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The new Labour government has pledged to prioritise a ‘brownfield first’ approach to urban planning, as part of its promise to...

NOBODY does pomp and ceremony like us Brits and, wow, it was on full display in Westminster last week. Despite the prestige...

Just a week after Labour’s landslide election victory and already their top team is coming under scrutiny and being asked to...

Just a week after Labour’s landslide election victory and already their top team is coming under scrutiny and being asked to...

Property professionals have called for cross-party support and stability when it comes to housing policy under the new Labour Government after...

New research reveals nearly half a million homes could be built across London on land that currently lies derelict amid a...

After much anticipation, the Labour Manifesto for ‘Change’ was launched this week. Held in Manchester the launch event included personal reflections...

Agents remain typically optimistic about the property market after interest rates were been held at their 16-year high of 5.25% by...

Savills has today upgraded its five-year UK mainstream house price forecast to reflect the stronger than expected start to the year...

As Conveyancers we operate in such a volatile market, where government economic policy can and has repeatedly made our professional lives...

There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...

There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...

It was US disability rights advocate, Helen Keller, who said: ‘alone, we can do so little, together we can do so...

The removal of housing targets risks a deeper recession and high house prices for generations to come, a planning expert has...

Knight Frank expects prices to fall by 3% next year in Prime Central London (PCL) before rising modestly in the years...

A property expert has claimed that it remains to be seen where housing will feature in the upcoming political agenda. Nicky Stevenson,...

A major new scheme worth half a million pounds is now underway in an effort to promote sustainable investment into housing,...

Boris Johnson has promised a review of the mortgage market and housing benefit rules to help more people to get on...

We are all acutely aware of the surge in demand for rental properties in and around the capital in the months...

Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...

A famous environmental campaigner has sold his home to a local - because he feels second homes are “obscene and grotesque.” Green...

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

Fears that the housing market may be seriously damaged by the worsening economy led to share price falls for Rightmove and others...

A housing market forecast based on conveyancing instructions says average prices will dip this month. Average prices will fall by 1.1 per...

The scaling back of HS2 in the north of England, contained in the government's new Integrated Rail Plan, means hundreds of homes...

Sir David Amess, murdered at a constituency surgery last month, may have an unexpected housing market legacy for his constituents. To commemorate...

The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...

The Halifax is reporting a 0.5 per cent monthly drop in house prices, plus a fall in the annual rate from...

Annual house price inflation is now running at 6.5 per cent according to the latest Nationwide index after a 0.9 per...

A report commissioned by the government suggests a doubling of Capital Gains Tax on profits from the sale of second homes. The government -...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday means prime property in the UK now enjoys lower tax rates than most European countries. Buyers...

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

A respected estate agency has revised downwards its price forecast for the housing market for the second time since the start...

House prices have risen 2.3 per cent in the past year - the strongest rate of inflation for property since July...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

A £3.6 billion Towns Fund to support towns across England to build prosperous futures through innovative regeneration is a perfect chance...

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...

London and South East England are to see house price falls this year and only “very modest” growth in 2020 -...

It’s time to think about planning the 2019 events calendar. This year, there are more PropTech conferences scheduled than ever before,...

Hometrack says other cities are now closing the gap on London in terms of house prices and market value. The latest Hometrack UK...

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep the base rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent this month. The...

We recently witnessed the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) increase the base interest rate for the first time since...

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

There is no doubt that 2016 managed to catch the world by surprise on more than one occassion.  But will 2017 be...

This is the final Estate Agent Today until Tuesday January 3 2017, so everyone at Angels Media sends all good wishes for...

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

One of the key factors associated with an active private rental market in the UK, as detailed in the Dataloft PRS...

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...

Older readers may recall a terrific movie called Network where a character, disillusioned by life, shouts from a window: “I’m as...

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

Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...

House price falls triggered by weaker economic growth and a drop in economic confidence following the EU referendum may not actually...

Details have come out of what Theresa May thinks about the current housing market, as she approaches taking over as Prime...

There’s been shock and anger from agents - especially those in London - at the surprise news of an additional three...

UK house prices increased by 4.3% in the three months to July 2015, the highest quarterly growth for eleven years, according...

Agents across the country, hopefully refreshed by a nice holiday somewhere warm, will be gearing up for the phones to start...

The Bank of England is to publish three previously-separate pieces of information on interest rates tomorrow in a bid to avoid...

In case we didn’t learn the lesson last time around, we appear to be on the brink of a refresher course...