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Agents are being urged to prepare for a surge in enquiries following the General Election this week Many agents have reported that...

The manifestos of all major parties tell us little about their true tax and public service plans, a respected financial think...

House prices appear to have benefited from a Spring bounce but sales and mortgage approvals have struggled. It comes after a busy...

The majority of buyers planning to move home say the election will not affect their plans, research suggests. A survey by Rightmove...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday confirmed a date for the General Election. Voters will go the polls on 4 July, meaning the...

We all know that first-time buyers have had a tough time of it lately. Mad mini-budgets resulting in higher interest rates...

Waiting for a General Election is risky for sellers after the so-called Boris bounce in the property market failed to deliver...

After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during May’s local election campaigning,...

Chris Hemmings, Parter in Carter Jonas’ Planning & Development team We’re confident of a better start to 2024 than 2023. The news that...

So Christmas is coming – soon. Traditionally a time for reflection on what’s past and prediction on what’s to come. Last week...

Stamp Duty reform was back in the news over the weekend amid reports that the Government plans to reform the controversial...

After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during recent local election campaigning,...

The publication of inflation figures by the government tomorrow will be a Do-Or-Die moment for the housing market, it’s been claimed. At...

Propertymark has named its new chairperson and board members during its annual general meeting. Succeeding Propertymark’s, Nicky Heathcote, Bill Butler has been...

Housing policy formation must go beyond electoral cycles, academics have warned. A group of Cambridge University alumni has teamed up to urge...

There was plenty of upset off the pitch after the Football Association’s last-minute u-turn – in fear of FIFA sanctions -...

How did the housing market transform from incredibly strong - almost too strong - early in the year, to a situation...

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

A lack of support to help people onto the property ladder has been highlighted as one factor for the Tory party’s...

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

Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are due to be held on 5 May and agents are hoping that housing remains...

Will he stay or will he go? You don’t need me to say who ‘he’ is - it’s the only story...

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

Planning delays, labour shortages and the surging price of building materials are combining to sharply cut the number of new homes...

One of the country’s leading politicians says a yet-to-be-revealed way of taxing property sales could be one way of helping homes...

Labour’s new housing spokesperson is the experienced MP Lucy Powell, who until the weekend was shadow business and consumer affairs minister.  She replaces...

The new Mayor of London, to be decided in an election tomorrow, has just received a six point set of demands...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

A nationalist candidate in next month’s elections claims there is a second homes crisis which may create a “lost generation” of...

The Conservatives have promised that first time buyers would not pay tax when buying a home in Wales if the party wins...

An estate agency is being criticised for marketing properties as second homes in an area reportedly suffering a housing shortage. Local media...

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...

A branch of London agency Foxtons has been targeted by a group of political agitators called Beyond Politics, which says it’s...

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...

Back in the day, party politics and the private rental sector used to be straightforward. Conservatives were pro-landlord, Labour were pro-tenant, while...

Conservatives have been lining up to criticise a mansion tax which may be introduced on expensive homes to fund infrastructure improvements...

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...

We’ve really hit the ground running with our appeal for Christmas pictures and videos from your offices this year - thanks...

He portrays himself as a scourge of the Remoaner elite and a champion of the people, but when it comes to...

Rightmove is this morning reporting a huge fall in the number of new sellers coming to the market - a drop...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

Four years ago, as we approached the general election, Andrews Property Group held a roundtable debateon the impact the election might have...

The latest house price index shows very little happening in the market, with analysts expecting little significant movement until Brexit is...

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

Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...

As promised a few weeks ago, this week’s Natter concentrates on the importance of content, design and social media, three easily...

If you want to know whether buy to let, landlords and letting agents will be in the firing line for more...

A property technology analyst has floated the idea that portals could become eclipsed by powerful alternatives such as Google, triggered by...

It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...

It’s something of an understatement to say it’s been a busy fortnight for the industry in terms of announcements, consultations and...

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...

One of the country’s leading buying agents says over six million people are living in the wrong property because they are...

When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation takes some beating. Press releases are still arriving berating the December...

The National Association of Estate Agents says its election for a new vice president is to go ahead as scheduled despite...

House prices recorded their third consecutive monthly fall in May says the Nationwide. It's the first time this has occurred since 2009, and...

The banning of letting fees levied on tenants has dominated the industry headlines in recent months but this election campaign suggests...

A London estate agency’s analysis of the latest Land Registry data suggests transactions in the capital are the lowest ever recorded.  Land...

The industry has broadly welcomed the shock announcement of a June 8 General Election as a chance to end long term...

Following the election of Donald Trump, there has been a rise in the number of United States investors searching for property...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

Just a couple of weeks ago, we waited with anticipation to see what the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, would say in...

What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...

It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...

The Guild of Professional Estate Agents has followed in the steps on the ESTAS awards by linking up with a reviews and...

A campaign has been launched to make Bristol the colour capital of the UK by ensuring that more homes are painted...

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

Members of the property industry join the rest of the country in going to the polls today to decide whether the...

Significant national events such as elections and, in this case, referendums bring with them a level of uncertainty.   No-one can predict...

A property investment firm says a British exit from the EU may cause minimal damage to the prime London market and...

Political and economic uncertainty caused by the upcoming EU referendum is beginning to hit the housing market according to two different...

John Healey - a former housing minister from when Tony Blair was prime minister - has taken the housing post under...