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It’s tempting to think that Michael Gove’s proposed clampdown on Airbnb-style short lets is a uniquely British form of small-mindedness, part...

From medieval castles to Elizabethan manor houses, Georgian townhouses and Victorian terraces, the UK’s historic buildings are central to our country’s...

Chris Hemmings, Parter in Carter Jonas’ Planning & Development team We’re confident of a better start to 2024 than 2023. The news that...

Landowners seeking to sell their land for development will have to adjust their expectations as the market, the planning system and...

Paul Johnson, Head of Corporate Sales at Leaders Romans Group (LRG) Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset...

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

The majority of mortgage lenders have committed to showing more flexibility to struggling borrowers but the Government has confirmed that support...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has secured promises from banks to be more flexible with mortgage borrowers amid concerns about rising rates. Average mortgage...

The investment group which today withdrew an offer to buy Purplebricks says it did so because "the financial condition of Purplebricks...

Labour says it will reform how land is valued under Compulsory Purchase Order powers in a bid to increase house building...

I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...

As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...

Inventory clerks and letting agency staff have been warned to put safety first when lone working or entering tenants’ properties for...

In this guest feature, Dillon Darbar, counter fraud manager at Network Homes, sets out why estate agents need to be aware...

Over the last five years, the Government has introduced a range of measures to regulate the property market, particularly in the...

Some people will say: What problem? But they are getting fewer as the detrimental effect of increasing numbers of short lets on...

Limited supply is prompting more buyers to consider new-builds but the sector is also suffering from a stock shortage, Savills warns. Research...

In retrospect, it was perhaps inevitable that the infamous dead cat would come into the debate over government housing targets and...

Local residents are to be given the final say on changes to the name of their street under new government plans. The...

Property searches are not showing up some new road schemes because they are classified by local councils as planning consent for...

Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...

The government is threatening to deny planning consent to developers who refuse to pay towards the removal of unsafe cladding on...

A pilot scheme has been announced to test ways of limiting second home ownership and reducing the impact additional properties have...

Increasingly rigorous Money Laundering Directives have made regulations in the property industry more stringent than ever, and Estate Agents have a...

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

A leading planning consultancy has claimed that ‘the myth’ that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order...

There are a huge array of products and services covering the entire journey of lettings, from prospecting all the way through to...

Over the last three years there has been a quiet revolution in the tenant referencing market. Starting with the 2019 tenant...

Media reports over the weekend suggest the government is preparing a triple whammy - three measures which may reduce the number...

There’s gathering momentum to do ‘something’ about the unfairness of council tax and stamp duty. This isn’t new in principle. Agents have...

Almost 77 per cent of people think the government must build more homes - but if that means reclassifying Green Belt...

A council cracking down on the increase of illegally positioned estate agent boards. Agents are required, under Planning and Highways legislation to...

The government has launched a formal consultation process on a new residential property developer tax which is to contribute towards cladding...

Safety checks which are apparently now preventing thousands of owners selling flats are to be eased - but there is confusion...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

The troubled Countrywide group has announced a £90m investment by Alchemy Partners, a private equity company that specialises in investing in...

A woman who bought a London house in 2012 is now suing the conveyancers that worked for her at the time...

Home owners in England will be entitled to add up to two storeys to the height of their home via a...

A London Labour council has won draconian powers to effectively ban For Sale and To Let boards in several parts of...

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - accused by some of breaking the lockdown some weeks ago - is now in more hot...

A Fine & Country agent has just sold a home based on a video viewing, and is now sharing tips with...

Beleaguered estate agency group Countrywide has asked the government to give agents a business rates holiday. Measures announced in last week’s Budget...

Estate Agent Today understands that the Knight Frank agency has been hit by a large number of branch office heads quitting...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

A new portal has been launched aiming to take on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket in the retirement property sector - and...

The head of a new property portal is urging agents to forget about spending money on For Sale and To Let...

A London council wants government backing for a borough-wide Section 7 direction - effectively banning all agents’ boards being erected without...

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...

A new digital platform has been set up in a bid to provide a one-stop-shop for self-build enthusiasts - and it...

A member of a legal information and networking organisation says an online estate agency expects him to do some work in...

There’s been a mixed response to the government’s surprise announcement that it would make permanent the right of home owners to...

An estate agency accused of “taking the mickey” over the number of boards it has erected has fought back. The mayor of...

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

A London council is considering a borough-wide ban on agents’ boards of all kinds. Labour-controlled Camden already has a ban for a...

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

The head of a controversial property portal says agents can by-pass some GDPR marketing restrictions by using his service’s social network. Ben Davis,...

Given that ‘UK buyers are the most digitally active home hunters’, with HSBC’s Beyond the Bricks report stating that 90% of...

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the government’s move to ensure most future new-build houses are sold as freehold...

The vast majority of new-build houses are to be sold as freehold with ground rents for new leases capped at £10...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

A London council is seeking widespread powers to ban For Sale and To Let boards which it claims are seen by...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

The entrepreneur behind a free-to-list property portal claiming support from 17 estate agencies has defended the description of them as ‘partners’ -...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Estate agent licensing will reduce competition, make buying and selling homes more expensive, and add another layer of red tape to...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

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

At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue dominates our marketplace, but I think it’s fair to acknowledge during...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

At the start of February, Nationwide suggested that the housing market was picking up. Last week, RICS reported on its continued...

The General Data Protection Regulation legislation coming into effect in the UK on May 25 has undergone some subtle changes which...

There’s a new warning being issued for estate agents and all other businesses to ensure they are prepared for the General...

A major industry supplier has reminded estate and letting agents that they have to check their responsibilities and systems ahead of...

A roadshow is being launched to help the industry tackle what is being described as “the biggest change to affect estate...

Statements from The Property Franchise Group and Belvoir continue to ramp up the war of words between the two agency groups...

A new firm has launched in Surrey describing itself as “the premium hybrid estate agency” with an innovative presence on the...

Even so close to the event, I don’t think anyone will be deeming 2017 as the ‘summer of love’.  The summer of...

Are you protecting your data right? This may sound like the sort of direct warning you get from cold callers or...

The head of a regional portal in the north of England has welcomed the likely demise of the controversial One Other...

Historically, short-term rentals have been an unattractive business for the majority of estate agents and property managers. Scarcity of demand from tenants...

  You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...