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We welcome the thrust of the Deputy Prime Minister’s announcement this week on planning reform.  In particular, we support the return of...

SINCE the new Labour government was elected in early July, one phrase has been circulating more than any – grey belt....

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

All councils in England will be given new, mandatory housebuilding targets under planning reforms unveiled by the Government yesterday. Deputy Prime Minister...

Mandatory housing targets are back, alongside a pledge to build 1.5 million homes in the next five years. But can Prime...

The new Government’s plan to ‘Get Britain Building’ is ambitious, to say the least.    And it is central to their mission, not...

The Chancellor’s plans to ‘get Britain building again’ are very significant for the property sector and property investment, specifically.  The plans...

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

It's more than a week since we saw the removal vans enter Downing St and Labour’s promise to hit the ground...

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

New Chancellor Rachel Reeves has used her first speech to reinstate housebuilding targets and pledge to build one and a half...

There’s been a broadly warm response from much of the property industry to Labour’s manifesto, but a call for more detail...

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

There’s a very important first step that needs to be taken in resolving the housing crisis: we need a greater understanding...

You don’t have to be a mind-reader to believe there will be a large majority Labour government by the end of...

A shareholder of Foxtons believes the agency could be worth £300m if sold today - substantially above its existing market capitalisation...

There’s been broad support from within the agency and wider property sectors for Labour’s proposal to build on selected parts of...

Keir Starmer set out Labour’s policy for housebuilding this week and targeted ‘ugly’ parts of the Green Belt. It will be a...

I bought a bar of chocolate today, I shouldn’t have done it but the weather was grey and I was in...

Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

Housebuilders have indicated that they would prefer a Labour government is formed after the next General Election. The latest Land Index and...

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

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

Industry partner Jerry Lyons is launching a new network to support independent ethical estate agencies. The Ethical Agent Network (EAN) aims to...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Keir Starmer’s announcement about building on the Green Belt attracted some contentious headlines. It immediately thrust housing and planning into the...

Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

Agents have been showing there is more to being charitable than just donating money. This weeks charitable exploits have a big focus...

Two well-known East Yorkshire estate agents have joined forces to merge their businesses with a new name and branding. Stanifords and Grays...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

As a signage company we know we have a serious responsibility to the environment to ensure our industry’s future and we...

Seven adverts pushing the Government’s flagship levelling up policy have been banned. The advertising watchdog censured the Department for Levelling Up, Housing...

Transforming your living room into an eco-friendly space not only benefits your health and wellbeing, but the planet too. It can...

Temperatures are soaring and it’s only going to get hotter this week. Electric fans will be on full blast and cold...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Tom Cummuskey, I am the Sales & Marketing...

Well-known property expert and video interviewer Chris Watkin independently investigates how one piece of software is having such a big effect...

I’m sorry to break this to you but in 10 days’ time it will be autumn - and we will have...

We’re about to enter August and second half of the Olympic Games - and fund-raising is happening at a Gold medal...

Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...

Hello and welcome to our latest doffing of the cap in honour of those in our industry fund-raising for great causes....

Hello again - the good news is it’s Friday and even better news is it’s Agents Do Charity, celebrating the industry’s great...

Are agents swimming upstream against the Electrical Safety Regulations? 3 months on from the introduction of the ‘Electrical Safety Standards in the...

Estate agents are increasingly using low-key ‘grey’ marketing to avoid too many prospective buyers swamping them when homes go on sale. That’s...

An estate agent has reopened his High Street office to the public with social distancing and other safety measures in place. It’s...

Hello and welcome to a special Agents Do Charity, given over entirely to a wonderful effort to coordinate the industry’s response...

Unfortunately for consumers, buying and selling properties is rarely plain sailing. But fortunately for agents, this provides you with an opportunity to...

In the latest part of the Natter’s ‘day in the life of’ series, I catch up with Chris Osmond, sales director...

The head of online agency Housesimple has made another strident attack on the integrity of High Street agents by saying some...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

Improved communication and increased transparency throughout the buying process can manage vendors’ expectations, improve satisfaction scores and create long-term clients. That’s the...

The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...

North East England regional agency chain Bradley Hall has amended details for a property listed on its website following a complaint...

The head of an online agency has accused the National Association of Estate Agents’ conference of being “a sea of old...

North east England regional chain Bradley Hall Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents has launched a new office in Hexham as its...

Given that ‘UK buyers are the most digitally active home hunters’, with HSBC’s Beyond the Bricks report stating that 90% of...

Getting your property marketing right is vital, and the starting point is with professional images.  With most buyers browsing the internet for...

Berkshire estate agents Braxton partnered with MPL Interiors to increase the size of its Maidenhead High Street office and refit its...

MPL Interiors was brought in to execute an office fit-out in a former paint shop in Wantage, Oxfordshire, for estate agent...

Over 60% of UK consumers think that Estate Agents’ Photos Are Very Poor To Average A recent survey* by dedicated property photo...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

The go-ahead has been given to create a group aiming to unite independent estate and letting agents into a single powerful...

The latest round of complaints made to the Advertising Standards Authority against property firms’ ads have once again ended only with...

For many people buy-to-let continues to look an attractive income investment at a time of low saving rates and stock market...

What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...

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

Campagining housing charity Shelter claims that an estimated 13 million people aged between 18 and 44 feel the high costs of buying...

In a digital age where we have an abundance of information at our fingertips via desktops, tablets and smartphones, our attention...

Let Mid West Displays get your window in shape! Never underestimate the power of high street presence. Image is everything, and what...

We may all be reeling from the surprise Autumn Statement stamp duty shocker but estate agents still find time to do...

Detectives investigating the burglary which ultimately led to the death of PC David Phillips on October 5 have released pictures of...

John D Wood & Co., one of the high end agents in the Countrywide stable, has unveiled its new office interior...

The largely unpredictable June weather is yet to dampen the UK’s agents’ spirits when it comes to charity as thousands more...

Moving abroad is a dream for many Britons. There are thousands of us who sit in our offices, day after dreary...