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The 2023 Autumn Budget, amongst its considerable 110 growth measures, contained an important announcement for the property sphere, with £3 million...

Agents have highlighted the main horrors they have come across when listing homes. A Halloween-themed survey of 500 agents by industry media...

Surveyors have revealed the key issues coming up in reports that could stifle sales or reduce offers. The most common issues over...

Are agents swimming upstream against the Electrical Safety Regulations? 3 months on from the introduction of the ‘Electrical Safety Standards in the...

Letting agents up and down the country have undoubtedly felt the financial strain added by the outbreak of COVID19. Whilst this will continue,...

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

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...

Agents and property industry figures have given a clear message to the government six weeks ahead of the General Election -...

Our first wonderful fund-raising agents this week are walking over hot coals - now that’s a dare for you. But you don’t...

One of the three official redress bodies serving the estate and lettings agency industry has conducted a survey of complaints across...

Every week we carry reports of how great causes are helped by individual agents and other property professionals - this week...

When a tenant failed to pay any rent after the first month his tenancy last year, the landlord did not expect...

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

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....

The Conservative and Labour party manifestos do not go far enough to tackle problems with the leasehold system. That’s the view of...

Home ownership has halved for young families across some parts of the UK according to a charity.  The Resolution Foundation says its...

News headlines talk more and more about a slowdown in the property market, a drop in house prices and the need...

I wrote last month about how the Government, in introducing a 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes, had scored an...

Estate agents have been broadly supportive of the decision by Prime Minister Theresa May to push for a snap General Election...

With ever increasing obligations, estate agents know that compliance matters now more than ever.  However, being able to obtain access to the...

With a raft of new legislation introduced recently now will be the ideal time to think about whether staff are up...

Now that the General Election results have been counted and verified, and now that a new parliament has been sworn in,...

Demand for property is at the lowest level it has been since March 2014, according to the National Association of Estate...

With another hung parliament looking increasingly likely, the so-called ‘challenger parties’ look set to have a major say in who forms...