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Like a breath of fresh air, we now have a government that actually appears to be governing. OK, it’s only 10 days...

The debate over the Green Belt, and the newly branded ‘grey belt’, has made the headlines a lot recently and will...

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

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC)  was this week due to conclude its consultation on proposed changes to...

Twenty-minute neighbourhoods, 15-minute cities, low traffic neighbourhoods, walkable neighbourhoods: these concepts are suddenly everywhere. They boil down to a simple idea:...

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...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

Last weekend, Nat Daniels' latest Property Natter column focused on the average day in the life of a conveyancer. In this feature,...

It’s been a dramatic week in the world of politics – and this has led to another new Housing Secretary, in...

For many, the funeral of HRH Prince Philip will be a solemn affair, while for some it will also be a...

Just a week ago, I thought it was all over. Christmas and New Year had gone, as had the passionate calls...

Two independent agencies in London have joined forces to form a 'full circle' service for developers, promising to transform the property...

“There won’t be a single home but millions of different homes”, is one quote.  “There will be an end to gadgets”, is...

There’s been a mixed response to the government’s surprise announcement that it would make permanent the right of home owners to...

It’s no secret that the UK’s housing sector is in crisis. Headlines scream about the shortage of new-build homes. TV pundits...

Savills has this morning talked up its investment in onliner Yopa, which it claims is the sixth largest estate agency in...

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...

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

A London council is seeking to impose an average £8,000 fee for securing planning consent on a below-ground extension - already...

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

The Town and Country Planning Association has plunged itself into the debate over Britain’s housing, saying that younger people unable to...

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

There has been a mixed response from the agency world to David Cameron's pledge to reform planning, promise that 200,000 new...

Another 1.4m homes could be built across London if councils make better use of land and if local authority planners allowed...