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A recent appeal decision which allowed housing development on the Hertfordshire Green Belt highlights the need for greater flexibility on locational...

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

It’s tempting to think that Michael Gove’s proposed clampdown on Airbnb-style short lets is a uniquely British form of small-mindedness, part...

From medieval castles to Elizabethan manor houses, Georgian townhouses and Victorian terraces, the UK’s historic buildings are central to our country’s...

Landowners seeking to sell their land for development will have to adjust their expectations as the market, the planning system and...

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

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

I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...

As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...

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

Property searches are not showing up some new road schemes because they are classified by local councils as planning consent for...

Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...

The government is threatening to deny planning consent to developers who refuse to pay towards the removal of unsafe cladding on...

A pilot scheme has been announced to test ways of limiting second home ownership and reducing the impact additional properties have...

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...

There’s gathering momentum to do ‘something’ about the unfairness of council tax and stamp duty. This isn’t new in principle. Agents have...

Almost 77 per cent of people think the government must build more homes - but if that means reclassifying Green Belt...

A council cracking down on the increase of illegally positioned estate agent boards. Agents are required, under Planning and Highways legislation to...

A woman who bought a London house in 2012 is now suing the conveyancers that worked for her at the time...

Home owners in England will be entitled to add up to two storeys to the height of their home via a...

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...

Beleaguered estate agency group Countrywide has asked the government to give agents a business rates holiday. Measures announced in last week’s Budget...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

A new portal has been launched aiming to take on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket in the retirement property sector - and...

The head of a new property portal is urging agents to forget about spending money on For Sale and To Let...

A London council wants government backing for a borough-wide Section 7 direction - effectively banning all agents’ boards being erected without...

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...

A new digital platform has been set up in a bid to provide a one-stop-shop for self-build enthusiasts - and it...

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

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

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

A London council is considering a borough-wide ban on agents’ boards of all kinds. Labour-controlled Camden already has a ban for a...

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

A London council is seeking widespread powers to ban For Sale and To Let boards which it claims are seen by...

A new firm has launched in Surrey describing itself as “the premium hybrid estate agency” with an innovative presence on the...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

More than three quarters of developers want to see the government go into reverse on its stamp duty and mortgage interest...

Concern is growing over the stagnation in transactions in London generally and in prime central areas in particular. Consultancy JLL says there...

The government has set out 29 key points in its Housing White Paper.   Introducing it in the Commons this afternoon, Communities Secretery Sajid...

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...

The Adam Smith Institute, a right-wing think-tank, has blasted the campaigning charity Shelter over its allegations of land-banking by house builders in...

Forecasts are a tricky business. And as I wrote in a recent Industry Views opinion piece, any prediction in the current...

A solicitor has asked how the ban on the sale of new-build apartments and houses to holiday home buyers in a...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped into a dispute over a property listing which claimed a property was a two bedroom...

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...

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

Auction rooms across the UK are filled with people looking to buy property, from bargain hunters to seasoned investors, ensuring that...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

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

London agency Stirling Ackroyd says planning consents for new homes recovered from previous lows in the second quarter of the year,...

With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...

The news that Theresa May will be installed as Prime Minister tomorrow has immediately stabilished the share prices of estate agents...

The Conservatives on the council in Brighton and Hove have called for a ban on estate agents’ boards to be extended...

Foxtons has won planning consent for an office in the south London suburb of Peckham after another controversy involving opposition from...

Agents in a London borough have been warned that the local council now has new powers to fine the firms behind...

Who are you? Chris Coates What does it say on your business card? Chris Coates As a small team we don’t have a hang up...

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

In the latest twist in the story of Foxtons’ attempt to turn a pub into an agency office, squatters have moved...

The director of housebuilder Taylor Wimpey says “a 15 year property boom, with no bust, is more than a distinct possibility”...