to—head in a long-awaited podcast to tackle their ongoing debate about...

Interesting report this week in Estate Agent Today on an analysis by the Resolution Foundation thinktank which suggests that the UK’s...

The Spring Budget last Wednesday rounded out to be mostly a disappointment for the property industry, but it was also perhaps...

Last week the Government published new housing data which has largely gone unreported.  The vacuum was probably linked to the Budget, and...

Land is our greatest resource: one that has considerable potential to address society’s challenges. So, determining how land is used is...

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

March was the most popular month for completions this year as sales took longer and buyers focused on affordability, analysis has...

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill passed its second reading in Parliament last night. Housing minister Lee Rowley pledged that the legislation...

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

Introduced to Parliament in May, the Renters (Reform) Bill seeks to improve the private rental sector for both tenants and landlords....

And suddenly it’s autumn. It’s just six weeks before the clocks change, days are getting shorter and - the real sign...

I recently wrote that the long-gestating Renters Reform Bill, finally introduced in Parliament back in May, could be poorly timed, both...

There is much debate about energy efficiency right now and about expected changes to minimum EPCs for private rental properties and...

Self-employed models have a place in estate agency but there is a risk of some becoming ‘cultish,’ a senior industry figure...

The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his latest take on the property market. Having just got back from holiday, I am...

New research aims to address the age-old debate of which generation has it worse when it comes to housing affordability. Quick-buy firm...

Russell Quirk may have already irked plenty of estate agents in his time as boss of collapsed online brand Emoov and...

Annual house price growth continued to slow in April but bounced back on a monthly basis, Land Registry figures have revealed. The...

Just because you don’t live in London - and of course the vast majority of people don’t - doesn’t mean you’ve...

Two former housing ministers have criticised the Government for scrapping housebuilding targets. The Government officially watered-down proposals for mandatory local housebuilding targets...

The Labour Party has pledged to introduce legislation within its first 100 days of Government to abolish leasehold if it wins...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has been slammed for “unhelpful” comments about abolishing leasehold after it emerged that there may not be...

The amount of housing wealth owned by the older generation has reached a record level, new figures show. The data, from agency...

The latest Halifax House Price Index gave estate agents renewed optimism last week amid the ongoing market crash debate after the...

Propertymark has released details of a panel featuring several industry heavyweights at its much anticipated conference in June. Founder of emoov-turned-property-pundit and...

Last week was the first ever National Conveyancing Week, which I hope registered with agents and perhaps you even took up...

National Conveyancing Week has kicked off from today. The awareness-raising week features a series of in-person, online and pre-recorded events aimed at...

The financial regulator has revised its own data on how many mortgage borrowers may face repayment difficulties as it calls on...

The latest Halifax House Price Index is set to add fuel to the fire of the ongoing market crash debate. The lender’s...

Consolidation and industry challenges are among the key themes to be tackled at The Conveyancing Association’s (CA) annual conference next month...

The way to sell a property has changed and agents shouldn’t rely on just listing on Rightmove, senior property leaders have...

Agency brand Knight Frank has pledged to be one of the first adopters if minimum standards and qualifications are introduced in...

New Land Registry data is set to kick-off the debate about whether house prices have started to fall. Plenty of commentators are...

A Keller Williams agent has revealed how he gets clients to happily pay 2% and he is calling on others to...

The Scottish housing market is at a serious crossroads, a major estate agency brand in the country has warned. Lomond Group-owned agent...

Zoopla is set to unwrap a major new nine-week marketing campaign on Christmas Day in an effort to boost agent leads...

As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...

There may be plenty of debate about going live with listings on Boxing Day but Hamptons has chosen the national holiday...

I wasn’t completely surprised to read here on Estate Agent Today that our industry remains near the bottom of the league...

The Conveyancing Association has set a date for its 2023 Annual Conference. It will take place in London on 7 February 2023...

A former Housing Secretary has outlined why the Conservative Party mustn’t abandon its commitment to housebuilding. It comes as some 47 Conservative...

In this feature, Jonathan Daines looks at how landlords can do their bit to make the rental market greener. Global leaders have...

I’ve been on Twitter for a decade and have 23,500 followers - a gratifying number and of those a couple of...

A Bill to bring the Government’s Stamp Duty reductions into legislation reached its second reading in the Houses of Parliament this...

Annual house price growth slowed to single digits in September and was flat on a monthly basis, Nationwide figures show. The lender’s...

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

The latest housing minister has been revealed as the prospect of Stamp Duty reform returns to the property market. New ministerial appointments...

The current period of national solidarity over the death of Queen Elizabeth II has embraced the world of property as it...

In a recent McKinsey poll* 85 per cent of people said that fear of criticism, fear of uncertainty and fear of...

Annual house price growth returned to double digits in July, Land Registry data reveals. The figures will reignite the debate over the...

The market is a long way off crashing but sellers are becoming more realistic, a senior agent has claimed. It comes as...

New Housing Secretary Simon Clarke may be an unknown entity to many agents but he has a track record of supporting...

Jacob Rees-Mogg is reportedly being lined up as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities should Liz Truss win...

We are only a fortnight away from having a new Prime Minister, following a contest in which housing has played a...

Our story yesterday on whether the property industry should consider trialling a four-day week generated lots of debate, comments and poll...

Earlier this year, we ran a story asking whether agency would ever embrace a four-day week. This came ahead of the...

The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) has announced the schedule for its annual Conference. The event returns to its traditional in-person format this year,...

A quarter of agents have indicated they may prefer Rishi Sunak as the next Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister –...

The Tory leadership debates have covered everything from taxes to trans rights but industry executives have lamented the lack of focus...

When it comes to housing policy, the Conservative MPs have given their party a choice between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle DumDum. Rishi...

High profile agents and industry executives are due to appear in a new video series to share best practice ideas online. The...

Independent agent Barrows and Forrester has called for the appointment of a housing tsar for a fixed term as yet another...

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...

Unless you have been living under a rock since the end of last year, you won’t need to be told about...

It has been six years since the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU). Political and economic debate continues to rumble...

If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’ then there should be. Update: a quick Google search shows there...

Why the urgency? Because the appetite is strong. Research by the Conveyancing Association reports that 98% of consumers are overwhelmingly in...

In retrospect, it was perhaps inevitable that the infamous dead cat would come into the debate over government housing targets and...

A high-profile peer has questioned why estate agency regulation wasn’t extended to property management companies in the Queen’s Speech this week. Lord...

A senior industry figure has called for upfront information changes to move faster to boost market confidence amid the cost of...

The debate within estate agency on upfront information rumbles on and now there are calls for greater levels of transparency from...

OnTheMarket has revealed it is expanding the scope and scale of its successful Town Hall initiative in response to growing demand...

Trading Standards has advised agents to update listings once they reach the "sold subject to contract" (SSTC) stage. It comes after legal...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

The self-employed model, after years of not really catching on fully, was given a major boost by the pandemic and the...

The sponsor of an industry forum for agents and conveyancers to be held next week says the collaborative event hails the...

It is claimed by Propertymark that the government’s Economic Crime Bill - to be debated in the House of Commons today -...

A campaigning MP is to meet with a government minister to discuss controls and disincentives for second homes. Former Liberal Democrat MP...

Property events and functions are now back in full swing, with 2022 likely to be the first ‘normal’ year for this...

As debate rages over levelling up and a north/south property divide, in the first of a new monthly column, property expert...

In this guest piece, the team at Lifesycle discuss a recent experiment they did with AI and estate agents' data and...

The ESTAS Forum scheduled for March says its aim is to encourage agents and conveyancers to work more closely together.  “There doesn’t...

Imagine a world where you, as an agent, could focus on what you do best. Building and managing relationships, showing properties,...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

A wealth tax on overseas owners of UK homes could raise £5 billion a year to help local people buy their...

With the business model for self-employed agents hotly debated within the industry, new data has suggested that most freelance professionals are...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...