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A recent announcement by housing giants Persimmon has been heralded as a welcome boost to the property sector. In a trading update they...

Property market conditions in the new-build sector are likely to remain subdued this year. Persimmon has claimed. An outlook in the house...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into the UK’s largest housebuilders as it warns of “fundamental concerns”...

An estate agency with a major new homes department claims new build sales are proving more resilient than the mainstream market. Leaders...

London estate agency Chestertons has made another senior appointment for its growing New Homes division. Henry O’Neill, former New Homes Director at...

Higher mortgage rates and the end of Help to Buy has had a “sharp impact” on sales rates, Persimmon has warned. A...

Housebuilder Persimmon has signed a multi-year software contract with Zoopla. It follows the launch of Zoopla for Housebuilders in July, a new...

Buyers are facing hesitant sellers and a continuing shortage of properties, Chestertons claims. The agency reported that the number of property viewings...

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeh­olds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...

House and apartment sales are still being hit by confusion and worry over ground rents on existing second-hand leasehold properties. This is...

A probe by the Competition and Markets Authority has led housebuilder Taylor Wimpey to make changes for the benefit of leaseholders.  Taylor...

The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) has become the latest body to welcome the decision by Countryside Properties to scrap the requirement to pay...

In what will be seen as the latest win for leaseholders across the UK, it’s been revealed that – following action...

NAEA Propertymark says the news that two major players in the leasehold sector have reformed their activities must be just the...

The Competition and Markets Authority has struck a deal with house builders over leasehold abuses. Aviva has committed to remove certain terms...

Two of Britain’s largest house builders have reacted sharply to calls by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and the Competition and Markets...

The Competition and Markets Authority has written to two top house builders ordering them to change their leasehold terms. In September the...

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...

The Competition and Markets Authority is today opening enforcement cases focusing on the sale of leasehold homes by four leading housebuilders. They...

The tussle for New Build listings between Zoopla and OnTheMarket has swung in favour of the former this morning with the...

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...

The competition is hotting up between Zoopla and OnTheMarket for new homes listings. Today Zoopla has revealed that it has seen a...

It’s been quite a week for news so you might have missed this story - there is yet another boost for...

Is this the ultimate in accountability or a desperate bid to win back public support for a company damaged by the...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

The row over whether Help To Buy benefits house builders’ personal wealth more than it assists the housing market is continuing...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...

While even agents of the calibre of Savills struggle in today’s market - see the agency’s figures here - it’s a...

Hello and welcome to our latest edition of Property Jobs Today, a weekly run-through of the key job moves within our...

An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...

The business editor of right-wing political weekly The Spectator has made an attempt to defend the controversial £109m bonus paid to...

The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...

Now I’m not one to lose sleep over politicians, but it strikes me that Communities Secretary Sajid Javid and Housing Minister...

There’s no need to worry but...er....there are only three weeks to go until Christmas. With traditional feelings of goodwill at this time...

The latest round of complaints made to the Advertising Standards Authority against property firms’ ads have once again ended only with...

The see-saw of conflcting post-Brexit indicators is continuing with figures from house builder Persimmon suggesting a strong housing market - contradicting...

Older readers may recall a terrific movie called Network where a character, disillusioned by life, shouts from a window: “I’m as...

It has been revealed that the new housing minister, Gavin Barwell, appears to be campaigning to oppose a new housing scheme...

Who are you?  Chris Rundle, What does it say on your business card? Managing Director of GK Signs.  How long has GK Signs...

It’s rare for an incumbent to pivot to a disruptive business model, even in the face of compelling logic that they...

An unusual story of hard-to-sell homes has emerged from Northumberland where a kind of new town, established in the 1960s, is...