Agents are being urged to prepare for a surge in enquiries following the General Election this week Many agents have reported that...
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![Labour and Tories may be hiding property taxes and more - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The manifestos of all major parties tell us little about their true tax and public service plans, a respected financial think...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![House prices bounce back but calls remain for interest rate cut](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
House prices appear to have benefited from a Spring bounce but sales and mortgage approvals have struggled. It comes after a busy...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove: Home movers undeterred by General Election](/upload/images/shutterstock_1556904062.jpg)
The majority of buyers planning to move home say the election will not affect their plans, research suggests. A survey by Rightmove...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![General Election date set – will the property market pause?](/upload/images/shutterstock_628553066(1).jpg)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday confirmed a date for the General Election. Voters will go the polls on 4 July, meaning the...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - Here comes Summer.... or maybe Autumn?](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
We all know that first-time buyers have had a tough time of it lately. Mad mini-budgets resulting in higher interest rates...
27 April 2024
From: Features
![Vendors warned to not risk waiting for General Election to list their homes](/upload/images/shutterstock_asset-generation-5b398d90-fa8d-4aaf-a1e2-a385747ccde5-2_edited.jpeg)
Waiting for a General Election is risky for sellers after the so-called Boris bounce in the property market failed to deliver...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Will housing be a major battleground in the 2024 general election?](/upload/images/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Weekend%20feature%20-%20Will%20housing%20be%20a%20major%20battleground%20in%20the%202024%20general%20election%20-%20Christopher%20Roberts%20(Boyer).png)
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during May’s local election campaigning,...
13 January 2024
From: Features
![Brighter start to the year for developers](/upload/images/4%20---%20Proofed%20by%20Peter%20---%20Weekend%20Features%20Brighter%20start%20to%20the%20year%20for%20developers%20Chris%20Hemmings(1).jpg)
Chris Hemmings, Parter in Carter Jonas’ Planning & Development team We’re confident of a better start to 2024 than 2023. The news that...
06 January 2024
From: Features
![Property Natter - Please don't snatch defeat from the jaws of victory](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
So Christmas is coming – soon. Traditionally a time for reflection on what’s past and prediction on what’s to come. Last week...
09 December 2023
From: Features
![Stamp Duty cut rumours return](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
Stamp Duty reform was back in the news over the weekend amid reports that the Government plans to reform the controversial...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Will housing be a major battleground in the 2024 general election?](/upload/images/__thumbs/4%20From%20Penny%20Norton%20-%20Will%20housing%20be%20a%20major%20battleground%20in%20the%202024%20general%20election%20by%20Christoper%20Roberts%2C%20Associate%20Director%2C%20Boyer.jpg/4%20From%20Penny%20Norton%20-%20Will%20housing%20be%20a%20major%20battleground%20in%20the%202024%20general%20election%20by%20Christoper%20Roberts%2C%20Associate%20Director%2C%20Boyer__400x266.jpg)
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during recent local election campaigning,...
19 August 2023
From: Features
![It’s Do-or-Die for housing market tomorrow - new warning](/upload/images/shutterstock_1888304338.jpg)
The publication of inflation figures by the government tomorrow will be a Do-Or-Die moment for the housing market, it’s been claimed. At...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertmark unveils new chairman and board members](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Propertymark has named its new chairperson and board members during its annual general meeting. Succeeding Propertymark’s, Nicky Heathcote, Bill Butler has been...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Housing policy must go beyond election cycles - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-3-400x310.png)
Housing policy formation must go beyond electoral cycles, academics have warned. A group of Cambridge University alumni has teamed up to urge...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![World Cup Agent Match Report: England hit six amid FIFA own goals](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Match%20logo%20new-01-400x310.png)
There was plenty of upset off the pitch after the Football Association’s last-minute u-turn – in fear of FIFA sanctions -...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![If You Think Truss Is Bad, Look At The System...](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Night-400x310.jpg)
How did the housing market transform from incredibly strong - almost too strong - early in the year, to a situation...
15 October 2022
From: Features
![Rishi-Tweedle-Dum and Liz-Tweedle-DumDum](/img/default/eat.png)
When it comes to housing policy, the Conservative MPs have given their party a choice between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle DumDum. Rishi...
23 July 2022
From: Features
![Lack of home buying support blamed for Tory local election losses](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
A lack of support to help people onto the property ladder has been highlighted as one factor for the Tory party’s...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Right To Buy - what on earth is government playing at?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Mortgage-House-Keys-400x310.jpg)
What a difference two months and some local elections make. Cast your minds back to March 9 and the annual report of...
07 May 2022
From: Features
![Northern Ireland election: Propertymark calls for housing to top the agenda](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are due to be held on 5 May and agents are hoping that housing remains...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
22 January 2022
From: Features
![Property Natter – my predictions for the property market in 2022](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...
15 January 2022
From: Features
![Supply shortage to go on as planning stifles house building goals](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/NewHomes-400x310.png)
Planning delays, labour shortages and the surging price of building materials are combining to sharply cut the number of new homes...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Leading politician says sales tax on homes could help local buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s leading politicians says a yet-to-be-revealed way of taxing property sales could be one way of helping homes...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![New Labour shadow housing minister revealed](/img/default/eat.png)
Labour’s new housing spokesperson is the experienced MP Lucy Powell, who until the weekend was shadow business and consumer affairs minister. She replaces...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Politicians told: Do your bit for homes, owners, buyers, renters](/img/default/eat.png)
The new Mayor of London, to be decided in an election tomorrow, has just received a six point set of demands...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Vote, Vote, Vote - Housing and the 2021 Local Elections](/img/default/eat.png)
Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...
01 May 2021
From: Features
![Second homes will create a “lost generation” claims nationalist](/img/default/eat.png)
A nationalist candidate in next month’s elections claims there is a second homes crisis which may create a “lost generation” of...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty pledge by Conservatives ahead of local elections](/img/default/eat.png)
The Conservatives have promised that first time buyers would not pay tax when buying a home in Wales if the party wins...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency attacked by Lib Dem for selling holiday homes](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agency is being criticised for marketing properties as second homes in an area reportedly suffering a housing shortage. Local media...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![You guessed it…10 things to watch for in 2021](/img/default/eat.png)
Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...
02 January 2021
From: Features
![Foxtons office damaged by political agitators - four arrested](/img/default/eat.png)
A branch of London agency Foxtons has been targeted by a group of political agitators called Beyond Politics, which says it’s...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents continue to adapt as property market bounces back from lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...
20 June 2020
From: Features
![Why every political party is pro-tenant, anti-landlord](/img/default/eat.png)
Back in the day, party politics and the private rental sector used to be straightforward. Conservatives were pro-landlord, Labour were pro-tenant, while...
13 June 2020
From: Features
![Johnson’s Mansion Tax: angry Tories hit out at ‘socialism lite’](/img/default/eat.png)
Conservatives have been lining up to criticise a mansion tax which may be introduced on expensive homes to fund infrastructure improvements...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: what has the last decade meant for the property industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...
14 December 2019
From: Features
![General election 2019: The housing crisis remains a top issue](/img/default/eat.png)
With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...
07 December 2019
From: Features
![Elves and Elections - more agency Christmas fun caught on camera](/img/default/eat.png)
We’ve really hit the ground running with our appeal for Christmas pictures and videos from your offices this year - thanks...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Scourge of the elite Boris sells his £3.75m Georgian family home](/img/default/eat.png)
He portrays himself as a scourge of the Remoaner elite and a champion of the people, but when it comes to...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Huge slump in new sellers as Brexit and Election kill off the market](/img/default/eat.png)
Rightmove is this morning reporting a huge fall in the number of new sellers coming to the market - a drop...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Party Conferences: what agents should look out for](/img/default/eat.png)
If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...
14 September 2019
From: Features
![There’s never been a better time for property to rise above politics](/img/default/eat.png)
Four years ago, as we approached the general election, Andrews Property Group held a roundtable debateon the impact the election might have...
08 June 2019
From: Features
![House prices are like Brexit talks - stuck, floundering, going nowhere](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest house price index shows very little happening in the market, with analysts expecting little significant movement until Brexit is...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![What would a Corbyn government mean for sales and lettings?](/img/default/eat.png)
While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...
25 May 2019
From: Features
![Property Natter – ten years of Estate Agent Today!](/img/default/eat.png)
Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...
30 June 2018
From: Features
![Property Natter: the growing importance of content, social media and design](/img/default/eat.png)
As promised a few weeks ago, this week’s Natter concentrates on the importance of content, design and social media, three easily...
19 May 2018
From: Features
![Vote Conservative...get Labour?](/img/default/eat.png)
If you want to know whether buy to let, landlords and letting agents will be in the firing line for more...
28 April 2018
From: Features
![Rightmove, ZPG, OnTheMarket - are they about to be eclipsed by Google?](/img/default/eat.png)
A property technology analyst has floated the idea that portals could become eclipsed by powerful alternatives such as Google, triggered by...
23 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Five things that didn’t happen in 2017](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...
16 December 2017
From: Features
![Why the last fortnight might not matter](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s something of an understatement to say it’s been a busy fortnight for the industry in terms of announcements, consultations and...
04 November 2017
From: Features
![Property Natter - a short history of estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...
04 August 2017
From: Features
![Property Natter: a half-year review – hybrids, PropTech and resilience](/img/default/eat.png)
We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...
14 July 2017
From: Features
![Brexit and election result are stopping people moving, leading agent says](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s leading buying agents says over six million people are living in the wrong property because they are...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Forget stamp duty reform - There’s a new tax on the horizon](/img/default/eat.png)
When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation takes some beating. Press releases are still arriving berating the December...
01 July 2017
From: Features
![NAEA vice-president election continues as scheduled despite protest](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents says its election for a new vice president is to go ahead as scheduled despite...
05 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices down for third month in a row - first time since 2009](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices recorded their third consecutive monthly fall in May says the Nationwide. It's the first time this has occurred since 2009, and...
02 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Reform of buying and selling - The industry should prepare now](/img/default/eat.png)
The banning of letting fees levied on tenants has dominated the industry headlines in recent months but this election campaign suggests...
27 May 2017
From: Features
![Agency says some London boroughs seeing record low transactions](/img/default/eat.png)
A London estate agency’s analysis of the latest Land Registry data suggests transactions in the capital are the lowest ever recorded. Land...
27 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents broadly welcome election despite short-term uncertainty](/img/default/eat.png)
The industry has broadly welcomed the shock announcement of a June 8 General Election as a chance to end long term...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Why more US investors are looking for UK property](/img/default/eat.png)
Following the election of Donald Trump, there has been a rise in the number of United States investors searching for property...
25 January 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![What next for the rental market in 2017?](/img/default/eat.png)
The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...
14 January 2017
From: Features
![Is a long-term housing policy too much to ask for?](/img/default/eat.png)
Just a couple of weeks ago, we waited with anticipation to see what the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, would say in...
09 December 2016
From: Features
![Property Natter: five things we’ve learnt this year](/img/default/eat.png)
What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...
03 December 2016
From: Features
![What does a Donald Trump win mean for the UK property market?](/img/default/eat.png)
It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...
12 November 2016
From: Features
![Guild follows Tepilo and ESTAS in linking with agency review platform](/img/default/eat.png)
The Guild of Professional Estate Agents has followed in the steps on the ESTAS awards by linking up with a reviews and...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![The future looks bright for Bristol](/img/default/eat.png)
A campaign has been launched to make Bristol the colour capital of the UK by ensuring that more homes are painted...
02 September 2016
From: Features
![What has been the Brexit impact on the housing market so far?](/img/default/eat.png)
The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...
05 August 2016
From: Features
![Decision Day - industry and wider public vote in EU Referendum](/img/default/eat.png)
Members of the property industry join the rest of the country in going to the polls today to decide whether the...
23 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![How can the industry provide reassurance during this time of uncertainty?](/img/default/eat.png)
Significant national events such as elections and, in this case, referendums bring with them a level of uncertainty. No-one can predict...
17 June 2016
From: Features
![Brexit has upside for London's foreign investors - property advisers](/img/default/eat.png)
A property investment firm says a British exit from the EU may cause minimal damage to the prime London market and...
11 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Brexit uncertainty hitting the housing market, warn agents and auctioneers](/img/default/eat.png)
Political and economic uncertainty caused by the upcoming EU referendum is beginning to hit the housing market according to two different...