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One key point of difference in the parties’ housing policies during the recent general election campaign was that the Conservative Party...

You have to wonder who is advising Rishi Sunak these days. Months ago, Silverstone must have seemed a terrific venue to hold...

The Liberal Democrat General Election manifesto has been published, promising more housebuilding, abolishing leasehold tenures and its own buyer support scheme. Its...

Stamp Duty reform and first-time buyer support tops the list of what Foxtons would like to see from the next Government. The...

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

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

Propertymark, the leading membership body for property agents has written to London Mayor candidates highlighting proposals to tackle the unique housing...

And suddenly it’s autumn. It’s just six weeks before the clocks change, days are getting shorter and - the real sign...

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

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

And…breathe. For a while back there, the only certainty for the housing market was uncertainty. That isn’t to say the election of Rishi...

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

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...

Labour is to reveal a raft of new housing policies at its party conference this weekend - and it claims it’s...

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

Despite still being in the transition period after leaving the EU on January 31, we are seeing an upturn in the...

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

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...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...

A report by the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs has been highly sceptical of the effectiveness of Help To Buy. It...

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

If anyone thought a Boris Johnson government would be more decisive than Theresa May's when it came to housing policies, the last...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

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

One of London’s highest profile and most outspoken estate agent chiefs has scolded ‘Maybot’ Theresa May on the day she is to...

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond.   From today,...

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

And so concludes another party conference season.  We’ve followed the great and the good (both terms are debatable) around Torbay, Bournemouth,...

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

A regional estate agency has urged the Government and the new housing minister to implement the policies outlined in the housing...

The housing industry has responded with shock, joy, and jitters, after Theresa May’s snap general election went catastrophically wrong, leaving her...

British homeowners have the most confidence in the Conservative Party to run the nation's housing market. A survey of almost 4,500 homeowners,...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

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

The government's most publicised measure of housebuilding excludes around a fifth of all new build completions each year, according to a...

The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...

So this weekend some of us will see our first snow of the season. Harsh weather, Christmas adverts and winter generally...

Labour’s newly-elected candidate for next year’s London mayoral election says he will name and shame rogue landlords and create a public...

Controversial housing charity Shelter has published a report which claims that the government's Starter Homes scheme will fail the people it...

There is a very interesting but easily-overlooked piece of information at the end of the National Trading Standards Estate Agent Team’s...

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on the housing...

Now that the General Election results have been counted and verified, and now that a new parliament has been sworn in,...

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on the housing...

Demand for property is at the lowest level it has been since March 2014, according to the National Association of Estate...