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

So we’ve been sent the ‘Save The Date’ card - it’s July 4. Now all we need is the invitation to the...

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

We all know that first-time buyers have had a tough time of it lately. Mad mini-budgets resulting in higher interest rates...

The Government has taken the unusual step of intervening in the London Plan to boost housebuilding in the capital.   Housing Secretary Michael...

Chris Hemmings, Parter in Carter Jonas’ Planning & Development team We’re confident of a better start to 2024 than 2023. The news that...

The Government is facing calls to resurrect the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme. The housing support scheme, which provided a Government-backed...

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

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ex-Home Secretary Priti Patel had around three years in Government to sort out housing but...

A former adviser to Boris Johnson who is running to be the Tory candidate for London Mayor has promised to put...

Agents and property professionals have backed the creation of Investment Zones to help boost housebuilding but have called for more clarity...

Some people will say: What problem? But they are getting fewer as the detrimental effect of increasing numbers of short lets on...

Housing Secretary Greg Clark, who is also the Levelling Up Secretary, has been caught up in the storm surrounding Rishi Sunak...

A major new scheme worth half a million pounds is now underway in an effort to promote sustainable investment into housing,...

Kent-based agent Miles & Barr has opened its 13th office in the region and is celebrating by offering to sell local...

A leading online residential conveyancing firm has opened its new headquarters and apprenticeship academy in Wirral, Merseyside, to try and help...

At least 18 MPs have come out in favour of a new annual Proportional Property Tax which would be levied on...

The Mayor of London is demanding ministers take sanctioning Russian oligarchs seriously by moving immediately to seize assets that can then...

The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...

London mayor Sadiq Khan says he supports the seizure of property assets connected to the allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin.  The...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

There’s been some cynicism amongst the industry in response to new homes promises made by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in yesterday’s Budget. Sunak...

The new Mayor of London, to be decided in an election tomorrow, has just received a six point set of demands...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...

An estate agent has shut both branches of his business for safety reasons and wants tighter Coronavirus restrictions on the industry.  ITV...

London mayor Sadiq Khan is reported to be asking the Prime Minister to review the status of ‘essential retail’ which can...

A branch of London agency Foxtons has been targeted by a group of political agitators called Beyond Politics, which says it’s...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - accused by some of breaking the lockdown some weeks ago - is now in more hot...

There’s going to be a 35 per cent drop in the number of new homes delivered this year because of the...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

Agents have reacted angrily to the government contemplating introducing a Mansion Tax, and to the Housing Secretary not ruling out the...

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

A leading estate agent has urged others in the industry to follow his example and make local TV programmes to build...

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

There are many adjectives that can be applied to Boris Johnson, probably very few of them complimentary, but there’s one that...

There’s a clear change of mood music in the country now regarding environmental issues. You don’t need to be old to remember...

In recent years, governments and local councils have sought to change the private rented sector (PRS) to make it more appealing...

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

Recently a number of politicians and charities have been calling for the introduction of rent controls or rent freezes in the...

A leading figure in urban design is urging new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to stand up for the pioneering space standards...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

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

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your Monday catch-up on all the key appointments news in the industry. Please...

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

I hope you had another wonderful Bank Holiday weekend; only three weeks to hold on until the next one. Personally, it...

An estate agency accused of “taking the mickey” over the number of boards it has erected has fought back. The mayor of...

The recent ARLA Propertymark conference featured a hugely interesting line-up of speaks and session during a watershed time for the lettings...

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

A slew of bad news stories about online estate agencies may have taken the lustre off the sector in recent weeks,...

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

The former boss of Emoov, the controversial Russell Quirk, has resuscitated his career as a public relations man and pro-Brexit commentator. Just...

Labour says stamp duty receipts and other tax income from properties in the capital should go to the Mayor, Sadiq Kahn,...

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

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is stepping up the pressure on government to speed up the delivery of a new public register...

Chris Philp, a Conservative MP and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Chancellor Phillip Hammond, says 50 per cent of new homes in...

That the private rental sector has become the government’s whipping boy for housing problems - landlords in particular, letting agents almost...

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...

“I predict that within a few years, folks advertising properties for rent or to buy will start to show if their property is a...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s aim of creating a 24-hour city is one step closer with the appointment of London’s first Night...

London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan says some 270,000 homes in London have been granted planning permission but have not yet been...

It’s been another very busy week for the excellent fund-raising champions of our industry - and the good causes are encouraging...

Some of this week’s headlines - ‘Firms must list foreign workers’ and ‘NHS to no longer rely on foreign doctors’ -...

A campaign has been launched to make Bristol the colour capital of the UK by ensuring that more homes are painted...

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...

Running a business is not easy, but sometimes it becomes harder because we are expected to modify our behaviour due to...

The new mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged to do all in his power to help make London “better” after...

The latest price index from LSL Property Services suggests that the average home in Greater London has risen in price by...

The Motley Fool, a widely-read City investment column, says a Leave vote could result in a fall in housing market transaction...

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

Another agency has warned of the likely market slowdown caused by the June 23 EU referendum and political uncertainty over the...

Political and economic uncertainty caused by the upcoming EU referendum is beginning to hit the housing market according to two different...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the free market Centre for Policy Studies think tank says the proposals put forward by Labour’s London Mayor candidate...

Sadiq Khan, Zac Goldsmith or whoever else wins the London Mayor election this spring should have the power to levy stamp...

Kevin Hollinrake - the founder of Hunters estate agency and now Conservative MP for Thirsk, Malton & Filey - says he is...

A suggestion that up to 50 per cent of new homes built in London should be affordable has come in for...

Let Mid West Displays get your window in shape! Never underestimate the power of high street presence. Image is everything, and what...

Countrywide has taken the unusual step, for an estate agency group, of stepping into next year’s London mayoral election by setting...

It’s hard not to have been influenced by the Rugby World Cup over the past month and a half – while...

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

One of the candidates for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party says she wants pensioners to invest in bonds which...

David Lammy, one of six contenders for the Labour nomination for next year’s Mayor of London election, says he wants to...

Housing minister has Brandon Lewis has thrown his weight behind the right of foreign investors to purchase buy to let properties,...

Labour’s housing spokesperson on the London Assembly wants estate agents and mayor Boris Johnson to take money laundering in property more...

An MP has tabled an Early Day Motion calling on the Land Registry to require greater transparency for overseas company purchases...

The Financial Times says London Mayor and new Conservative MP Boris Johnson is lobbying the government in a bid to persuade...