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The Government may be silent so far on support schemes for first-time buyers but the UK’s largest lender now appears to...

One key point of difference in the parties’ housing policies during the recent general election campaign was that the Conservative Party...

At last! Well, they say small is beautiful and, if you’re in the property sector right now, you’d better believe it! The...

Shared ownership and alternative homebuying portal Share to Buy has doubled its team in the past six months, marking significant growth...

Women in London who are looking to get on the property ladder face significant challenges that prevent them from buying a...

With election day looming, in the first of a series of articles, experts from property services organisation, Leaders Romans Group, offer...

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

As the Budget approaches and the housing crisis intensifies, it is important to consider what the Chancellor could – and should...

In the current challenging market, housebuilders are increasingly looking for novel and engaging means of marketing to achieve the necessary supply/demand...

A Labour council has revealed that it’s bought 15 open market homes, beefed up  their energy efficiency and will use them...

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

Leaders Romans Group has relaunched its specialist shared ownership brand. Previously known as Leaders and Romans Shared Ownership, which has sold more...

Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has acquired Liberty Gate, a Nottingham-based residential lettings and sales business which operates one branch in Nottingham...

A company aiming to “disrupt the conventional homebuying space” has raised £8m in a Series A equity funding round. Wayhome offers a...

It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

Some top tips for saving for a deposit If you’re a first-time buyer - or even if you’re taking the next step...

A fifth of potential borrowers have had their mortgage application rejected over the past 12 months – hitting their hopes of...

One of the UK’s largest building societies is urging the government to provide more homebuying support as research warns of a...

In this guest feature, Ben Bailey, CCO at Even, a mortgage lender for first-time buyers launched this year, provides commentary on the end...

A portal that has historically focused on affordable housing and accessible rental listings is trailing a move into sales. MovingSoon, which provides...

Connells Midlands has launched a new Shared Ownership Hub to help deliver affordable housing in the region. It will provide an end-to-end...

The other day I read a story here on Estate Agent Today, which was both depressing and inspiring. It reported a study...

A group of mortgage advisers has proposed a range of reforms to reduce barriers to home ownership for first time buyers. The...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

A scheme to help people to get on the housing ladder in one of the UK’s most expensive local housing markets...

This is our first Property Jobs Today column of 2022 and it’s testimony to how busy our industry is right now...

It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t very high in the property and agency world, despite the potential...

Warwick Estates has revealed the most in-demand features for new-build buyers. The firm has analysed Rightmove data and found that those buying...

Estate agents are being urged to future-proof and diversify by linking with retirement developers via part-exchange services. Property investment service HBB Solutions...

Zoopla-owned Proptech platform Yourkeys has launched what it calls a first-of-its-kind sales progression service for new-build shared ownership properties. It works like...

A company says it’s gathering £500m in funding to purchase properties for a “gradual home ownership” scheme - a variation on...

A company says it will fund first time buyers’ bids to get on the property ladder by matching them with property...

The controversial demands of Trading Standards for more “material information” to be provided upfront in property details have been criticised by...

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

Hello and welcome to another working week, and the latest on jobs and staff movement across our industry. You can be part...

The government has issued an official note to detail the announcement made yesterday by Chancellor Rishi Sunak regarding stamp duty holiday...

New research of the buying habits of first-time buyers in the UK we’ve undertaken here at reallymoving.com shows that Shared Ownership...

The typical house move in 2019 turned out to be just nine miles - and large numbers of buyers moved within...

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

A former residential chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has posed key questions for the government to answer over...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

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,...

A London estate agency says a new scheme of apartments being launched for sale this weekend will be the first ever...

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

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

Who knows how long any housing minister will last, especially with a General Election widely expected in the coming months. So Esther...

It’s been quite a week for news so you might have missed this story - there is yet another boost for...

Estate agent turned Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake has provoked a furious response on social media by coming out in favour of...

There has been a sceptical response by agents and others in the property industry to the government’s latest headline-grabbing tweaks to...

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

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new Property Jobs Today column, bringing you the industry’s...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

Demand for shared ownership properties will rise by over 15,000 units a year when Help To Buy comes to an end...

A poster advertising shared ownership, promoting homes from a housing association, has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The poster, for...

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...

On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not what you could describe as ‘housing heavy’ in terms of the...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

Stamp duty relief for first time buyers of full-priced houses and apartments is to be extended to first time buyers of...

Hello and welcome to a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today, your weekly insight into the key moves within our industry. Everyone...

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the government’s move to ensure most future new-build houses are sold as freehold...

The vast majority of new-build houses are to be sold as freehold with ground rents for new leases capped at £10...

The Land & New Homes Network has announced a part exchange and assisted move collaboration with Relocation Agent Network in a...

100 years ago, 90% of the UK population rented a home. Today, that figure has flipped, and over two thirds are...

Given the level of resource and energy being put behind upping the number of first-time buyers in the UK, you might...

An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...

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,...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

In this week’s Natter I’m going to get all political. Don’t worry, I won’t be giving my opinions on Brexit, Trump...

Countrywide Surveying Services has been appointed by Virgin Money as its partner to support borrowers for new build, custom build and...

As the mainstream mortgage market braces itself for yet another clampdown on buy-to-let lending, a growing number of property investors are...

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

Forecasts are a tricky business. And as I wrote in a recent Industry Views opinion piece, any prediction in the current...

Labour’s long-awaited Redfern Review, set up a year ago after the party’s defeat in the general election, finally reports tomorrow. Although it...

The government says its latest release of figures from its various Help to Buy schemes show that over 185,000 people have...

More criticism has come of the government’s multi-faceted Help To Buy initiative, this time from campaigning housing charity Shelter. The charity claims...

I’m indebted to one of the most enthusiastic estate agents I’ve had the pleasure of meeting for suggesting the subject of...

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

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

The National Association of Estate Agents has given a cautious welcome to new government plans to expand shared ownership.  David Cameron has...

- From April 2016 buy to let landlords and people buying second or holiday homes will have to pay an additional...

George Osborne has announced a shock additional 3.0 per cent stamp duty on second homes and buy to let properties. Details are...

So this weekend some of us will see our first snow of the season. Harsh weather, Christmas adverts and winter generally...

A crowdfunding website has been set up with the aim of raising money to assist first time buyers purchase their homes. It...

London house prices rose year-on-year at a figure of more than 18% in 2014, with the Metropolitan area experiencing similarly huge...