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The Housing Scotland Bill must be changed to reflect reality. Following a recent report by the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) which...

While housing is a devolved matter, ESPC hopes that the promises made by Labour in the recent general election might help...

A political party is pledging that if elected it will make every home in the UK have an EPC rating of...

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

The Government’s controversial Renters (Reform) Bill has fallen victim to Rishi Sunak’s election announcement and has been shelved. The legislation – which...

Propertymark, the leading membership body for property agents has written to London Mayor candidates highlighting proposals to tackle the unique housing...

After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during May’s local election campaigning,...

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

After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during recent local election campaigning,...

It’s not a sentence that I thought I would be writing, but Housing Secretary Michael Gove has indeed finally done something...

It’s often fashionable to criticise trade bodies and official groups, but right now I think that’s absolutely inappropriate. In well over 20...

Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...

The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...

It appears almost certain that there will be limits imposed on the number and location of second homes in Wales, following...

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

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

Labour’s long-standing housing spokesman, John Healey, has been moved to become shadow defence secretary on the front bench of new leader...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

You don’t need to go far to find news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to...

A stridently anti-Labour estate agent has launched a stinging attack on the Opposition’s policies and has issued a stark warning of...

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

Recently a number of politicians and charities have been calling for the introduction of rent controls or rent freezes in the...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

If you want to know whether buy to let, landlords and letting agents will be in the firing line for more...

Like many of Labour’s recent policy proposals, its call for rent controls leaves more questions than answers.  There has been widespread criticism...

And so concludes another party conference season.  We’ve followed the great and the good (both terms are debatable) around Torbay, Bournemouth,...

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...

The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...

A suggestion that up to 50 per cent of new homes built in London should be affordable has come in for...

You might recall a collective sigh of relief emitted by stakeholders in the housing market and private rental sector back in...

I make no apologies for returning to Build To Rent, the institutional investment in building and managing blocks of flats to...

Labour’s low profile housing spokesperson during the coalition government Emma Reynolds has resigned from the opposition front bench in protest at...

Consider the scene. It is July 8th and new Chancellor, Ed Balls, stands at the Dispatch Box giving his first Budget...

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...

Given that I wrote my last article on the day of the General Election but well before the result was known,...

A little over four weeks ago I was here musing what impact the impending general election might have on the property...

So, a sigh of relief.  Most agents will be pleased with the election result - even if they are not Tory supporters...