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You will hopefully have seen that the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 has now received its Royal Assent, meaning it...

Drone technology has come on a long way in recent years, with different use cases across various industries. New developments in...

Are you experiencing Estate Agent burnout? As The Stamp Duty Holiday has begun to tail off, it didn’t bring the relaxation in...

Regional hybrid agency Hortons says its repaid its £50,000 bounce back loan at the earliest opportunity - because the industry has...

The end of a largely-forgotten mortgage initiative connected with the pandemic could end up derailing the current strong housing market, agents...

The government has thrown its weight behind the concept of Unique Property Reference Numbers as a way of speeding up transactions. UPRNs...

It’s been another terrific week for good deeds by our industry - so often under-reported but so important for agents and...

Propertymark Qualifications is reporting a surge in exams being taken and booked as restrictions ease allowing test centres to reopen. Since they...

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

New Land Registry rules mean conveyancers and solicitors must have written evidence to show they have tried to resolve a request...

Another week begins, another record tumbles - Rightmove this morning reports a monthly price surge of 2.1 per cent has propelled...

The sizes and numbers of gardens in London are reducing because stamp duty is encouraging more extensions as an alternative to moving. That’s...

Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...

The Northern Research Group, which has the backing of over 50 Conservative MPs in the north of England, wants the Chancellor...

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...

A mortgage lender says it will now accept ‘no-search indemnity insurance’ for residential purchases in a bid to speed up the...

A leasehold group has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher pressing for an update on the government’s approach to reform for...

Housing Minister Christopher Pincher announced that the introduction of the Renters' Reform Bill will be delayed for an indefinite period due...

The ban on evictions was due to end earlier this month, but following a last-minute U-turn from the government, it has...

Wholesale reform of leasehold issues is still some years away, despite recent proposals by the Law Commission and pledges by the...

Home owners in England will be entitled to add up to two storeys to the height of their home via a...

The long-awaited proposals for leasehold reform produced by the Law Commission suggests giving owners the right to extend their lease for...

Propertymark is calling in the government for agents to be trained in the use of software operating the Unique Property Reference...

The death has been announced of one of the country’s leading campaigners against the injustices of the leasehold system, Louie Burns. Burns...

The Property Ombudsman’s office is still receiving 40 to 50 calls a day from the public, even though most transactions with...

Forget the Boris Bounce - this might be the Rightmove Retreat. A new tool produced by the portal measures price per...

The government is being urged to make commonhold ownership compulsory on all new apartments - and the move could even begin a...

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...

A 10 point manifesto to drive forward leasehold reform has been published by prominent campaigner Louie Burns, of The Leasehold Solutions Group. The 10...

Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group announced the initial details of plans for mandatory qualifications and...

A blog for the British Property Federation has come up with three radically different proposals for stamp duty, providing food for...

Two Countrywide brands have joined forces to launch Airspace Exchange – a service to push the idea of constructing homes and...

There’s been a mixed response to the government’s surprise announcement that it would make permanent the right of home owners to...

Homeowners will be able to extend properties more easily instead of moving home. In a surprise announcement this morning - less than...

Trading in OnTheMarket’s shares was subject to two so-called Price Monitoring Extensions - temporary freezing of transactions because of erratic movements. The...

For the second day in a row Countrywide was subject to two so-called Price Monitoring Extensions - temporary freezing of trading...

The London Stock Exchange twice froze trading in Countrywide’s shares yesterday after volatile movements - and a new record low price. The...

Extended Permitted Development Rights unveiled in the Chancellor’s recent Spring Statement could create issues concerning Right To Light for homes near...

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the other hand maybe we’re bored with politics, but this year’s Budget...

Last time out I looked at the growing importance of content, social media and design – but these should only form...

Home owners seeking lease extensions may now have to pay more as a result of a controversial judgement handed down by...

The Court of Appeal is today expected to rule on a legal battle which may be critical in determining the value...

While there is a distinct market for flats held on particularly short leases, there is a middle ground where flat owners...

A specialist leasehold enfranchisement firm has branded government leasehold reforms as "incredibly weak". In an announcement lost in the noise following Damian Green’s sacking,...

The small print of the Budget has revealed that the government is to make minor changes to the ‘additional homes’ three...

A third of small building firms say that soaring material prices are squeezing their margins and almost a quarter have had...

The equity release sector is claiming a record quarter between April and June with the number of new customers and total...

A leasehold enfranchisement expert wants government action over what he calls the "forgotten casualties" of the recent ground rent scandal.    Louie Burns,...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

A London council is seeking to impose an average £8,000 fee for securing planning consent on a below-ground extension - already...

Several agencies have unveiled expansion plans despite the EU referendum, economic uncertainty and fears of a major downturn in the London...

The possibility of short-term falling house prices caused by Brexit may be good news for the UK’s four million leasehold flat...

Rightmove has released a series of online ‘portraits of how London might look after the completion of a series of development,...

The influential Home Owners’ Alliance pressure group says Britain pulling out of the EU would probably depress house prices. The HOA - a...

A conveyancing firm claims there has been a 140 per cent increase in the number of properties requiring leasehold extensions in...

The agency marketing expert Doctor Photo has launched what he calls a ‘digital surgery’ to provide agents and developers with images...

Estate agents have given an enthusiastic endorsement to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposals to help boost housing building totals through changes to...