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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...