The Liberal Democrat General Election manifesto has been published, promising more housebuilding, abolishing leasehold tenures and its own buyer support scheme. Its...
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Housebuilders have indicated that they would prefer a Labour government is formed after the next General Election. The latest Land Index and...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during May’s local election campaigning,...
13 January 2024
From: Features
Mortgage arrears and claims for repossession are on the rise as official data shows how much homeowners are still struggling in...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during recent local election campaigning,...
19 August 2023
From: Features
The hit to the economy from soaring mortgage rates will be equivalent to a 2p income tax hike, new analysis by...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Mortgage rates have officially broken the 6% barrier. Average rates for home loans are now back at the level that prompted the...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
MPs have urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to hold an emergency summit in Downing Street with banks and mortgage lenders to...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The Government is being urged to create a mortgage protection fund to support homeowners who are struggling with repayments. It comes as...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Momentum is building up in support of the government’s probe into whether the London homes of oligarchs on the sanctions list...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the founding partners of the well-known agency Slater, Hogg and Howison has died at the age of 76. It was...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The former leader of the Liberal Democrats is calling for a ban on family homes being used for holiday lets and...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...
01 May 2021
From: Features
An estate agency is being criticised for marketing properties as second homes in an area reportedly suffering a housing shortage. Local media...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Conferences, events and awards dinners are a hugely important part of the property calendar, bringing the great and the good of...
18 July 2020
From: Features
With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...
07 December 2019
From: Features
In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...
27 November 2019
From: Features
Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Pressure is building on the Conservative party to honour its previous commitment to reform stamp duty for British buyers and sellers...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News
It never rains but it pours. And that’s certainly been the case for the online estate agency sector in the last...
03 October 2019
From: Features
In recent years, governments and local councils have sought to change the private rented sector (PRS) to make it more appealing...
28 September 2019
From: Features
If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...
14 September 2019
From: Features
A Conservative council in London says it is to be the first local authority in the UK to levy a voluntary...
03 October 2017
From: Breaking News
In this week’s Natter I’m going to get all political. Don’t worry, I won’t be giving my opinions on Brexit, Trump...
02 September 2017
From: Features
You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August...
28 July 2017
From: Features
If a political party wants to run a country, it’s probably a good idea that it shows it can at least...
05 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...
03 June 2017
From: Features
Vigilant followers of the Liberal Democrats may have spotted a blog in the name of Mark Pack early yesterday morning, commenting...
31 May 2017
From: Breaking News
The Conservative and Labour party manifestos do not go far enough to tackle problems with the leasehold system. That’s the view of...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News
The Conservatives now say they are not resuscitating Home Information Packs, despite a suggestion by a prominent former minister that they "had...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News
The Liberal Democrats have set a building target of 300,000 new homes a year, have pledged to scrap housing association Right...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News
My apologies if this causes you to break your Easter egg with a little too much aggression, but I reckon the...
15 April 2017
From: Features
Speculation was rife over the weekend that the government would today announce major changes to housing policy - possibly shifting the...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Older readers may recall a terrific movie called Network where a character, disillusioned by life, shouts from a window: “I’m as...
29 July 2016
From: Features
Running a business is not easy, but sometimes it becomes harder because we are expected to modify our behaviour due to...
20 May 2016
From: Features
The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...
29 April 2016
From: Features
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron is claiming that the government’s flagship Starter Homes project could allow properties to be bought by...
29 February 2016
From: Breaking News
Young prospective buyers will be able to pay the equivalent of rent on a property which they then go on to...
31 July 2015
From: Breaking News
The government claims that over 36,000 new home owners have been created through Right to Buy since 2012. Figures released by the...
26 June 2015
From: Breaking News
One of London’s biggest property sales of the year so far completed a few weeks before last month’s election, despite fears at...
02 June 2015
From: Breaking News
After a night of remarkable election results, it looks likely that much of the residential property industry - which was strongly...
08 May 2015
From: Breaking News
There's bad news for Britain’s politicians who are using house-building targets as policy objectives in the election - over two thirds...
28 April 2015
From: Breaking News
With another hung parliament looking increasingly likely, the so-called ‘challenger parties’ look set to have a major say in who forms...