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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...

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

There’s been a significant rise in the number of so-called Suspicious Activity Reports concerning money laundering and the agency industry. Suspicious Activity...

Connells Group has boosted its affordable housing offering after appoint Roy Hind as a director. Hind has been named affordable housing director...

Last week the Government published new housing data which has largely gone unreported.  The vacuum was probably linked to the Budget, and...

There are often very grim snapshots of the current property crisis.  But one of the most shocking I’ve read in a long...

The news in September that Birmingham City Council (‘Europe’s largest local authority’) had been forced to issue a Section 114 notice...

It may be a measure of the government’s incompetence in the area of housing that two recent major announcements were sorely...

The United Kingdom stands on the precipice of a historic overhaul in property ownership. With the King's speech unveiling the anticipated...

When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...

CoStar has defended its operations after a third open letter from OnTheMarket critic Brett Stone attempted to derail the US property...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Landlords considering selling up are being urged to lease their homes to a trust catering for homeless people instead. With fears that...

A recent poll of 11,000 private renters by SpareRooom reveals that 81% spend more than 30% of their take-home pay on...

Tackling economic crime is part of the day job for estate agents. But how can the latest digital ID tools help...

Two all-party groups of MPs and Peers have called on the government to act to turn empty buildings into good quality,...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill was finally introduced in Parliament in May, but is it really good news for tenants? Several...

You don’t need me to tell you that buy to let has had a torrid time of it lately. For agents trying...

House prices fell for the fourth consecutive month in December, the worst run since 2008, according to Nationwide. The lender’s final House...

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

The cost-of-living crisis has been dominating the news headlines for some months now, but new research has revealed the extent to...

The current challenges facing the conveyancing sector have put the industry in the spotlight. Here, property expert Colum Smith, Chief Vision...

Agents and property professionals are travelling far and wide to raise money for charity, plus there is a new way to...

Data reforms announced in the Queen’s Speech earlier this month could speed-up property sales, an anti-money laundering (AML) expert claims. While property...

Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are due to be held on 5 May and agents are hoping that housing remains...

PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...

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

Buying agency Middleton Advisors has made a commitment to go carbon neutral - and its method may be a template for...

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

We’ve probably all learned to be a little less cynical about politicians in recent weeks, given the tragic events. We perhaps...

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

Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...

New data shows the strongest quarter for new build home registrations since 2007.  According to NHBC, the new home warranty and insurance...

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and strategist Sir Lynton Crosby - the architect of many Conservative election campaigns -...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

Propertymark has named two new non-executive directors described as having “a wealth of knowledge and independence.” A statement says their appointments “will expand...

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

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

Covid-19 has caused the number of new homes registered by UK house builders to fall 23 per cent in 2020. The NHBC...

A new thought-provoking five-part video series is launching to the industry today. ‘Simon says…’ is being hosted by Property Tribes with...

A senior figure in the industry has spoken out against the shock sackings and branch closures announced by Spicerhaart. Jon Cooke, chief...

Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...

The proportion of 25 to 34 year olds who own their own home in England has risen for the first time...

New figures released this morning by the National House Building Council show the number of new homes registered to be built...

A trade body has sharply criticised HM Land Registry for its slow progress on digitising local searches after a promising start...

There’s no doubt that we live in politically charged times and every day appears to bring something new to the ‘party’. For...

The number of new homes registered to be built in the UK during July was nine per cent lower than a...

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...

The National Association of Estate Agents has met with other members of a high-level government board to look at ways of...

Emoov’s founder Russell Quirk has outlined how he would help Britain get out of its current housing crisis to a Labour...

In what is regarded as his most important speech since becoming housing minister, Dominic Raab has told a conference that it...

An umbrella body representing search organisations says searches “are very rarely the cause of delays” in transactions. The Council of Property Search...

The Home Office has announced a new division to tackle fraud issues, including money laundering. A new national economic crime centre within...

A conveyancing body says it wants the government to allocate “a small fund” in next week’s Budget to promote research into...

Conveyancers and the speed of local council searches have come in for criticism as details have emerged of the government’s consultation...

Since the seventies, housing starts and completions across England and Wales have been on a downward trajectory. The long run average...

The number of new homes built in London will reach record levels in 2017, according to high-end agency Savills - but...

There's bad news for the government in the form of house building targets on the eve of its long-awaited Housing White...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...

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

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

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

The government is reported to have yet again delayed a decision on whether to privatise the Land Registry. The Financial Times says...

Here are the top letting agents in Britain who go above and beyond to help their customers, as voted for by...

What are we going to do about Generation Rent? Only as recently as February 2016 did tenants steal the headline away...

A body that regulates property searches has criticised some councils for providing “very poor service” which delays transactions. The Property Codes Compliance...

In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...

Scotland’s home building industry says at least 100,000 homes of all tenures are needed by the end of the next Scottish...

On Wednesday 21st October future and reality will collide. Back to the Future’s Marty McFly will arrive in the DeLorean to...

If there’s one thing that looks like a good move right now, it’s becoming a letting agent.  Whereas some years ago we...

So housing made itself top of the list of questions by the new Leader of the Opposition’s first PMQs on Wednesday...

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

Estate and letting agents and other figures in the property industry have been making their last-minute calls on Chancellor George Osborne...