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“The housing crisis will be solved using technology.” Or so I read somewhere this week. This notion that technology is the panacea...
27 July 2024
From: Features
Mandatory housing targets are back, alongside a pledge to build 1.5 million homes in the next five years. But can Prime...
27 July 2024
From: Features
A recent appeal decision which allowed housing development on the Hertfordshire Green Belt highlights the need for greater flexibility on locational...
27 July 2024
From: Features
Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...
26 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Higher mortgage rates will push more people than expected into poverty, research warns. Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) highlights...
26 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Eluned Morgan is set to be named First Minister of Wales in a move backed by estate agency trade body Propertymark. Morgan...
25 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The total value of the UK residential housing market is now worth £8.67 trillion, according to Savills, with the value of...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
NOBODY does pomp and ceremony like us Brits and, wow, it was on full display in Westminster last week. Despite the prestige...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
It’s so good to see housing at the top of the government’s agenda for change. Finally! The housing crisis has been met...
20 July 2024
From: Features
The new Government’s plan to ‘Get Britain Building’ is ambitious, to say the least. And it is central to their mission, not...
20 July 2024
From: Features
Two years of rising interest rates, the withdrawal of first-time buyer support, planning delays and a string of broken promises has...
20 July 2024
From: Features
The Chancellor’s plans to ‘get Britain building again’ are very significant for the property sector and property investment, specifically. The plans...
20 July 2024
From: Features
We all know what defines a successful community: not just a range of homes to address a range of requirements, but...
20 July 2024
From: Features
Housebuilding, leasehold and rental reform are set to be key roles of the new Labour Government’s legislative agenda but agency regulation...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The rate of inflation held steady last month, raising hopes that the Bank of England will give homebuyers a boost with...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
We’ve probably all had enough of people campaigning in recent weeks but I have to admit to one disappointment with the...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Just a week after Labour’s landslide election victory and already their top team is coming under scrutiny and being asked to...
17 July 2024
From: Features
The new Labour Government will set out its legislative agenda today with the King’s Speech set to reveal its policy priorities. Agents...
17 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has called for an end to instability over Wales’ housing policy. It comes after Welsh Labour leader and First Minister Vaughan...
17 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Demand for energy efficient new homes is on the rise, according to recent data from Knight Frank. A recent buyer sentiment survey...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark and RICS are among industry bodies that have backed an open letter to the new Housing Secretary calling for the...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
It's more than a week since we saw the removal vans enter Downing St and Labour’s promise to hit the ground...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Like a breath of fresh air, we now have a government that actually appears to be governing. OK, it’s only 10 days...
13 July 2024
From: Features
Just a week after Labour’s landslide election victory and already their top team is coming under scrutiny and being asked to...
13 July 2024
From: Features
While housing is a devolved matter, ESPC hopes that the promises made by Labour in the recent general election might help...
13 July 2024
From: Features
The General Election sparked an early summer slowdown for London’s prime housing market, research suggests. Analysis of the prime London housing market...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is holding a webinar today covering the likely impact of the General Election on the housing market. Timothy Douglas, head of...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Under the strain of a housing crisis, the UK faces a severe shortage of affordable homes. This is further emphasised by...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The Government has dropped the previous Tory Party’s levelling up slogan. Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner confirmed the move...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Fintech firm CLSQ has launched a tool to give mortgage lenders access to real-time Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) data. The product, called...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
New Chancellor Rachel Reeves has used her first speech to reinstate housebuilding targets and pledge to build one and a half...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Property professionals have called for cross-party support and stability when it comes to housing policy under the new Labour Government after...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
So, now we know. After weeks of reports predicting a Labour landslide, Keir Starmer is indeed unpacking his boxes and settling into...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
So it’s a Labour landslide but it’s not like 1997. I remember the last time as if it were yesterday. May 1st, 1997....
06 July 2024
From: Features
On balance, a stable new government with a large majority is good news for the sales market. Labour’s costed spending plans,...
06 July 2024
From: Features
With a historic majority for Keir Starmer and the Labour Party, there can be no doubt over which party will be...
06 July 2024
From: Features
Heidi Shackell, chief executive officer at The Lettings Hub said: “The General Election, called in May, halted progress of the Renters'...
06 July 2024
From: Features
As mortgage rates remain high, estate agents report that housing market conditions continue to be demanding. A 0.1% fall in the average...
06 July 2024
From: Features
Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset class but more recently, residential property values have taken over....
06 July 2024
From: Features
The nation heads to the polls today to help choose the next Government. Housing hasn’t been a main feature and most of...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Agency sales supply and demand dipped in May as buyers and sellers await the election outcome, Propertymark members claim. The agency trade...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
An industry expert has called on agents to actively lobby new MPs to influence housing policy – whoever wins the election. Neil...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Industry commentator Charlie Lamdin has launched a 50-hour live stream to help voters concerned about housing decide how to vote in...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The Conservatives are set to lose nearly half of homeowner votes on Thursday, latest polling from national estate agency Jackson-Stops reveals. In...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
More than three quarters of home buyers are ‘gazundering’—or ‘price chipping’—to reduce the agreed sale price of properties at the last...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
High mortgage rates continued to weigh on the housing market in June, leaving house price growth relatively flat. Nationwide’s latest House Price...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
It’s all over bar the voting, so let’s cut to the chase. Labour will win on July 4, big time. Even a...
29 June 2024
From: Features
We frequently read about how the traditional form of urban BTR has inspired the more recent model, suburban BTR. Our own...
29 June 2024
From: Features
Institutional investors and "for-profit" registered providers are set to play an increasingly vital role in tackling the UK's affordable housing crisis,...
29 June 2024
From: Features
You may not have seen it, but one of the most important reports published within the housing sector over the past...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
An Irish estate agent has come up with a solution to For Sale boards that can get damaged by bad weather. Auctioneera...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The recent dip in inflation to 2% for the first time in three years brings a glimmer of optimism in the...
26 June 2024
From: Features
At least 18m homes have an energy performance certificate (EPC) rating of D or below, pushing up gas and electricity bills...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The announcement by the Bank Of England that interest rates will remain fixed at 5.25% for the seventh month in a...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
More than half a million homes need to be built by 2031 to clear the current supply backlog. Research from property consultancy...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
In the later stages of an election when the Conservatives’ best chance of success is forcing an own goal by Labour,...
22 June 2024
From: Features
Women in London who are looking to get on the property ladder face significant challenges that prevent them from buying a...
22 June 2024
From: Features
In the first quarter of the year, the UK real estate investment market demonstrated resilience and active participation. Despite ongoing uncertainties,...
22 June 2024
From: Features
A new house price forecast by peer-to-peer real estate investment platform, easyMoney, reveals that recent optimism in the UK property market could...
22 June 2024
From: Features
Despite a consultation starting back in 2020, the proposed legislation hadn’t progressed through Parliament and no doubt many landlords who faced...
22 June 2024
From: Features
Interest rates were held for the sixth consecutive Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting yesterday, as agents expressed hope of a cut...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
It is currently one of the best times to be a homebuyer, Knight Frank claims. The agency brand has highlighted that a...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents are being warned about the risk of burnout as research suggests 37% of property professionals won’t be taking a summer...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Average asking prices had their usual seasonal dip this month, dropping by just £21 to £375,110, according to Rightmove data. The portal’s...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The UK housing market has returned to its pre-pandemic size, Savills claims. Research by the agency brand suggests the total value of...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Having spent more than three decades working in the property sector, I’ve come to the conclusion I’ve pretty much seen it...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
You have to wonder who is advising Rishi Sunak these days. Months ago, Silverstone must have seemed a terrific venue to hold...
15 June 2024
From: Features
New research reveals nearly half a million homes could be built across London on land that currently lies derelict amid a...
15 June 2024
From: Features
The average price of detached homes in Edinburgh has risen by almost £1,500 a week according to analysis of the latest...
15 June 2024
From: Features
After much anticipation, the Labour Manifesto for ‘Change’ was launched this week. Held in Manchester the launch event included personal reflections...
15 June 2024
From: Features
Building and development plans Recently, Carter Jonas has marketed development sites which have attracted multiple bids, higher offers than had been anticipated...
15 June 2024
From: Features
There’s been a broadly warm response from much of the property industry to Labour’s manifesto, but a call for more detail...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s a growing supply-demand imbalance in the sales market according to the prominent industry asking price index, Home. It says despite greater...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
An agency bond says Labour’s plan to slap VAT on private school fees will have a positive effect on pricing of...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest residential market sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests confidence in the housing market is beginning...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
A political party is pledging that if elected it will make every home in the UK have an EPC rating of...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The Conservative Party’s General Election manifesto has committed to resurrecting the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme and temporarily removing Capital...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The Liberal Democrat General Election manifesto has been published, promising more housebuilding, abolishing leasehold tenures and its own buyer support scheme. Its...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents are invited to a webinar on how the General Election will affect the property market. Reapit and PayProp will be hosting...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Stamp Duty reform and first-time buyer support tops the list of what Foxtons would like to see from the next Government. The...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
In a week when the election campaign descended into claim and counterclaim of lies over tax plans and Nigel Farage was...
08 June 2024
From: Features
You may not have realised, but yesterday, the new government’s housing policy was agreed. No, I’m not talking about the new ‘Freedom...
08 June 2024
From: Features
In the second of their Election Wishlist series, Leaders Romans Group turn the spotlight on the Private Rented Sector (PRS). Here, National...
08 June 2024
From: Features
Housing has finally made it onto the General Election campaign, albeit with a familiar policy. Labour has unveiled plans for a Freedom...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
If, like me, you watched the two party leaders battle it out in the first head-to-head debate you’ll have noticed that...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has criticised the lack of focus on housing policy during the first General Election TV debate this week. Housing was rarely...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of market appraisals and sales agreed among estate agents are now back above levels seen before the September 2022...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Political parties have been pretty quiet on housing policy during the General Election campaign and industry groups are hopeful that tonight’s...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Vendors could boost the value of their property by around £13,000 on average by improving its energy efficiency, research suggests. Research by...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
House prices appear to have benefited from a Spring bounce but sales and mortgage approvals have struggled. It comes after a busy...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
And so we wait. The election, still only a week old and with almost five left to go, has served up main...
01 June 2024
From: Features
To put it simply – letting agents are our business. When they overwhelmingly voice a concern about something, we take that...
01 June 2024
From: Features
With election day looming, in the first of a series of articles, experts from property services organisation, Leaders Romans Group, offer...
01 June 2024
From: Features
Anyone who has ever bought or sold a house, knows the frustration and disappointment when a sale falls through. The excitement of...
01 June 2024
From: Features
In what are some of the biggest changes to the residential leasehold sector in the last 21 years since the Commonhold...
01 June 2024
From: Features
HAVING spent decades closely following the UK and American property markets, I’ve seen and read many reports comparing the two. But...
01 June 2024
From: Features
Stamp Duty reform and more housebuilding top the General Election wish-lists for the property sector. General Election manifestos are yet to be...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Amid the frenetic news agenda of recent weeks, a story broke that may have easily passed you by. It revealed how tenant...