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An interesting demand has been made of Chancellor Rishi Sunak - to consider reforming stamp duty with thresholds revised to reflect...

A property quango wants industry experts to join its board - and will pay £25,000 a year for what it calls...

There are currently 341,419 homes across England, Scotland and Wales that have been vacant for at least six months.  Collectively, these homes...

A 10-point ’must have’ list of demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget on March 3 has been issued by NAEA Propertymark. It’s...

The National Association of Estate Agents wants the government to initiate a mortgage guarantee scheme to encourage more 95 per cent...

NAEA Propertymark has written a letter to Housing Minister Christopher Pincher, asking what measures the government is taking to get more...

There’s no doubt that we live in politically charged times and every day appears to bring something new to the ‘party’. For...

In recent years, governments and local councils have sought to change the private rented sector (PRS) to make it more appealing...

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

Councils across England will have new powers to charge dramatically more council tax on homes left empty for many years following...

This week I carry out a question and answer session with one of the most high-profile names in property. Isobel Thomson has...

A London agency says it’s angry that out of 200,000 homes officially classified as long term empty across the UK, just...

The Green Party, one of the final political groups to launch their manifesto for the June 8 General Election, wants an end...

England has 200,145 long-term empty homes according to an analysis of government figures by an investment company.  In London alone, there were...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

A housing body says that, rather than presiding over a worsening housing crisis as many suggest, David Cameron has actually left...

The government says a raft of measures it has introduced means the number of empty homes across the UK is now...

What are we going to do about Generation Rent? Only as recently as February 2016 did tenants steal the headline away...

Estate agents have been accused of flouting the rules by erecting For Sale and To Let signs despite a voluntary ban. The...