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A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week. If there are charitable endeavours you think...

After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during May’s local election campaigning,...

And suddenly it’s autumn. It’s just six weeks before the clocks change, days are getting shorter and - the real sign...

After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during recent local election campaigning,...

Like most parts of the UK, the one I live in has a bit of a beef about parking. More precisely,...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been criticised for figures she used when highlighting how much mortgage borrowers are set to see...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Hamptons: Agency brand Hamptons has announced it...

The Labour Party has outlined three ways it will help first-time buyers onto the housing ladder as it ramps up its...

Agents are marking a record breaking 2022 for fundraising and are hoping to attract more funds for charitable causes during the...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday repeated previously debunked claims that the Government is building record numbers of homes. Housebuilding have returned to...

Rishi Sunak may have been Prime Minister for under a week but he has already received the Full Fact treatment. Speaking at...

Zoopla has teamed up with homelessness charity Crisis to help campaign for reform of housing benefits and to tackle the affordable...

When it comes to housing policy, the Conservative MPs have given their party a choice between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle DumDum. Rishi...

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

You will hopefully have seen that the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 has now received its Royal Assent, meaning it...

A popular and respected estate agent in Essex, who also campaigned nationally against homelessness, has died just days after bing diagnosed...

London mayor Sadiq Khan says he supports the seizure of property assets connected to the allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin.  The...

A campaigning MP is to meet with a government minister to discuss controls and disincentives for second homes. Former Liberal Democrat MP...

Hello and welcome to a very special edition of Agents Do Charity - a tribute to someone who has arguably done...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says HM Revenue & Customs will probe any alleged wrongdoing in property purchases included in the so-called Pandora...

The controversial demands of Trading Standards for more “material information” to be provided upfront in property details have been criticised by...

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

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...

Hunters chairman and Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake has hit out at allegedly false claims made by Donald Trump and Nigel Farage. Trump’s...

Hunters chairman Kevin Hollinrake - who is also a backbench Conservative MP - has been criticised on Twitter by Manchester United...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

The government is extending the eviction ban for a further two months. A tweet early this evening from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...

Some estate agents are now receiving small business grants from the government, according to the Guild of Property Professionals. Guild chief executive...

Recently a number of politicians and charities have been calling for the introduction of rent controls or rent freezes in the...

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

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

A new website has been set up specifically to help leasehold flat owners who have been served a Section 5 Notice...

Theresa May has appointed a controversial former Shelter executive as her new housing policy adviser working in Whitehall. Toby Lloyd was until...

A leasehold reform campaigning group is warning that “it is likely to be many years” before promised leasehold reform becomes law. Leasehold...

A US TV company is considering making a news programme about Russian involvement in property transactions in the UK and particularly London. The...

The man seeking to establish the Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents says he is hopeful that the fledgling trade...

A campaigning estate agency has taken the distinctly unusual route of exposing what it calls the ‘Top Ten Dirty Tricks’ which...

Let’s be honest - few people saw this coming. The 89 to 11 per cent majority amongst Agents’ Mutual members for...

An estate agent who is campaigning for boards to be banned in his local area says they should be 'confined to...

Shelter, the campaigning charity that has been hugely critical of private landlords and letting agents in recent years, has now launched...

The fledgling trade body CIELA says it is going to institute a kitemark-style service for all estate agents to be able...

As an agency business, how much are you spending on professional body memberships? Perhaps it’s time to question how much you...

Supporting the adoption of technology does not mean we have to stop protecting the core values of the property industry. In...

The UK Independence Party’s housing policy for the General Election hinges around a huge expansion in modular factory-built housing - but...

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

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...

A group campaigning for the reform of money laundering and other accountability laws claims that billions of pounds worth of investment...

Campaigning charity Shelter predicts as many as four in 10 owners or renters in one part of the UK would struggle...

Marsh & Parsons is the latest high-end agency to open in Brixton, a stone’s throw from the controversial Foxtons office targetted...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell says the government will put forward proposals in the new year to stop abuses of the leasehold...

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...

New software has been devised which can allow users to identify individual properties that have been ‘portal juggled’ - de-listed and...

Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...

Let me set out my stall from the beginning. Firstly with two buy to lets managed by an agency, I understand and...

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

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

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

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

Shelter - recently concentrating on attacking landlords for the qualities of their homes and letting agents for the size of their...

An agent at the centre of the campaign to expose and stop portal juggling wants to know whether the National Trading...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is warning agents not to engage in portal juggling - an activity it describes...

It has been revealed that the new housing minister, Gavin Barwell, appears to be campaigning to oppose a new housing scheme...

A disillusioned vendor has been running a campaign against standard term agency contracts for almost two years.  Paul Tranter has been specifically...

Respected housing analyst Kate Faulkner is accusing campaigning charity Shelter of ignoring key facts and scaremongering about the alleged difficulties of...

There has been a broad welcome for what would appear to be a government U-turn over the imposition of the stamp...

March and spring are fast approaching - time for more entries to be listed on this regular Friday feature, giving respect...

Shelter has been tirelessly campaigning for longer tenancies for the last few years.  The charity has led the case for change and...

The National Association of Estate Agents has teamed up with a campaigning anti-corruption body to call for four major changes to...

An anonymous group or individual campaigning to identify and publicise boards which it claims are erected in “illegal” locations has resumed...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims the government's flagship housing incentive, Help To Buy, has added £8,250 to the price of a home...

An estate agent has been nominated for a national award as result of his local campaigning to help rebuild play equipment...

A pressure group is calling for estate agents to conduct additional checks to ensure the legal provenance of buyers’ funds, and...

There is a very interesting but easily-overlooked piece of information at the end of the National Trading Standards Estate Agent Team’s...

An MP has tabled an Early Day Motion calling on the Land Registry to require greater transparency for overseas company purchases...

In the latest twist in the story of Foxtons’ attempt to turn a pub into an agency office, squatters have moved...

This month has marked a real change in the way the private lettings sector is perceived - and it’s a perception...

Everywhere we look there’s talk of the high numbers of agents clambering for our attention on the crowded high street. So...