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Talk about a wasted opportunity. The Conservative party conference - just finished, and possibly the last one before a General Election -...

I listened carefully, and I even played it back afterwards.  But, even now, I remain astonished by what I didn’t hear.  On Wednesday, in his...

Propertymark is extending its political engagement and reach by exhibiting at the party conferences this week. The agency trade body will be...

The process from a Local Plan allocation to a digger on site typically stretches beyond the length of a five-year political...

As I watched Liz Truss take to the stage at this week’s Conservative Party conference, my eyes were drawn to the sign behind her. “Getting Britain...

Who would be in the shoes of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng? I don’t mean who would like their power, pay and...

A part of the Connells Group is telling the new Housing Secretary that he and his government “must do more” to...

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given a ringing endorsement to home ownership as a central part of the government’s levelling up...

I’m sorry to break this to you but in 10 days’ time it will be autumn - and we will have...

Stamp duty won’t take centre stage at the Conservative Party conference - that’ll be Brexit, quelle surprise. But if the government...

The Conservative Party conference agenda, now published, gives the housing issue several bites of the cherry in Manchester next week. Housing minister...

The dust may have settled on the government’s recent announcement regarding housing and property complaints, but opinion is still split on...

When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. The more...

A leading London estate agency is reporting a surge in overseas buyers sealing deals ahead of the government’s new stamp duty...

Savills is warning that heightened uncertainty around Brexit negotiations will delay recovery in the prime central London housing market for up...

The head of a leading Chinese property portal has taken the unusual step of commenting on a British tax policy -...

One of London’s highest profile and most outspoken estate agent chiefs has scolded ‘Maybot’ Theresa May on the day she is to...

The government, which only recently said there would be one Ombudsman covering the entire housing sector, has announced that there is...

The government has used this week’s Conservative party conference to announce a new stamp duty tax of one per cent to three...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...

It has been revealed that the beleaguered government of Theresa May is to hold a summit at 10 Downing Street tomorrow...

Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10...

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

First details of the long-awaited Housing White Paper have emerged in stories in newspapers frequently used by government to float ideas. The...

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron is claiming that the government’s flagship Starter Homes project could allow properties to be bought by...

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

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on OnTheMarket's venture...

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on OnTheMarket's venture...

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