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The new Labour government has committed to building 370,000 homes per year, but is it realistic? The housing crisis in the UK...

Some 74% of developers believe that the government setting targets for councils would be the key to unlocking planning issues faced...

We welcome the thrust of the Deputy Prime Minister’s announcement this week on planning reform.  In particular, we support the return of...

SINCE the new Labour government was elected in early July, one phrase has been circulating more than any – grey belt....

Throughout the general election campaign, the Green Belt was central to the debate about the housing crisis. The new Labour government...

All councils in England will be given new, mandatory housebuilding targets under planning reforms unveiled by the Government yesterday. Deputy Prime Minister...

A recent appeal decision which allowed housing development on the Hertfordshire Green Belt highlights the need for greater flexibility on locational...

The Chancellor’s plans to ‘get Britain building again’ are very significant for the property sector and property investment, specifically.  The plans...

The new Labour Government will set out its legislative agenda today with the King’s Speech set to reveal its policy priorities. Agents...

Reforms to the UK’s planning system must move from a one size fits all approach to boost development, the Government has...

You have to wonder who is advising Rishi Sunak these days. Months ago, Silverstone must have seemed a terrific venue to hold...

New research reveals nearly half a million homes could be built across London on land that currently lies derelict amid a...

There’s been a broadly warm response from much of the property industry to Labour’s manifesto, but a call for more detail...

You may not have realised, but yesterday, the new government’s housing policy was agreed. No, I’m not talking about the new ‘Freedom...

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

Hopes of an interest rate cut have been raised after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggested the UK economy is recovering faster...

The Labour Party has committed to building 1.5m new homes across the country over the next parliament. Shadow Housing Secretary Angela Rayner...

There’s a very important first step that needs to be taken in resolving the housing crisis: we need a greater understanding...

You don’t have to be a mind-reader to believe there will be a large majority Labour government by the end of...

There’s been broad support from within the agency and wider property sectors for Labour’s proposal to build on selected parts of...

Keir Starmer set out Labour’s policy for housebuilding this week and targeted ‘ugly’ parts of the Green Belt. It will be a...

Both 'beauty' and ‘gentle density’ are central themes of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).. The notes which accompany the NPPF state...

Housebuilders have indicated that they would prefer a Labour government is formed after the next General Election. The latest Land Index and...

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

The debate over the Green Belt, and the newly branded ‘grey belt’, has made the headlines a lot recently and will...

Landowners seeking to sell their land for development will have to adjust their expectations as the market, the planning system and...

More families need a home they can call their own, the Housing Secretary Michael Gove has claimed. Speaking at the Tory Party...

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

Keir Starmer’s announcement about building on the Green Belt attracted some contentious headlines. It immediately thrust housing and planning into the...

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

The process from a Local Plan allocation to a digger on site typically stretches beyond the length of a five-year political...

It has been another busy week in the property sector.  In his latest column, property commentator Jonathan Rolande, provides his take on...

Labour leader Keir Starmer took to the airwaves yesterday, promising to "back the builders not blockers" when it comes to homeownership. Speaking...

Happy New Year, to you all. Now that we’re all back in harness and Christmas feels like a long-distant memory, I...

Rishi Sunak may have been Prime Minister for under a week but he has already received the Full Fact treatment. Speaking at...

And…breathe. For a while back there, the only certainty for the housing market was uncertainty. That isn’t to say the election of Rishi...

There’s talk of 50-year mortgages being introduced, loans that, along with the property they finance, could be passed to the next...

Almost 77 per cent of people think the government must build more homes - but if that means reclassifying Green Belt...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

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

Briefings from the Conservative Party to The Sun newspaper suggest that the party will this week announce further relaxation in planning...

It’s bizarre but true (apparently). London’s golf courses could provide the land for homes that could house a million people. An interesting...

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

One of London’s highest profile and most outspoken estate agent chiefs has scolded ‘Maybot’ Theresa May on the day she is to...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

Estate agency Jackson-Stops says it has discovered precisely how many existing home owners understand the difficulties facing first time buyers in...

Employers and government should introduce auto-enrolment of monthly salaries to allow people aged 18 to 40 to save for deposits on...

It has been revealed that the beleaguered government of Theresa May is to hold a summit at 10 Downing Street tomorrow...

A regional estate agency has urged the Government and the new housing minister to implement the policies outlined in the housing...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

The government’s attitude of “Nanny knows best” has “squandered another opportunity” to make a real difference to the housing crisis, according...

The government has set out 29 key points in its Housing White Paper.   Introducing it in the Commons this afternoon, Communities Secretery Sajid...

A series of leaks to national newspapers and a flurry of broadcast interviews by housing minister Gavin Barwell means we already know...

Some of this week’s headlines - ‘Firms must list foreign workers’ and ‘NHS to no longer rely on foreign doctors’ -...

The government has signalled that it is going to publish a housing White Paper later this year with “significant measures” to...

An agency specialising in land and planning claims that campaigners in favour of maintaining the green belt must accept that some...

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

Countrywide has taken the unusual step, for an estate agency group, of stepping into next year’s London mayoral election by setting...

New research from Countrywide reveals the homes built on the Green Belt surrounding towns and cities over the last 20 years...

Labour leadership front-runner Jeremy Corbyn says he would vote for a complete end to all forms of Right To Buy and...

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