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As electric vehicles increasingly populate our roads and the necessity for accessible charging grows, enquiries about electric vehicle chargepoints when buying...

It is no secret that our climate is getting warmer. 2022 was one of the six warmest years on record globally,...

This article is partially based on “Plugging in to the Future”, NHBC Foundation, NF90, used by kind permission. As part of the...

As an estate agent, you know that securing the sale is just step one of a successful journey. But with issues...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has committed to leasehold reform and fixing cladding issues before the next election. It comes as the Government...

Agents and property professionals are spreading plenty of charitable love ahead of Valentine's Day. See some of the inspirational examples below. Whatever the...

It’s the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell fire tragedy, but are high rises any safer today than they were then? On 14th...

MPs have called for carbon emissions to be considered when it comes to house building. A report released this week by the Environmental Audit...

More than half of properties across England and Wales only meet insulation standards of 1976 or older. The startling figures, based on...

Energy Performance Certificates are “misleading” indicators of zero carbon buildings and should no longer be used as official guides to help...

We have been speaking with many agents over the past months and the story appears the same with them all. There...

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

The government has thrown its weight behind the concept of Unique Property Reference Numbers as a way of speeding up transactions. UPRNs...

The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...

Propertymark is calling in the government for agents to be trained in the use of software operating the Unique Property Reference...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, our regular Monday round-up of moves around our industry. Please let us know what’s happening...

With reports continuing to focus on a slowing property market and an understanding that not enough properties are being marketed for...

A minister has floated the idea that stamp duty could be reduced on homes where sellers have improved energy efficiency. Climate Change...

Local councils say there must be an immediate and fast-moving review of building regulations in the light of the Grenfell Tower...