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Leaseholders in lower-rise blocks of flats will not have to take out loans to remove dangerous cladding under new government rules...

A petition calling on the government to set up an independent enquiry into the cladding crisis has reached a key 10,000...

Media reports over the weekend suggest the government is preparing a triple whammy - three measures which may reduce the number...

Proposals to resuscitate the self-build housing sector have been welcomed by the government. Conservative MP Richard Bacon has published an independent report...

Over 55,000 households bought homes through the government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme in the past financial year - a...

The number of Energy Performance Certificates issued for new build homes in England rose 16 per cent in the year to...

Propertymark has welcomed the move by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to help make certain leasehold flats more attractive to would-be buyers...

Agents are to be told this week that employees can drop face masks, social distancing and other workplace measures put in...

Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has revealed that what it calls its “second HQ” will be in Wolverhampton,...

Over 300,000 new-builds in England have been purchased using the government's Help to Buy Equity Loan since its launch in 2013. Of the...

The government has set up a committee to push forward ideas on the collective form of homeownership known as commonhold. Housing Secretary...

The government has launched a formal consultation process on a new residential property developer tax which is to contribute towards cladding...

Two of Britain’s largest house builders have reacted sharply to calls by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and the Competition and Markets...

The government has given details of two new taxes to provide funds to address the cladding problem on high rise tower blocks...

Agents and a wide range of property experts have demanded yet more government funds to end the cladding crisis that is...

An online petition has been started by an independent estate agent seeking a radical overhaul of how homes are sold in...

Safety checks which are apparently now preventing thousands of owners selling flats are to be eased - but there is confusion...

There’s one key takeaway for agents from the weekend’s announcements on the next England-wide lockdown - the housing market is staying...

The Times has revealed new allegations concerning the behaviour of Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick. The Cabinet member has been under the spotlight...

Controversial Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, tipped by some for sacking when the Cabinet is reshuffled next month, appears to be confident...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed that the First Homes scheme will provide newly built homes at a 30 per cent...

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

The recommendations to regulate and train the estate agency industry put forward a year ago remain on the Housing Secretary’s desk...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - currently at the centre of a planning controversy - could be sacked in a September Cabinet reshuffle. The...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has now been named in media investigations into allegations concerning his political boss, Robert Jenrick, and the...

Beleaguered Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is under growing pressure to explain his part in a planning decision - now deemed illegal...

The government is extending the eviction ban for a further two months. A tweet early this evening from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

The Metropolitan Police says it’s “assessing” the controversial surrounding the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, and a planning decision over which he...

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

Housing Minister Chris Pincher and Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick stayed well clear of the Dominic Cummings row over the weekend -...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is expected to announce tomorrow that the housing market in England can resume with estate and letting...

Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...

Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...

The government has - once again - announced the introduction of a New Homes Ombudsman.  The news came yesterday when Housing Secretary...

Unsourced stories in a number of newspapers over the weekend - all likely to have come from government off-the-record briefings -...

The government has announced its First Homes scheme - a policy under which it says some new homes will see their...

The chair of the working group introducing mandatory examinations and qualifications for estate and letting agents says senior politicians will meet...

He’s a young and very wealthy up-and-coming MP in his 30s, a Cambridge graduate who also studied in the US and...

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...

The Conservative Party conference agenda, now published, gives the housing issue several bites of the cherry in Manchester next week. Housing minister...

The Housing Secretary says he wants to make home ownership more affordable for first time buyers - which could mean discounts...

Esther McVey is to be the new housing minister - one of the most seasoned politicians to take the job in...

The new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government is the relatively unknown Robert Jenrick -  but his new housing...