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The new Labour government has committed to building 370,000 homes per year, but is it realistic? The housing crisis in the UK...

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

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

Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset class but more recently, residential property values have taken over....

Housing policy should focus on making better use of existing stock as well building more homes, a new report claims. A report...

The Government recently consulted upon a revised approach to local plans. Throughout the consultation document, frequent use is made of the...

The Government has published long-awaited reforms to its National Planning Policy Framework, confirming that local housebuilding targets will be advisory rather...

Paul Johnson, Head of Corporate Sales at Leaders Romans Group (LRG) Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset...

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

The Government has set out yet another attempt to meet it manifesto commitment to build 1m homes over this Parliament. Prime Minister...

MPs have cast doubt on the Government’s ability to achieve its target of 300,000 new homes per year by the mid-2020s...

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

More than a third of councils across England lack adequate plans to provide suitable housing for the ageing population, research claims. New...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove and minister Stuart Andrew are set to be grilled by MPs on their property market plans today. The...

House price growth may be slowing but there is still plenty of movement in the property jobs market. Here are some of...

The government last night revealed more details on its flagship Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill including letting local authorities double council...

The Queen’s Speech has unveiled proposed overhauls on planning, consumer and economic crime laws that could all have an effect on...

A leading planning consultancy has claimed that ‘the myth’ that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order...

Media reports over the weekend suggest the government is preparing a triple whammy - three measures which may reduce the number...

The vast majority of people want homes built as standard for all age groups - a contrary view to those in...

The two main political parties have squared up to each other over the issue of increasing council tax on second homes...

The Liberal Democrats have set a building target of 300,000 new homes a year, have pledged to scrap housing association Right...

An agency specialising in land and planning claims that campaigners in favour of maintaining the green belt must accept that some...

The government is telling councils to produce local plans for new homes in their area by 2017 – or Whitehall will...

Estate and letting agents and other figures in the property industry have been making their last-minute calls on Chancellor George Osborne...