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Rents have begun to stabilise, despite an exodus of landlords from the sector and resistance over rent reductions. The market is witnessing...

At last! Well, they say small is beautiful and, if you’re in the property sector right now, you’d better believe it! The...

The first councils are finally being signed up to a new logbook partnership between the Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) and the...

The plight of the nation’s first-time buyers may be the focus when it comes to government housing initiatives, but our latest...

Agents are hopeful of support for the property market in today’s Spring Budget. It could be the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s final fiscal...

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

The Government is facing calls to resurrect the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme. The housing support scheme, which provided a Government-backed...

The Government’s First Homes Scheme is set to be the first state-backed initiative to use digital property logbooks. It comes after a...

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

Some top tips for saving for a deposit If you’re a first-time buyer - or even if you’re taking the next step...

In this guest feature, Ben Bailey, CCO at Even, a mortgage lender for first-time buyers launched this year, provides commentary on the end...

Features often overlooked by agents and buyers now, such as double glazing and insulation, are likely to become high up on...

The average age at which someone buys their first home has risen to 32, up from 29 in 2011 and is...

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...

There’s been some cynicism amongst the industry in response to new homes promises made by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in yesterday’s Budget. Sunak...

Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...

It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t very high in the property and agency world, despite the potential...

The property market is currently in a unique position where the number of house hunters looking for their next home is...

Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the government’s First Homes initiative, describing it as “creative” and saying it’s a sign of...

Government leaks ahead of today’s Queen’s Speech suggest a major planning shake-up is set to stop NIMBY objectors to new homes. News...

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

A scathing document produced by MPs slams the government for its “deplorable” housing policies which are "invented, abandoned and reinvented" -...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed that the First Homes scheme will provide newly built homes at a 30 per cent...

Speculation is mounting that Capital Gains Tax could for the first time be applied to gains made when owners sell first...

A Labour council in London has come out against the government’s plan to offer 30 per cent discounts to first time...

The HomeOwners Alliance, a leading property consumer group, has now suggested it has some concerns about the government’s First Homes scheme. This...

One of the leading consumer groups has backed the government’s controversial First Homes policy, which aims to give 30 per cent...

Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...

The government has announced its First Homes scheme - a policy under which it says some new homes will see their...

A former residential chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has posed key questions for the government to answer over...

It’s been six years since the Help to Buy scheme was launched, with the honourable intentions of helping more people onto...

A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...

Employers and government should introduce auto-enrolment of monthly salaries to allow people aged 18 to 40 to save for deposits on...

There were an estimated 354,000 homemovers in 2016, a fall of 4% compared to the 367,000 recorded the previous year. Analysis by...

David Lammy, one of six contenders for the Labour nomination for next year’s Mayor of London election, says he wants to...