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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...

HSBC UK has joined forces with the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) to help improve the homebuying process through the sharing...

Price premiums on waterside properties are at their lowest in five years, according to Jackson-Stops’ annual Waterside Review.  While waterside homes in...

Some 74% of developers believe that the government setting targets for councils would be the key to unlocking planning issues faced...

Complete guidance on Material Information parts A, B and C has been live in the property industry since last November. While...

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

New research reveals nearly half a million homes could be built across London on land that currently lies derelict amid a...

You don’t have to be a mind-reader to believe there will be a large majority Labour government by the end of...

If you want to hear of a tale for our industry’s times - featuring housing shortages, planning disputes, rampant  inflation and...

Both 'beauty' and ‘gentle density’ are central themes of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).. The notes which accompany the NPPF state...

Vendors could end up spending hundreds of pounds more when selling their home due to Trading Standards material information rules guidance,...

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

Potential self-builders are struggling to find suitable plots and many are planning to turn to estate agents for support. A survey by...

A new upfront information provider has launched, promising to shorten the homebuying and conveyancing process. Home Sale Pack has said it will...

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

The supply of new homes could reach the lowest level since 2014, builders have warned. It comes as the Government is due...

Long-awaited guidance on material information in property listings was revealed yesterday but policing of the rules won’t be any different, it...

There has been much barn conversion activity in recent years perhaps as a result of the change in farming methods making...

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

Why professional indemnity claims are on the rise In today's volatile economic landscape, the uncertainty faced by landlords and tenants has reached...

Adding value to a home can be the difference between a quick, successful sale and waiting months for the right person...

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

The net housing supply in England could be set to fall to decade lows, builders have warned. New analysis by the Home...

The Government’s First Homes Scheme is set to be the first state-backed initiative to use digital property logbooks. It comes after a...

Sustainability has become a watch word for businesses the world over but there’s one element of this equation that is too...

An award-winning charity will cut the cost of homeownership in Wigan by up to £10,000, by offering buyers the chance to...

The competition watchdog is set to shine a spotlight on property, with investigations into the housebuilding market and a separate project...

A plethora of property professionals are ending the year with new jobs. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

Energy efficiency will become key considerations for buyers next year while those with cash will be preferred purchasers, Jackson-Stops has predicted. The...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

Time is up for Boris Johnson's tenure as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, serving 3 years and 44...

As Britain’s housing boom continues,  SDL Property Auctions has warned of ten ways new homeowners could be fined up to £5,000...

The government has launched a new equity loan scheme for the self-build market. The Help to Build scheme aims to help thousands...

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

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...

Data, when used to its full potential, holds the key to the property market’s growth. The reason for this is the...

Planning delays, labour shortages and the surging price of building materials are combining to sharply cut the number of new homes...

The government should reset planning policy and scrap proposals for thousands of new homes in high-risk flood areas. The think-tank Localis, in...

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

Labour is to reveal a raft of new housing policies at its party conference this weekend - and it claims it’s...

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

The government has been warned that its much-talked about levelling up agenda is ‘doomed to fail’ without major reform of the...

The government has thrown its weight behind the concept of Unique Property Reference Numbers as a way of speeding up transactions. UPRNs...

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

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

A new property board game called Gazumped aims to rival Monopoly but reflect a much more realistic view of how the house...

Two property directors have been banned from holding company office for a total of 25 years after abusing £7.7m taken from...

Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...

An agency has changed a property listing on its website following an intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. The agency was Campbell...

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...

A mortgage lender says it will now accept ‘no-search indemnity insurance’ for residential purchases in a bid to speed up the...

Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...

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

Propertymark is calling in the government for agents to be trained in the use of software operating the Unique Property Reference...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

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

A Labour council in London has come out against the government’s plan to offer 30 per cent discounts to first time...

Another body is calling for a stamp duty holiday to help resuscitate the housing market following the Coronavirus standstill. The Royal Institute...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

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

Housing Minister Esther McVey has launched an expert advisory council that the government says is “dedicated to the digital transformation of...

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

The Nationwide building society is to go into house building. It has received planning permission to build 239 new homes for sale...

Sharp-witted marketing advisers for Marsh & Parsons have done it again with a clever poster and social media campaign to mark...

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

The seemingly-endless debate surrounding Brexit may be punishing for estate agents in London in particular but one, at least, is making...

Communities have missed out on more than 10,000 affordable homes in the past three years as a result of government rules...

Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home buying process and improvement could be far quicker than any efforts...

An online auction platform which works with estate agents says this method of selling homes works, with four sales in one...

Wary buyers reluctant to risk buying a premium-priced property in the volatile prime central London market are adopting a perhaps-surprising tactic...

Savills has suggested that it may be time for a fundamental review of what’s left of the flagship policy of Margaret...

One day, I’ll sit down to write for Estate Agent Today and I won’t express my dismay at the lack of...

Another Budget, another pledge of new house building: it appears from statements made over the weekend by Chancellor Phillip Hammond that...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

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

It has emerged that global property firm Savills won a case in the Court of Appeal, entitling them to claim an...

What does it say on your business card? Christopher Merriman, Land and Planning Director at Intro Crowd Who are Intro Crowd? Intro...

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

No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...

Countrywide has amended the website of one of its estate agency brands after an intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. The ASA...

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...

Conveyancing is the most complained about area of law in England and Wales – accounting, on average, for nearly a quarter...

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

Andrews Property Group has announced several acquisitions which have strengthened its operations across London and the South West. The firm, which recently...

What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...

Summer finally arrived, the transport system (as always) went into meltdown, everyone complained that it was too hot and the sun...

A housing body says that, rather than presiding over a worsening housing crisis as many suggest, David Cameron has actually left...

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

The National Association of Estate Agents and Association of Residential Letting Agents say that although there are no conclusive ‘leave’ or...

As we all know, Peter Redfern is critical to the future of the British housing market and.... What? Wait? You don’t know...

The Legal Ombudsman has published new guidance for first time buyers as a result of conveyancing problems topping the list of...

A six bed farmhouse in Consett, County Durham has been named the most viewed property in 2015 by Zoopla.  The home that...

The French government has taken billionaire Foxtons founder Jon Hunt to the High Court over his attempt to dig a so-called...

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

Estate agents have given an enthusiastic endorsement to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposals to help boost housing building totals through changes to...

A proposed Foxtons branch in Elephant and Castle has been criticised by a local councillor as the campaign against it begins...

A 250-year-old pub in Elephant and Castle looks set to become Foxtons’ latest branch.  The pub, named The Elephant & Castle, closed...

An estate agency that has been operating in a historic pub in St. John’s Wood has been ordered to vacate by...