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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...

A building society is calling for stamp duty reforms to incentivise downsizing. A statement from the Suffolk Building Society says it believes...

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

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday confirmed a date for the General Election. Voters will go the polls on 4 July, meaning the...

Online agent turned property PR guru Russell Quirk has set out his solution to solving the housing crisis. Speaking on the latest...

Thousands of people will be invited to take part in new research to help provide information on why one particularly badly...

The plight of the nation’s first-time buyers may be the focus when it comes to government housing initiatives, but our latest...

Southwark, Barnet, Camden, Croydon and Newham are the top five London boroughs with the highest number of vacant properties amid a...

Propertymark has urged the UK Government to consider other ways of boosting the supply of homes for purchase.  The Government has two...

The Spring Budget missed the mark when it comes to boosting current market conditions, agents have claimed. A survey of 833 UK...

New homes – we need more in ‘24 2023 was a year which saw the 'need to moves' active in the housing...

The Government has published long-awaited reforms to its National Planning Policy Framework, confirming that local housebuilding targets will be advisory rather...

As the UK economy faces a period of uncertainty characterised by a cost of living crisis and soaring inflation rates, many...

Most weeks there are stories within the property sector that quietly slip under the radar - but which hold huge significance.  Last...

Housing supply rather than the private rented sector (PRS) made the headlines during the Conservative and Labour Party conferences this year...

The net housing supply in England could be set to fall to decade lows, builders have warned. New analysis by the Home...

Trading conditions in the housing market have worsened during this summer, Crest Nicholson has warned. A trading update from the housebuilder said...

Two all-party groups of MPs and Peers have called on the government to act to turn empty buildings into good quality,...

Two former housing ministers have criticised the Government for scrapping housebuilding targets. The Government officially watered-down proposals for mandatory local housebuilding targets...

The property market is broken, Housing Secretary Michael Gove acknowledged yesterday. Despite the Conservative Party being in power since 2010, Gove insisted...

A promise to sell homes for £1 by Scottish Labour has been labelled as a “politically led housing gimmick” by estate...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

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...

As I watched Liz Truss take to the stage at this week’s Conservative Party conference, my eyes were drawn to the sign behind her. “Getting Britain...

A land agent has called for the planning process to be privatised as it hits out at the Government’s focus on...

The current period of national solidarity over the death of Queen Elizabeth II has embraced the world of property as it...

New Prime Minister Liz Truss has been urged to consider a tax overhaul to boost property supply. There have been plenty of...

From housebuilding to planning laws and stamp duty reform, agents and property professionals were ready with plenty of suggestions for Liz...

Some people will say: What problem? But they are getting fewer as the detrimental effect of increasing numbers of short lets on...

We are only a fortnight away from having a new Prime Minister, following a contest in which housing has played a...

A leading agent has claimed that the economic plans of Liz Truss, the frontrunner to be the country’s next Prime Minister,...

As uncertainty continues to prevail across the industry, aided by a government in crisis, the challenges in the months ahead feel...

Anyone working in the property market should have at least one eye on supply. Of course, it’s a constant issue for...

House price growth slowed in June but remains in double figures, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index shows property...

Property professionals and MPs were left wanting more after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s much-anticipated housing announcements yesterday. Johnson yesterday promised a review...

Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are due to be held on 5 May and agents are hoping that housing remains...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

Planning delays, labour shortages and the surging price of building materials are combining to sharply cut the number of new homes...

As 2021 draws to a swift close, there is much speculation about what 2022 will have to offer. Despite the emergence of...

An interesting demand has been made of Chancellor Rishi Sunak - to consider reforming stamp duty with thresholds revised to reflect...

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

Propertymark says the supply of homes on the market has dwindled almost continuously since the start of the year, with 40...

A new analysis claims Help To Buy has improved building volumes and has not been a drain on taxpayers. The scheme which...

Agents’ views are being sought by Propertymark on how best to improve the housing supply in Northern Ireland. The province’s Department for...

The housing market in England and Wales is stabilising, according to analysis of web traffic from a property advice site.  Valuation requests...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is taking credit for saving thousands of agency jobs through increased transactions prompted by the stamp duty holiday. A...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

The government claims its stamp duty holiday has supported nearly 750,000 jobs thanks to the ripple effect in the economy. A statement from HM...

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...

Some buying agents have batted away the many signs of an improving housing market but one says the Boris Bounce is...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...

A new survey suggests that an overwhelming majority of householders want a legal ban on gazumping. The result is likely to be...

A report by the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs has been highly sceptical of the effectiveness of Help To Buy. It...

A report by Santander says stamp duty cuts should be used as incentives for older home owners to downsize and allow...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

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

The National Audit Office says many users of Help To Buy would have been able to purchase a home anyway, without...

The number of sales agreed per branch has increased for the first time this year, rising from an average of seven...

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

With one year to go, the 2010s will see housebuilding figures in England come in below any decade since the Second...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

An accountancy trade body has revealed that last year it briefed MPs - including the Prime Minister and Housing Minister of...

A new book has revealed that one of the long line of recent housing ministers was known as “the invisible minister”...

Emoov’s founder Russell Quirk has outlined how he would help Britain get out of its current housing crisis to a Labour...

Over a fifth of pensioners say they would be encouraged to downsize if there was a stamp duty incentive - particularly...

Were it not for climate change, I would be very close to predicting that the summer is close to being over,...

House prices in the three months to the end of April were 2.2 per cent higher than in the same period...

  Chancellor Phillip Hammond claims over 60,000 first time buyers have already benefitted from the stamp duty relief he announced at his...

Average house prices rose 0.5 per cent in February, making it the biggest rise in five months according to the latest...

Land and investment deals achieved by Connells Group in 2017 will add a further 2,750 units to its new homes pipeline,...

At the start of February, Nationwide suggested that the housing market was picking up. Last week, RICS reported on its continued...

Between October and December 2017, some £822 million worth of UK residential property was sold at auction, according to the Essential...

Housing minister Dominic Raab took to Twitter to make a Trump-style criticism of trade magazine The Negotiator and its editor, the...

With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...

It appears activity in the housing market in 2017 will be around 15% down on 2016. The number of housing transactions...

A research report compiled by Strutt & Parker in partnership with Octopus Healthcare has revealed what the baby boomer generation expects...

The housing industry has responded with shock, joy, and jitters, after Theresa May’s snap general election went catastrophically wrong, leaving her...

As the nation waits with bated breath to see if Theresa May can form either a minority or coalition government after...

It has been a busy week for investment in PropTech businesses and no doubt you have already got reading fatigue about...

Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...

The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...

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

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

After years of surveys suggesting the UK’s new-build homes were getting smaller, and may even be the smallest in much of...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

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...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

A campaign has been launched to make Bristol the colour capital of the UK by ensuring that more homes are painted...

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

The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...

A housing body says that, rather than presiding over a worsening housing crisis as many suggest, David Cameron has actually left...

Property prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to the referendum, with the now former Chancellor...

Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...