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It’s all over bar the voting, so let’s cut to the chase. Labour will win on July 4, big time. Even a...

Online agent turned property PR guru Russell Quirk has set out his solution to solving the housing crisis. Speaking on the latest...

Last weekend, Levelling Up and Housing Secretary, Michael Gove wrote in the Sunday Times that the nation’s housing crisis was so...

Sir Simon Clarke’s call for Rishi Sunak to be ousted from Downing Street may well express what many of his MP...

There is rarely a quiet year in the property market. And 2023 has felt like the usual rollercoaster at times. On...

A lawyer has called for Help to Buy to be resurrected in the Autumn Statement. Paul Sams, head of property at Dutton...

I read an interesting report the other day about the role AI is set to play in the future of the...

The Government appears to have gone through so many housing ministers that it is now repeating them. Lee Rowley was appointed as...

I'll start with a confession. I am not an estate agent - I'm a marketer. But since I joined the industry...

Two former housing ministers have criticised the Government for scrapping housebuilding targets. The Government officially watered-down proposals for mandatory local housebuilding targets...

A new survey suggests the overwhelming majority of the public are critical of the government’s apparent housing failures. A study of 1,323...

Lucy Frazer became the 13th Housing Minister to leave the role in the past decade yesterday after she was promoted to...

Usually, I enter January with a spring in my step - optimistic about what the future holds.  Two years ago, after the...

As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...

Over the later part of 2022, we have experienced unprecedented economic and political turmoil, which will remain as we head into...

A week-long race to be the next Conservative Party leader and the Prime Minister kicks off this week, or may already...

The worst cost-of-living crisis in generations is everywhere we look and agents – and the property industry more widely – are...

New Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is expected to unveil the Government’s so-called “plan for growth” today during a mini-Budget. The property market is...

The government is being urged to close the "revolving doors" of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to...

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

A senior member of the Home Buying and Selling Group has insisted work on reforms is ongoing despite the ministerial merry-go-round...

Independent agent Barrows and Forrester has called for the appointment of a housing tsar for a fixed term as yet another...

Housing ministers have lined up in recent days to support beleaguered Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Housing minister Chris Pincher, upon hearing of new...

Propertymark - still reeling over two senior resignations in less than a week - says its lobbying sessions with politicians are...

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

First off, hello and welcome to this new series – appearing in Estate Agent Today’s Breaking News section each month –...

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

Housing Minister Chris Pincher and Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick stayed well clear of the Dominic Cummings row over the weekend -...

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...

Unsourced stories in a number of newspapers over the weekend - all likely to have come from government off-the-record briefings -...

Reservation agreements locking in buyers and sellers could be trailed with some agencies and conveyancers early in 2020, a government official...

The new housing minister has admitted that her party has tried to “put a lid” on house price rises and has...

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...

If you’d asked me at the start of the year how I thought the political landscape might look now, I wouldn’t...

This may be the final full day in office for Kit Malthouse, the latest politician to occupy the short-term position of housing...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

In a surprising announcement overnight, housing minister Kit Malthouse says he is standing to become the Conservative party leader and next...

It appears almost certain that there will be another new housing minister named when a new Conservative leader - and thus...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

This article was originally written for City AM in response to an article it published attacking letting agents. See more here.  A...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

As 2018 ticks away and 2019 beckons, it’s time for everyone at Estate Agent Today to wish you, your family and...

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

A new book has revealed that one of the long line of recent housing ministers was known as “the invisible minister”...

Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what it feels like! The resignation of the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...

With the shelf life of recent housing ministers being on a par with football managers, it's perhaps little surprise that we're...

It may not be a good idea for a journalist to be personal about a politician, so I write about our...

A leading agency chief says the frequent churn of housing ministers means there is only one answer if our industry wants...

To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics would be something of an understatement. As I write, the Brexit...

James Brokenshire - yesterday appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government - joins the rank of senior politicians...

This week I carry out a question and answer session with one of the most high-profile names in property. Isobel Thomson has...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has blocked some of his Twitter followers, accusing them of “abusive language”.   Sharma has a relatively modest 9,169 followers...

Grant Shapps, housing minister between 2010 and 2012, has said the measures in the current government’s White Paper are not bold...

Now I’m not one to lose sleep over politicians, but it strikes me that Communities Secretary Sajid Javid and Housing Minister...

The Daily Mail has calculated which of the 13 housing ministers in office before this autumn has been the most successful,...

The industry is awaiting news of exactly who will become the new housing minister and whether the role will have cabinet...