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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...