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When it comes to housing policy, the Conservative MPs have given their party a choice between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle DumDum. Rishi...
23 July 2022
From: Features
Housing minister Stuart Andrew has become the latest minister to resign from the government. More than 15 government ministers and officials have...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid sensationally quit as Chancellor and Health Secretary respectively this evening but Housing Secretary Michael Gove is...
05 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A London estate agent has broken ranks with much of the industry and instead of welcoming the stamp duty holiday has...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...
22 February 2020
From: Features
The government will not announce a Mansion Tax at next month’s Budget. It was first reported by the Sunday Telegraph a week ago,...
16 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Conservatives have been lining up to criticise a mansion tax which may be introduced on expensive homes to fund infrastructure improvements...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes according to a Sunday newspaper. The Telegraph - citing two...
08 February 2020
From: Breaking News
After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...
01 February 2020
From: Features
A survey of readers of Estate Agent Today suggest that the majority believe the Chancellor will fail to honour a pledge...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News
The new government has announced that its first Budget is to be held on Wednesday March 11 - and it’s giving...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...
27 November 2019
From: Features
Pressure is building on the Conservative party to honour its previous commitment to reform stamp duty for British buyers and sellers...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News
November 6 has been declared Budget Day - at least if there is a Brexit deal agreed in principle in the...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Briefings from the Conservative Party to The Sun newspaper suggest that the party will this week announce further relaxation in planning...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News
In recent years, governments and local councils have sought to change the private rented sector (PRS) to make it more appealing...
28 September 2019
From: Features
Stamp duty won’t take centre stage at the Conservative Party conference - that’ll be Brexit, quelle surprise. But if the government...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News
The Conservative Party conference agenda, now published, gives the housing issue several bites of the cherry in Manchester next week. Housing minister...
24 September 2019
From: Breaking News
If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...
14 September 2019
From: Features
Cluttons has downgraded its forecasts for the housing markets in London and the rest of the UK for the remainder of...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News
A London estate agency says one of its buyers wants to delay completion until November 1 “just in case stamp duty...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s leading estate agents is leading the calls on Chancellor Sajid Javid to sort out the government’s stamp...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News
If anyone thought a Boris Johnson government would be more decisive than Theresa May's when it came to housing policies, the last...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Housing minister Kit Malthouse appears to have some difficulty being taken seriously as a candidate for Conservative party leader and Prime...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News
In a surprising announcement overnight, housing minister Kit Malthouse says he is standing to become the Conservative party leader and next...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News
The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...
06 April 2019
From: Features
When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. The more...
26 January 2019
From: Features
The National Association of Estate Agents has met with other members of a high-level government board to look at ways of...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News
The government says it will be releasing details of its ideas to revamp redress systems concerning agents and new homes “in...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...
22 December 2018
From: Features
It seems a lifetime ago but in fact we’re approaching just the first anniversary since the government triggered its Call for...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News
It’s holiday time: schools have broken up, quite a few estate agents are taking time off, and the MPs are in...
28 July 2018
From: Features
To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics would be something of an understatement. As I write, the Brexit...
23 June 2018
From: Features
Estate Agent Today understands several major national agencies and some smaller operators are involved in a project to understand why transaction...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News
A leasehold reform campaigner has called on the government to ensure it publishes its report on leasehold reform before the summer recess at...
04 May 2018
From: Breaking News
One of the three official redress bodies serving the estate and lettings agency industry has conducted a survey of complaints across...
02 May 2018
From: Breaking News
James Brokenshire - yesterday appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government - joins the rank of senior politicians...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News
The game of musical chairs that has so often gone on with politicians in charge of housing continues today with the...
30 April 2018
From: Breaking News
As the estate agency business in England moves towards being more robust with professional qualifications and higher standards being introduced, there...
17 April 2018
From: Sponsored Content
The Conveyancing Association has backed the government’s calls for extensive reform of the buying and selling process, announced at the weekend. The...
12 April 2018
From: Breaking News
The government has announced further measures which will, in its words, “professionalise” house buying and the estate agency business. In yet another Sunday...
08 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Have you noticed a new turf war going on on the fringes of the agency world? It’s not a high-profile battle like...
17 March 2018
From: Features
An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News
The government has launched a surprise consultation on the creation of a new redress system for customers of agents and others...
18 February 2018
From: Breaking News
One of the three government-approved redress schemes for estate and letting agents says it’s quitting the sector this year - but...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News
A new national housing agency – Homes England – has been launched by the newly-rebadged Ministry of Housing Communities and Local...
12 January 2018
From: Breaking News
There has been general surprise at the appointment of legal expert and outspoken Brexiteer Dominic Raab to the post of housing...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News
In a surprise announcement this lunchtime, Dominic Raab has been appointed as housing minister. Raab, the 16th housing minister in the past...
09 January 2018
From: Breaking News
New housing minister Sajid Javid says the subtle change of name for his department and his own job “reflects this government’s renewed...
09 January 2018
From: Breaking News
The Department of Communities and Local Government has been rebadged as the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government in what...
08 January 2018
From: Breaking News
A specialist leasehold enfranchisement firm has branded government leasehold reforms as "incredibly weak". In an announcement lost in the noise following Damian Green’s sacking,...
22 December 2017
From: Breaking News
Outspoken estate agent Chris Wood has criticised the Advertising Standards Authority for its succession of ‘informally resolved’ judgements on complaints against...
07 December 2017
From: Breaking News
The government says it is going to look at “bold options” to improve consumer redress across all aspects of housing -...
30 November 2017
From: Breaking News
The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday. Despite...
18 November 2017
From: Features
Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, has launched a consultation on proposals to reform the house buying...
28 October 2017
From: Features
The government should take a close look at gazundering as well as gazumping in its review of the house sales process,...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News
The government has launched a consultation this weekend calling for evidence on how to make the home buying process “cheaper, faster...
22 October 2017
From: Breaking News
Another week, yet more consultations - the agency industry can’t complain about not being asked for its views recently. The latest were on...
21 October 2017
From: Features
Employers and government should introduce auto-enrolment of monthly salaries to allow people aged 18 to 40 to save for deposits on...
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News
It has been revealed that the beleaguered government of Theresa May is to hold a summit at 10 Downing Street tomorrow...
16 October 2017
From: Breaking News
The government says it wants to ban “unfair” leasehold charges imposed on buyers of new-build homes in England. Under the measure, subject to...
25 July 2017
From: Breaking News
Anyone hoping that the General Election could herald an immediate change of heart by the Conservatives on high levels of stamp...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News
We’re almost nine months on from the EU Referendum and yet the issue remains the big divide across the nation: an...
18 March 2017
From: Features
If you work in lettings, I’ll already have a pretty good idea on how you feel about the current Conservative Government. The...
11 February 2017
From: Features
The government has set out 29 key points in its Housing White Paper. Introducing it in the Commons this afternoon, Communities Secretery Sajid...
07 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
Now I’m not one to lose sleep over politicians, but it strikes me that Communities Secretary Sajid Javid and Housing Minister...
07 January 2017
From: Features
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 government has signalled that it is going to publish a housing White Paper later this year with “significant measures” to...