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Data and statistics are never in short supply for those of us working in the property sector.  But one set which really...

Buyer demand for homes in England has hit its lowest recorded levels since 2015, according to the latest House Builders’ Survey...

An estate agency with a major new homes department claims new build sales are proving more resilient than the mainstream market. Leaders...

Labour leader Keir Starmer took to the airwaves yesterday, promising to "back the builders not blockers" when it comes to homeownership. Speaking...

Long-term 50-year mortgages that can be passed on by parents to their children appear to be the latest idea from the...

OnTheMarket has been having “positive discussions” with founding shareholder agents about renewing their contracts once they expire next year. Agents who invested...

An industry expert has questioned the fairness of a “two-tier system” that has emerged between new builds and second-hand homes when...

The Dispute Service has been selected to operate the New Homes Ombudsman scheme, following what has been called ”a fiercely competitive...

Hamptons is to expand the provision of New Homes and residential development services across all of its 90 branches, after a...

Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...

Two companies are to merge to create one of the Home Counties’ largest land and new homes businesses. Ashtons and Putterills Land...

NAEA Propertymark says the news that two major players in the leasehold sector have reformed their activities must be just the...

The Competition and Markets Authority has struck a deal with house builders over leasehold abuses. Aviva has committed to remove certain terms...

OnTheMarket, which a few days ago indicated it was in profit for the first time, is to woo potential new investors...

Zoopla has unveiled new features which it says will deliver more value to agents. In-Search Ads gives agents and housebuilders the option...

OnTheMarket’s new chief executive has posted his first full year’s trading figures - and they suggest the portal is making progress...

Zoopla says house builders “are at the heart of everything we do” and it is revamping its New Homes marketing offer...

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

Two of Britain’s largest house builders have reacted sharply to calls by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and the Competition and Markets...

The Competition and Markets Authority has written to two top house builders ordering them to change their leasehold terms. In September the...

The controversy over the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements in the world of property resurfaced over the weekend in a BBC programme. A...

The Chancellor is considering extending the stamp duty holiday for a short period according to a newspaper report this morning. The Daily...

A new body which says it will “champion better outcomes for buyers” is described as independent but is to be chaired...

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...

Covid-19 has caused the number of new homes registered by UK house builders to fall 23 per cent in 2020. The NHBC...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is taking credit for saving thousands of agency jobs through increased transactions prompted by the stamp duty holiday. A...

Ed Mead has joined a growing chorus demanding government action on the cladding crisis. He is one of the industry’s leading figures from...

OnTheMarket has signed up one of the country’s biggest house builders, Taylor Wimpey. The builder - which has 24 offices and covers...

NAEA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a Competitions and Markets Authority investigation into whether consumer protection law has been broken...

Government leaks to mainstream and building trade media suggest the controversial Help To Buy scheme will be extended beyond its end-of-2020 deadline. An...

The Black Lives Matter debate has reached the property industry with some agents dropping the term ‘Master bedroom’ from descriptions. The Times...

OnTheMarket says it still aims to be the number one portal, but the acting chief executive has revealed a far more...

Business consultancy TwentyCi is the latest to try to put a value on the potential losses to the property industry and...

The tussle for New Build listings between Zoopla and OnTheMarket has swung in favour of the former this morning with the...

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where and why across our...

The competition is hotting up between Zoopla and OnTheMarket for new homes listings. Today Zoopla has revealed that it has seen a...

Zoopla is continuing its aggressive expansion of listings and services to agents with news this morning that it has added a...

A Labour proposal to dramatically improve energy efficiency in almost every British home would cost an estimated £60 billion. The upgrades would...

Zoopla has unveiled new functionality that it claims will make searching for new homes easier for consumers - and resumes the...

Consumer demand for new build homes has dropped to a six-year low, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The organisation's House...

A trading statement from OnTheMarket reveals that fewer agents than anticipated have so far converted from free or discounted deals to...

A banking company used by OnTheMarket has issued a note to its investor clients claiming the portal “arguably beats its peers...

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...

It’s been quite a week for news so you might have missed this story - there is yet another boost for...

Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your weekly chance to catch up on major moves in our industry. Everyone here has...

The row over whether Help To Buy benefits house builders’ personal wealth more than it assists the housing market is continuing...

I often speak of my wish to see property taken out of the hands of politicians. Indeed, this is likely to...

Are you a real Doctor? Not in the conventional sense no, sorry to disappoint! I’m Tom Durrant and I’m the Creative Director...

The government says it will be releasing details of its ideas to revamp redress systems concerning agents and new homes “in...

Figures released by the government over the weekend show that 14,867 Help To Buy equity loans were taken out in the...

Hello and welcome to a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today, your weekly insight into the key moves within our industry. Everyone...

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...

A service which describes itself as an alternative to part exchange has been launched to facilitate sales to ‘corporate property buyers’. It’s...

The Land & New Homes Network has announced a part exchange and assisted move collaboration with Relocation Agent Network in a...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the place where you find all the key agency industry moves over recent days. Please...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - a slim edition given how quiet the industry is at the...

Former housing minister Dominic Raab, who yesterday left his post after just six months in office, may have had a lucky...

Hybrid agency Emoov is now offering a tailored sales package aimed at attracting developers listing and selling new homes. Rather than paying...

Barclays is next week launching a so-called ‘green mortgage’ which links the loan to the Energy Performance Certificate rating of the...

The government has launched a surprise consultation on the creation of a new redress system for customers of agents and others...

A new national housing agency – Homes England – has been launched by the newly-rebadged Ministry of Housing Communities and Local...

New figures out this morning show that house builders registered nearly 38,000 new homes in the UK during the third quarter...

The Conservative party, in a press statement released to clarify comments made by Theresa May, says the government’s proposed extra £2...

A network which helps estate agents win more instructions in the land and new homes sector is launching a lead generation...

A cluster of conveyancing and legal experts, known as the Legal Sector Group, has published a raft of proposals on leasehold...

There has been widespread praise for the Nationwide building society's crackdown on criteria for mortgages for leasehold new build homes.   From May...

My apologies if this causes you to break your Easter egg with a little too much aggression, but I reckon the...

More than three quarters of developers want to see the government go into reverse on its stamp duty and mortgage interest...

Excuse the puntastic (or not) title, but as you’ve no doubt already deciphered I took a trip northwards a couple of...

The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...

What does it say on your business card? Christopher Merriman, Land and Planning Director at Intro Crowd Who are Intro Crowd? Intro...

Sawyer & Co., an agency operating sales and lettings in Brighton and Hove, is the latest firm to be chosen to...

Now I’m not one to lose sleep over politicians, but it strikes me that Communities Secretary Sajid Javid and Housing Minister...

A new body set up to forge links between developers and estate agents has spoken up in favour of the government’s...

The chief executive of one of Britain’s top house builders is warning that the industry must do more to prevent an...

2017 is set to be the first year since 2008 that the UK constructs 200,000 new homes, suggests Redrow, one of...

The Adam Smith Institute, a right-wing think-tank, has blasted the campaigning charity Shelter over its allegations of land-banking by house builders in...

Humberts says it is throwing its weight behind a fledgling organisation set up to bring estate agencies and new-build developers together...

A firm is warning of “a wave of litigation from home owners who were given inadequate advice from their solicitors or...

A university claims house builders are securing “soaring profits” despite the worsening housing shortage across the country.  Research by Sheffield Hallam's Centre...

Countryside Properties and Telford Homes are the latest housebuilders to report good trading conditions following the result of the EU referendum. Countryside,...

The government’s housing policy, while helpful outside London, has had a negative effect on the capital according to one of the...

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

Older readers may recall a terrific movie called Network where a character, disillusioned by life, shouts from a window: “I’m as...

It’s over. A win is a win, whichever side you backed. It’s true that everyone seems a lot less happy than...

Countrywide has taken another step into the residential development mortgage market by acquiring Mortgage Bureau, which works with national house builders as...

Discounted starter homes could be out of reach for the majority of families in need of an affordable home in many...

The government claims 43 per cent of new homes built since the introduction of the Help to Buy equity loan scheme...

As we all know, Peter Redfern is critical to the future of the British housing market and.... What? Wait? You don’t know...

Countrywide has continued its acquisition programme by taking over a company consulting with house builders in the Home Counties and London.  The acquisition...

House builders say portals are vital generators of leads, especially for drawing in buyers who are not ‘brand loyal’ to one...

Property journalists, and more than a few estate agents, are beginning their annual autumn ritual – forecasting what’s going to happen...

The government has launched a £26m fund for house builders and developers to demonstrate the range of high quality homes appropriate...

Given that I wrote my last article on the day of the General Election but well before the result was known,...

There has been much debate in recent years about Britain’s desperate need for more housing stock. Demand has been outstripping supply...