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Sir Simon Clarke’s call for Rishi Sunak to be ousted from Downing Street may well express what many of his MP...

What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...

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...

It’s taken Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the UK to finally take a much-needed step in the right direction to stop...

A quick-thinking estate agent has helped save an elderly disabled man from a house fire. Tom Ashby, Property Centre branch partner at...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...

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

The government’s Levelling Up White Paper, released today, contains an unexpected and shock commitment - to create a new 'lite' version...

Barely three weeks into the new year and we’re already talking about plans to raise tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of...

I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...

A self-employed agent has gone public to lavish praise on the mentoring scheme which is part of the Agents Together charity. Cameron Carter,...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT, the industry’s summary of new movers. Of course many agencies are reassessing their...

Esther McVey has been sacked as housing minister; she was the ninth housing minister in as many years. Her successor is the...

Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

A survey undertaken for estate agency Jackson-Stops reveals that 55 per cent of people do not believe housing is a priority...

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

A former 10 Downing Street adviser says stamp duty on house sales should be scrapped or at least slashed in order...

A former Local Property Expert and manager at Purplebricks has gone on record to reveal what it was really like to work...

Esther McVey is to be the new housing minister - one of the most seasoned politicians to take the job in...

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

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

OnTheMarket has revealed several agents have signed up to the portal on long-term contracts and stopped listing properties on Rightmove. The agencies...

Northwood has hoovered up Humphreys of Chester, which it describes as one of the city’s “most reputable and well-established estate agencies.” Jim...

Kenny Bruce, one of the founders of sector-leading online agency Purplebricks, has sent his good wishes to Russell Quirk, who founded...

Hello and welcome to another PJT, your regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Please keep us informed of...

Has no one told the industry that it’s December and things are supposed to be slowing down? This week’s Property Jobs...

“Baton down the hatches. Stockpile the food cupboard. Brexit is coming and it’s little more than six months away!” I jest, but there is...

Stamp duty has become the latest weapon in the ongoing war of words between different wings of the Conservative party, as...

Harry Hill - former chief executive of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove - has sharply criticised the appointment of Theresa May’s...

An estate agency group operating from two offices close to Heathrow airport has announced it is to open a third, ultimately...

Yesterday’s decision by MPs to agree to Theresa May’s snap General Election on June 8 means that the current government -...

We’re almost nine months on from the EU Referendum and yet the issue remains the big divide across the nation: an...

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...

Two reports produced by Savills suggests continuing struggles for high-priced properties in prime locations to combat economic uncertainty and the deterrent...

Now I’m not one to lose sleep over politicians, but it strikes me that Communities Secretary Sajid Javid and Housing Minister...

The government’s blizzard of New Year announcements about new homes has received a distinctly frosty welcome from many within the property...

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

London agency Stirling Ackroyd is the latest to call for reforms to stamp duty, with a claim that prices for the most expensive...

The huge consequences of the EU referendum, and the impending Brexit negotiations, have drawn into sharp light the consequences for a...

The almost non-stop series of tax changes affecting all aspects of the housing market in recent years looks set to continue...

There has been widespread scepticism from many within the industry that the government will miss its latest house building targets, despite...

Speculation was rife over the weekend that the government would today announce major changes to housing policy - possibly shifting the...

I write this during the week that David Cameron resigned as an MP – it is quite startling how quickly politics...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has met campaigners to scrap anti-buy to let measures introduced by the Cameron government in the past...

It’s been a heartening few weeks for those of us who thought that protest was dead – or, more precisely, that...

The Residential Property Surveyors Association is the latest of many trade bodies to come out against government proposals to privatise the...

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...

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

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have asked new housing minister Gavin Barwell to...

The plummetting pound following the UK’s shock vote to leave the European Union risks creating more money-laundering operations through this country’s...

The joke doing the rounds last week still seems to be just as relevant this week: “the only man with a...

The director of a high-end foreign-owned estate agency in prime central London says he is surprised that so many other figures...

One of London’s most outspoken estate agents claims the prime minister who succeeds David Cameron could appoint a chancellor who will...

One estate agency leader - you’d all recognise his name - described the victory of the Leave camp in the referendum...

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...

A high end international London estate agent says a Brexit will lead to increased sales of homes in prime central London...

The glorious thing about the referendum on our EU membership is that four weeks today it will all be over –...

So what is it with young people failing to stand up for themselves and not making the most of their money...

The traditional spring season of expansions and new offices continues apace with a series of announcements in recent days. Essex-based Balgores Property...

An estate agent has spoken out about the threat of ‘abandoned sales’ if a completion bottleneck prevents purchases of properties going...

A letter from the Financial Secretary to the Treasury appears to suggest that the government is set on implementing the three...

Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed out of hand appeals and comments from Estate Agent Today readers to reconsider the recent...

In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...

Today is the last chance for Estate Agent Today readers to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...

Estate Agent Today readers are being given the rare opportunity to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...

In an unexpected announcement, the government says it will "directly commission" companies to build up to 13,000 new affordable homes on...

It’s time to take a pause, to reflect and put into context—and what a year it has been for our industry...

The National Association of Estate Agents has given a cautious welcome to new government plans to expand shared ownership.  David Cameron has...

A Liverpool vendor is putting his one-bedroom home on the market today for £65,000 through a local estate agent - but...

Property journalists, and more than a few estate agents, are beginning their annual autumn ritual – forecasting what’s going to happen...

There has been a mixed response from the agency world to David Cameron's pledge to reform planning, promise that 200,000 new...

So housing made itself top of the list of questions by the new Leader of the Opposition’s first PMQs on Wednesday...

Communities Secretary Greg Clark will be sacked if there is no improvement in the number of homes built in the next...

A new website has been launched to fight back against the attack George Osborne made in the Summer Budget on the...

After a night of remarkable election results, it looks likely that much of the residential property industry - which was strongly...

10 Downing Street is now worth a notional £6,312,292 - a hefty level of appreciation over the £4,574,831 it was worth...

Margaret Thatcher may have given the country Right To Buy and David Cameron has created Help To Buy but when it...

A leading agent's 'ability to buy' measure shows that it is now 77 per cent harder to purchase a home in...