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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...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has become the latest high-profile MP to announce he would step down ahead of July’s General Election. Gove...

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

As Conveyancers we operate in such a volatile market, where government economic policy can and has repeatedly made our professional lives...

There will be many of us working in the property sector who will have raised a glass and toasted seeing the...

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...

Right now, it feels like we are living in a housing market full of contradictions. Despite the best endeavours of Liz Truss,...

It is just over one year since former Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s ill-fated mini-Budget and homeowners and...

The process from a Local Plan allocation to a digger on site typically stretches beyond the length of a five-year political...

Alarm bells are ringing in the new build sales sector after figures have been released by a major house builder. Bellway says...

After yet another tumultuous week in the property market, many of those working sector will be breathing a huge sigh of...

Mortgage rates have officially broken the 6% barrier. Average rates for home loans are now back at the level that prompted the...

The chief executive of the Building Societies Association is warning that mortgage lending - already down on last year - is...

In his latest column, property commentator Jonathan Rolande, provides his take on the biggest stories from the past seven days.  For a long...

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...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will have a go at balancing the nation’s books today and the main thing agents seem to want...

Mortgage rates look likely to fall after Rishi Sunak’s appointment as Prime Minister but analysts are still unsure how far the...

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...

Recent political changes – and there have been quite a few in recent weeks – have brought about something of a...

Housing Secretary Simon Clarke has left Cabinet after Rishi Sunak officially entered Downing Street as Prime Minister this morning. Clarke cited his...

Property professionals are hoping for calmer markets after Rishi Sunak was confirmed as the new UK Prime Minister yesterday. Sunak won the...

Rishi Sunak has been confirmed as the new Conservative Party leader and will become the next UK Prime Minister. He will replace...

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

In a statement likely to rile plenty of estate agents, a proptech firm is suggesting aspiring homebuyers should wait until 2024...

I can’t really write about anything else this week, can I? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have...

Levelling Up and Housing Secretary Simon Clarke has given his backing for a return of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister. Clarke was...

Liz Truss became the shortest serving UK Prime Minister yesterday, resigning after just 45 days and prompting a new Conservative Party...

One of the stranger stories emerging from the fallout of Kwasi Kwarteng’s sacking last Friday has been news that someone in...

The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has reversed almost all of the tax cuts set out in Kwasi Kwarteng's disastrous mini-Budget three...

New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been described as a safe pair of hands who could limit the extent of a housing...

How did the housing market transform from incredibly strong - almost too strong - early in the year, to a situation...

In a dramatic, fast-moving day, the Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng was sacked ahead of a press conference by Liz Truss which reversed the...

As I watched Liz Truss take to the stage at this week’s Conservative Party conference, my eyes were drawn to the sign behind her. “Getting Britain...

Who would be in the shoes of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng? I don’t mean who would like their power, pay and...

There has been an understandable focus on things other than Government since the death of Queen Elizabeth was announced, but Prime...

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...

Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...

The latest housing minister has been revealed as the prospect of Stamp Duty reform returns to the property market. New ministerial appointments...

High street agents are eagerly anticipating a government announcement on support for business energy bills today. As with many businesses, estate agents...

The Bank of England is being urged by property professionals to avoid further interest rate hikes this week. The Bank’s Monetary Policy...

The current period of national solidarity over the death of Queen Elizabeth II has embraced the world of property as it...

Time is up for Boris Johnson's tenure as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, serving 3 years and 44...

New Prime Minister Liz Truss has been urged to consider a tax overhaul to boost property supply. There have been plenty of...

Prime London discounts are widening and tempting buyers but there are longer term economic risks that could hit the property market,...

Tackling the cost of utility bills has been highlighted as the top priority that new Prime Minister Liz Truss should focus...

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

First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...

Marcus Jones has left the housing brief. He was appointed as housing minister just two months ago in Boris Johnson’s reshuffle but appears...

New Housing Secretary Simon Clarke may be an unknown entity to many agents but he has a track record of supporting...

The results are finally in, and to no-one’s surprise Liz Truss has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party...

Home hunters are increasingly searching for eco-friendly homes amid concerns about rising energy bills, figures suggest. New data from Legal & General...

Simon Clarke has been confirmed as the new Housing Secretary in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Liz Truss this evening. He...

From housebuilding to planning laws and stamp duty reform, agents and property professionals were ready with plenty of suggestions for Liz...

New Prime Minister Liz Truss wasn’t the only person taking on a high-profile role yesterday. Guy Gittins has officially taken the helm at...

Jacob Rees-Mogg is reportedly being lined up as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities should Liz Truss win...

A property expert has claimed that it remains to be seen where housing will feature in the upcoming political agenda. Nicky Stevenson,...

Double-think, for those who have not read George Orwell, is when people are expected to accept two conflicting beliefs as truth,...

Interest rates made their biggest leap in 27 years yesterday, rising by 0.5% from 1.25% to 1.75%. It was the biggest...

A leading agent has claimed that the economic plans of Liz Truss, the frontrunner to be the country’s next Prime Minister,...

The cost-of-living crisis has been dominating the news headlines for some months now, but new research has revealed the extent to...

A quarter of agents have indicated they may prefer Rishi Sunak as the next Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister –...

The Tory leadership debates have covered everything from taxes to trans rights but industry executives have lamented the lack of focus...

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

The Tory leadership candidates have been urged to not forget about housing as the race to be the new Prime Minister...

The last week has been dramatic even by the standards of UK politics, with a Cabinet and junior minister rebellion bringing...

The outcome of the Ukraine crisis is far from certain, but one thing has become abundantly clear. The long-overdue Economic Crime...

If the UK and its allies have been played by Russia over the Ukraine ‘invasion’, and it’s beginning to look that...

Will he stay or will he go? You don’t need me to say who ‘he’ is - it’s the only story...

In a day of unexpected drama, Boris Johnson carried out a surprisingly brutal and widespread Cabinet reshuffle which saw a number...