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It usually takes a scandal or a reshuffle to remove a Government minister so it came as a bit of a...

A lawyer has called for Help to Buy to be resurrected in the Autumn Statement. Paul Sams, head of property at Dutton...

Rachel Maclean has been sacked as housing minister as part of today's Cabinet reshuffle. Maclean had replaced Lucy Frazer as housing minister...

It may be all change - again - at the Department of Levelling Up, Communities and Local Government if media speculation...

Keller Williams UK’s (KWUK) Gatwick market centre is rumoured to have closed but the self-employed agency network’s chief executive Ben Taylor...

The company behind Keller Williams' Evolve Market Centre - TBF Centres - has entered voluntary liqudation, Companies House documents show. It comes...

Lucy Frazer became the 13th Housing Minister to leave the role in the past decade yesterday after she was promoted to...

Lucy Frazer has been promoted from Housing Minister to Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in Rishi Sunak’s latest...

Quick-buy and part exchange company Spring has announced a leadership reshuffle as it targets £100m of property acquisitions and sales this...

MP for South East Cambridgeshire Lucy Frazer has been confirmed as the latest Housing Minister as part of a department reshuffle. Michael...

Estate agents have already filled Michael Gove's inbox with property-related tasks after he returned as Housing Secretary yesterday. New Prime Minister Rishi...

Michael Gove has returned to frontline politics and his previous role as Levelling Up and Housing Secretary. He is among the new...

The latest housing minister has been revealed as the prospect of Stamp Duty reform returns to the property market. New ministerial appointments...

First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...

Marcus Jones has left the housing brief. He was appointed as housing minister just two months ago in Boris Johnson’s reshuffle but appears...

Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid sensationally quit as Chancellor and Health Secretary respectively this evening but Housing Secretary Michael Gove is...

What a difference two months and some local elections make. Cast your minds back to March 9 and the annual report of...

A new housing minister has been named this afternoon, to replace Chris Pincher. Stuart Andrew has been confirmed by Downing Street as...

There’s good news and bad news from the shake-up in government ministers and ministries that was presented to the nation last...

Boris Johnson's sudden and unexpectedly ruthless Cabinet reshuffle, which drew comparisons with Margaret Thatcher's 'purge of the wets' in 1981, ended...

In a day of unexpected drama, Boris Johnson carried out a surprisingly brutal and widespread Cabinet reshuffle which saw a number...

Labour’s new housing spokesperson is the experienced MP Lucy Powell, who until the weekend was shadow business and consumer affairs minister.  She replaces...

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

This week’s interviewee in the ‘In Conversation Today’ hotseat is a man better placed than most to shed some light on...

Estate agents have kept up the pressure on the Westminster government to consider some kind of tapered ending to the stamp...

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

A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...

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

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...

The government will not announce a Mansion Tax at next month’s Budget. It was first reported by the Sunday Telegraph a week ago,...

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

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

It is possible that agents and their business partners in the conveyancing, mortgage and survey industries could be obliged to have...

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

There’s been only a vague government response to the recommendations for an estate and lettings agency regulator. Last month the Regulation of...

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

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

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

In a surprising announcement overnight, housing minister Kit Malthouse says he is standing to become the Conservative party leader and next...

It appears almost certain that there will be another new housing minister named when a new Conservative leader - and thus...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

Following a break for last week's final Bank Holiday before Christmas, we're back with a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today. We're...

Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what it feels like! The resignation of the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...

With the shelf life of recent housing ministers being on a par with football managers, it's perhaps little surprise that we're...

Industry groups have welcomed Kit Malthouse as housing minister - but make little effort to hide their frustrations, disappointment and disillusionment. Malthouse was announced...

To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics would be something of an understatement. As I write, the Brexit...

It’s probably unwise to write too much about politics these days. The most fanciful predictions turn out to be less wild...

There has been general surprise at the appointment of legal expert and outspoken Brexiteer Dominic Raab to the post of housing...

In a surprise announcement this lunchtime, Dominic Raab has been appointed as housing minister. Raab, the 16th housing minister in the past...

New housing minister Sajid Javid says the subtle change of name for his department and his own job “reflects this government’s renewed...

The Department of Communities and Local Government has been rebadged as the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government in what...

One of the industry’s leading analysts says Countrywide’s figures for the first half of 2017 are likely to be tough -...

Former housing minister Gavin Barwell has been appointed as Theresa May's chief of staff. Barwell lost his Croydon Central seat – and...

Not only did Theresa May stun everyone with her decision to call a ‘snap election’ but with the campaign now underway...

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

The UK's largest estate agency has announced another key departure from its senior management team.  Graham Bell, managing director for London, is...

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...

It’s rare for an incumbent to pivot to a disruptive business model, even in the face of compelling logic that they...

Chief executive Alison Platt says Countrywide Group will always remain a “house of brands” but will nonetheless move to “fewer, stronger...

Peter Young, managing director of John D Wood and one of the capital’s and the country’s best known estate agents, is...

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on George Osborne's...

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on George Osborne's...

A retail guru from Carphone Warehouse, a former Lloyds Banking Group chief and a human resources expert from BUPA are amongst...