It has certainly been a very busy week for news in the housing sector. Here, the first of a new series of...
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12 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A news conference today is expected to reveal more details of the governance scandal which has engulfed the Royal Institution of...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Sean Tompkins, is in talks to step down according to an...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...
14 November 2020
From: Features
Hello and welcome to our latest ADC, with more evidence that fund-raising goes on even with communal activity at a premium...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News
High end London agency Beauchamp Estates has been selected to join the Bank of England’s advisory panel of companies and senior directors, and to...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Two of Britain’s largest and best known estate agencies have endured a day of turmoil at the hands of investors -...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Talks are reported to have been held between Purplebricks leading shareholder, Neil Woodford, and the German publishing group Axel Springer about...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News
The sun has finally returned to ours skies and you’re on the lookout for a little bit of summer reading. As...
21 April 2018
From: Features
The magazine Property Week is reporting that Countrywide’s former chief executive Alison Platt, who quit her post this morning, will receive...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News
HouseSimple is reported to have secured £20m in growth capital which it says will help it “challenge Purplebricks as the UK’s...
20 December 2017
From: Breaking News
The government has poured cold water over industry speculation that Help To Buy could be phased out or significantly modified between...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News
The government is thought to be reviewing Help To Buy which, it is claimed, could end with the scheme being scrapped...
07 August 2017
From: Breaking News
Speculation is growing over whether figures to be released by Countrywide on Thursday may prompt another fall in the troubled company’s...
25 July 2017
From: Breaking News
Reports in the commercial property industry publication Property Week suggest there may be difficulties concerning the sale of Countrywide’s commercial operation,...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News
A well-informed industry article on the possible sale of Strutt & Parker to French bank BNP Paribas suggests that the deal,...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News
So, Property Week has announced its Property Awards shortlist for 2017. Looking at the entries for PropTech Company of the Year, I'm surprised...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Confusion surrounds the timing of the government’s eagerly-anticipated White Paper on housing. Respected property industry weekly magazine Estates Gazette has tweeted that...
12 January 2017
From: Breaking News
The almost non-stop series of tax changes affecting all aspects of the housing market in recent years looks set to continue...
21 October 2016
From: Breaking News
The government has revealed that its £2 billion accelerated construction fund will be used to guarantee housing schemes, including deals to...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News
There has been widespread scepticism from many within the industry that the government will miss its latest house building targets, despite...
04 October 2016
From: Breaking News
The industry publication Property Week says it has exclusively discovered that the government is preparing a housing market stimulus package to...
23 August 2016
From: Breaking News
An equities analyst has suggested that some of the most extreme warnings of housing market chaos after a Brexit vote came...
08 July 2016
From: Breaking News
Strutt & Parker won the UK Sales Agency of the Year award at the annual RESI Awards event, organised by Property...
13 May 2016
From: Breaking News
The developer of Battersea Power Station is holding back around 150 apartments in phase three of the landmark scheme. In an interview...
25 April 2016
From: Breaking News
easyProperty is reported to be in talks to raise around £5m to expand its services. Reports over the weekend, including one on...