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The Department of Communities and Local Government has been rebadged as the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government in what...

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

A conveyancers’ trade body has told the government that it wants the house buying process to be modernised by having estate...

Outspoken estate agent Chris Wood has criticised the Advertising Standards Authority for its succession of ‘informally resolved’ judgements on complaints against...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

A conveyancing body says it wants the government to allocate “a small fund” in next week’s Budget to promote research into...

The Conveyancing Association says some of its members are piloting HIPs-style Digital Home Reports in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and...

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

It’s not just the evenings drawing in that marks the approach of autumn - it’s also the return to work of...

The government says the number of new build homes that have started to be built has surged to the highest level...

The government has poured cold water over industry speculation that Help To Buy could be phased out or significantly modified between...

  You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August...

The government has published the findings of research which suggest that very few local opponents to new homes will be bought...

A ban on For Sale and To Let boards in central areas of Bath has been extended - for no less...

In case you missed it yesterday, here’s a summary of everything relating to property that was in Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s Autumn...

Phillip Hammond has delivered his first Autumn Statement, tackling amongst other things, what he called “the housing challenge.” The speech made no...

The government's most publicised measure of housebuilding excludes around a fifth of all new build completions each year, according to a...

The Conveyancing Association says it is continuing to campaign to reform the leasehold transaction process, despite the government saying there is...

If you want an indicator that the United Kingdom isn’t so united any more, have a look at Right To Buy. The...

So we now have a new 'official' index of house prices, and much good may it do us. For the chattering classes...

The first new ‘official’ UK House Price Index, released yesterday, has received mixed reviews from the industry. On the one hand there...

A leading land agent has criticised those doubting the government's ability to build a million new homes by 2020. Adam Hesse, land...

The government is staying tight-lipped about it for the moment but there may be a major shake-up in house buying on...

The former secretary of state at the Department of Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, is to write to Chancellor George...

The sale of country houses - already tough as buyers increasingly want to live on the edge of market towns and...

A detailed analysis by Hometrack reveals that new-build transactions - running at roughly 10 per cent of all house sales for...

The government claims 43 per cent of new homes built since the introduction of the Help to Buy equity loan scheme...

It now appears likely that there will be a new government house price index launched in the first half of next...

The government says it will publish an action plan this week to explain how it is going to implement some of...

The government claims that over 36,000 new home owners have been created through Right to Buy since 2012. Figures released by the...