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After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during May’s local election campaigning,...
13 January 2024
From: Features
And suddenly it’s autumn. It’s just six weeks before the clocks change, days are getting shorter and - the real sign...
09 September 2023
From: Features
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during recent local election campaigning,...
19 August 2023
From: Features
29 July 2023
From: Features
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been criticised for figures she used when highlighting how much mortgage borrowers are set to see...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Hamptons: Agency brand Hamptons has announced it...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The Labour Party has outlined three ways it will help first-time buyers onto the housing ladder as it ramps up its...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents are marking a record breaking 2022 for fundraising and are hoping to attract more funds for charitable causes during the...
13 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday repeated previously debunked claims that the Government is building record numbers of homes. Housebuilding have returned to...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Rishi Sunak may have been Prime Minister for under a week but he has already received the Full Fact treatment. Speaking at...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Zoopla has teamed up with homelessness charity Crisis to help campaign for reform of housing benefits and to tackle the affordable...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
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
It’s the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell fire tragedy, but are high rises any safer today than they were then? On 14th...
18 June 2022
From: Features
You will hopefully have seen that the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 has now received its Royal Assent, meaning it...
30 April 2022
From: Features
A popular and respected estate agent in Essex, who also campaigned nationally against homelessness, has died just days after bing diagnosed...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
London mayor Sadiq Khan says he supports the seizure of property assets connected to the allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A campaigning MP is to meet with a government minister to discuss controls and disincentives for second homes. Former Liberal Democrat MP...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to a very special edition of Agents Do Charity - a tribute to someone who has arguably done...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Rishi Sunak says HM Revenue & Customs will probe any alleged wrongdoing in property purchases included in the so-called Pandora...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The controversial demands of Trading Standards for more “material information” to be provided upfront in property details have been criticised by...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...
01 May 2021
From: Features
There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...
06 February 2021
From: Features
Hunters chairman and Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake has hit out at allegedly false claims made by Donald Trump and Nigel Farage. Trump’s...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Hunters chairman Kevin Hollinrake - who is also a backbench Conservative MP - has been criticised on Twitter by Manchester United...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News
They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...
04 July 2020
From: Features
The government is extending the eviction ban for a further two months. A tweet early this evening from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...
05 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Some estate agents are now receiving small business grants from the government, according to the Guild of Property Professionals. Guild chief executive...
15 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Recently a number of politicians and charities have been calling for the introduction of rent controls or rent freezes in the...
24 August 2019
From: Features
The new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government is the relatively unknown Robert Jenrick - but his new housing...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...
30 March 2019
From: Features
A new website has been set up specifically to help leasehold flat owners who have been served a Section 5 Notice...
04 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Theresa May has appointed a controversial former Shelter executive as her new housing policy adviser working in Whitehall. Toby Lloyd was until...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News
A leasehold reform campaigning group is warning that “it is likely to be many years” before promised leasehold reform becomes law. Leasehold...
24 April 2018
From: Breaking News
A US TV company is considering making a news programme about Russian involvement in property transactions in the UK and particularly London. The...
28 March 2018
From: Breaking News
The man seeking to establish the Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents says he is hopeful that the fledgling trade...
31 October 2017
From: Breaking News
A campaigning estate agency has taken the distinctly unusual route of exposing what it calls the ‘Top Ten Dirty Tricks’ which...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Let’s be honest - few people saw this coming. The 89 to 11 per cent majority amongst Agents’ Mutual members for...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News
An estate agent who is campaigning for boards to be banned in his local area says they should be 'confined to...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Shelter, the campaigning charity that has been hugely critical of private landlords and letting agents in recent years, has now launched...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News
The fledgling trade body CIELA says it is going to institute a kitemark-style service for all estate agents to be able...
21 July 2017
From: Breaking News
As an agency business, how much are you spending on professional body memberships? Perhaps it’s time to question how much you...
08 July 2017
From: Features
Supporting the adoption of technology does not mean we have to stop protecting the core values of the property industry. In...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News
The UK Independence Party’s housing policy for the General Election hinges around a huge expansion in modular factory-built housing - but...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News
Not only did Theresa May stun everyone with her decision to call a ‘snap election’ but with the campaign now underway...
29 April 2017
From: Features
In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...
08 April 2017
From: Features
A group campaigning for the reform of money laundering and other accountability laws claims that billions of pounds worth of investment...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News
Campaigning charity Shelter predicts as many as four in 10 owners or renters in one part of the UK would struggle...
05 January 2017
From: Breaking News
Marsh & Parsons is the latest high-end agency to open in Brixton, a stone’s throw from the controversial Foxtons office targetted...
03 January 2017
From: Breaking News
Housing minister Gavin Barwell says the government will put forward proposals in the new year to stop abuses of the leasehold...
21 December 2016
From: Breaking News
The Adam Smith Institute, a right-wing think-tank, has blasted the campaigning charity Shelter over its allegations of land-banking by house builders in...
21 December 2016
From: Breaking News
New software has been devised which can allow users to identify individual properties that have been ‘portal juggled’ - de-listed and...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...
09 December 2016
From: Features
Let me set out my stall from the beginning. Firstly with two buy to lets managed by an agency, I understand and...
03 December 2016
From: Features
It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...
19 November 2016
From: Features
With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...
16 September 2016
From: Features
Housing minister Gavin Barwell has met campaigners to scrap anti-buy to let measures introduced by the Cameron government in the past...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News
More criticism has come of the government’s multi-faceted Help To Buy initiative, this time from campaigning housing charity Shelter. The charity claims...
01 September 2016
From: Breaking News
Shelter - recently concentrating on attacking landlords for the qualities of their homes and letting agents for the size of their...
26 August 2016
From: Breaking News
An agent at the centre of the campaign to expose and stop portal juggling wants to know whether the National Trading...
15 August 2016
From: Breaking News
The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is warning agents not to engage in portal juggling - an activity it describes...
12 August 2016
From: Breaking News
It has been revealed that the new housing minister, Gavin Barwell, appears to be campaigning to oppose a new housing scheme...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News
A disillusioned vendor has been running a campaign against standard term agency contracts for almost two years. Paul Tranter has been specifically...
03 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Respected housing analyst Kate Faulkner is accusing campaigning charity Shelter of ignoring key facts and scaremongering about the alleged difficulties of...
20 April 2016
From: Breaking News
There has been a broad welcome for what would appear to be a government U-turn over the imposition of the stamp...
13 April 2016
From: Breaking News
March and spring are fast approaching - time for more entries to be listed on this regular Friday feature, giving respect...
26 February 2016
From: Breaking News
Shelter has been tirelessly campaigning for longer tenancies for the last few years. The charity has led the case for change and...
20 February 2016
From: Features
The National Association of Estate Agents has teamed up with a campaigning anti-corruption body to call for four major changes to...
10 November 2015
From: Breaking News
An anonymous group or individual campaigning to identify and publicise boards which it claims are erected in “illegal” locations has resumed...
09 November 2015
From: Breaking News
Campaigning charity Shelter claims the government's flagship housing incentive, Help To Buy, has added £8,250 to the price of a home...
22 September 2015
From: Breaking News
An estate agent has been nominated for a national award as result of his local campaigning to help rebuild play equipment...
25 August 2015
From: Breaking News
A pressure group is calling for estate agents to conduct additional checks to ensure the legal provenance of buyers’ funds, and...
23 July 2015
From: Breaking News
There is a very interesting but easily-overlooked piece of information at the end of the National Trading Standards Estate Agent Team’s...
17 July 2015
From: Features
An MP has tabled an Early Day Motion calling on the Land Registry to require greater transparency for overseas company purchases...
16 July 2015
From: Breaking News
In the latest twist in the story of Foxtons’ attempt to turn a pub into an agency office, squatters have moved...
22 June 2015
From: Breaking News
This month has marked a real change in the way the private lettings sector is perceived - and it’s a perception...