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The factor most likely to influence the housing market next year is entirely outside the industry’s control: the General Election. Knight Frank...

How did the housing market transform from incredibly strong - almost too strong - early in the year, to a situation...

Labour is to reveal a raft of new housing policies at its party conference this weekend - and it claims it’s...

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

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

You have to feel for Rishi Sunak - well, at least a little. Leave to one side that he carries more presentational...

Labour’s long-standing housing spokesman, John Healey, has been moved to become shadow defence secretary on the front bench of new leader...

Agents have reacted angrily to the government contemplating introducing a Mansion Tax, and to the Housing Secretary not ruling out the...

Home owners on Corbyn Road in a Midlands town are seeking a name change because they fear house prices will plummet. The...

It’s polling day, and not just to decide whether Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn will become Prime Minister. Our latest estate agency...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

Labour is pledging a “housing revolution” with the biggest council house building programme for decades Its manifesto being launched today will include new...

A stridently anti-Labour estate agent has launched a stinging attack on the Opposition’s policies and has issued a stark warning of...

A Labour proposal to dramatically improve energy efficiency in almost every British home would cost an estimated £60 billion. The upgrades would...

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

There are many adjectives that can be applied to Boris Johnson, probably very few of them complimentary, but there’s one that...

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, who earlier this month told a newspaper that he wanted to introduce a Right To Buy policy for...

Labour will this week discuss plans to allow councils to compulsorily purchase homes left empty for six months. Young Labour - a...

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

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

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

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

A slew of bad news stories about online estate agencies may have taken the lustre off the sector in recent weeks,...

One estate agent has described the latest price fall announced by the Halifax as “quite a retreat” for the housing market...

From where I’m standing there’s a lot in common between the debate between online and traditional agents, and the argument over...

Labour says it wants ‘Healthy Homes Zones’ in a bid to reduce housing-related health inequalities which are estimated to cost the NHS £1.4...

Labour MP Chris Williamson, regarded as an ally of party leader Jeremy Corbyn, is suggesting that high-value homes in England should...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

It’s something of an understatement to say it’s been a busy fortnight for the industry in terms of announcements, consultations and...

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

Like many of Labour’s recent policy proposals, its call for rent controls leaves more questions than answers.  There has been widespread criticism...

And so concludes another party conference season.  We’ve followed the great and the good (both terms are debatable) around Torbay, Bournemouth,...

Labour’s shadow housing minister John Healey is reported to be one of a number of prominent front bench opposition spokespeople being...

In this week’s Natter I’m going to get all political. Don’t worry, I won’t be giving my opinions on Brexit, Trump...

The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...

British homeowners have the most confidence in the Conservative Party to run the nation's housing market. A survey of almost 4,500 homeowners,...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

In years to come, students of political history might come to look at the 2017 General Election campaign with some interest....

In November 2016 when the Autumn Statement was delivered by Chancellor Philip Hammond, the announcement was made to ban letting agent...

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

My apologies if this causes you to break your Easter egg with a little too much aggression, but I reckon the...

Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Jeremy Corbyn, Phillip Hammond, Tony Blair and Bob Geldof, all in one image...is this truly the nightmare...

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

It's enough to make the typical Islington resident splutter over their breakfast muesli, or perhaps feel too nervous to drive their...

The Labour Party claims there has been a strikingly large reduction in the number of under-45s who own a home -...

What a month it has been. By the time you read this, we'll have a new Prime Minister, a new Cabinet,...

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

In case you were wondering, it appears that the Labour party has still to find someone to replace John Healey as...

The haemorrhage of Labour spokespeople now includes the party’s respected shadow housing minister John Healey. His letter to party leader Jeremy Corbyn...

There’s bad news today for Labour members living in homes valued at £1m or more - one of their own MPs...

Stephen Moss, CEO of Pring.co.uk the UK’s leading property investment search engine, takes a look at the impact of ‘Corbynmania’ on...

The party's over. It's probably the best double entendre in the world of politics right now. For centre or right-leaning Labour...

The newly-appointed shadow housing minister says his first priority is to arrest the long-term fall in home ownership in Britain. John Healey...

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

John Healey - a former housing minister from when Tony Blair was prime minister - has taken the housing post under...

Labour’s low profile housing spokesperson during the coalition government Emma Reynolds has resigned from the opposition front bench in protest at...

Labour leadership front-runner Jeremy Corbyn has suggested a party run by him would consider a ban on the purchase of homes...

Labour leadership front-runner Jeremy Corbyn says he would vote for a complete end to all forms of Right To Buy and...

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

The long running story of the south London pub which Foxtons wants to convert to a new office has taken another...

A 250-year-old pub in Elephant and Castle looks set to become Foxtons’ latest branch.  The pub, named The Elephant & Castle, closed...