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![Wrong To Buy - our worst ever housing policy](/upload/images/__thumbs/1%20Proofed%20----%20%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViews%20(003)%20-%20October%202023%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.jpg/1%20Proofed%20----%20%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViews%20(003)%20-%20October%202023%20by%20Graham%20Norwood__400x267.jpg)
What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...
21 October 2023
From: Features
![City Living veteran agent returns to property world](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Will%20the%20post%20Christmas%20boom%20materialise%20this%20year%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
A pioneer of the so-called City Living movement, trying to create more residential units in city centres, is returning to the...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Leaders Romans Group unveils new shared ownership offering](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group has relaunched its specialist shared ownership brand. Previously known as Leaders and Romans Shared Ownership, which has sold more...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Can public private partnerships help address the shortage of rental homes?](/upload/images/4%20RentOnlineSearch-400x310.png)
A recent poll of 11,000 private renters by SpareRooom reveals that 81% spend more than 30% of their take-home pay on...
22 July 2023
From: Features
![Planning and Net Zero – the need for political change](/upload/images/__thumbs/planning-net-zero.jpg/planning-net-zero__400x267.jpg)
In November, research conducted by The Housing Forum's Futures Network unearthed concern with the potential to meet the requirements set out...
18 March 2023
From: Features
![Affordable housing-focused portal trials accessible sales ads](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech1-400x310.png)
A portal that has historically focused on affordable housing and accessible rental listings is trailing a move into sales. MovingSoon, which provides...
21 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Dear New Prime Minister - here's your housing to-do list](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/SunakvsTruss02_400x310.png)
We are only a fortnight away from having a new Prime Minister, following a contest in which housing has played a...
20 August 2022
From: Features
![Eco properties – time running out to grab tickets for first-ever Green Home Festival](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
With green issues on the agenda more than ever, homeowners wanting to learn more about making their homes more eco-friendly have...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency groups hope to 'maintain momentum' with new Housing Secretary](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
Estate agency trade body Propertymark is hoping to “maintain momentum” with newly appointed Housing Secretary Greg Clark. He replaces Michael Gove, who...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Extending Right to Buy won’t fix the housing shortage](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...
14 May 2022
From: Features
![Right To Buy - what on earth is government playing at?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Mortgage-House-Keys-400x310.jpg)
What a difference two months and some local elections make. Cast your minds back to March 9 and the annual report of...
07 May 2022
From: Features
![More leaseholders freed from doubling ground rents](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove2-400x310.png)
Fifteen businesses which had bought freeholds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![The Holiday Home Debate - Don’t Let Politicians Get Away With It](/img/default/eat.png)
At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...
10 July 2021
From: Features
![Handle with care – why 2021 is the year to look after your leads](/img/default/eat.png)
The last few months have seen property agents work hard to continue delivering quality client communications and maintain an increasingly digital...
23 January 2021
From: Features
![Outsourced operator will qualify agents’ leads and follow-up marketing](/img/default/eat.png)
Outsourced communications provider Moneypenny has launched a new facility called Client Services for agents resuming business. Moneypenny’s 80-strong team of receptionists can...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - who’s moving where, why and when](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello - it’s Monday and so it’s PJT, where you can catch up on the industry major moves of recent days. Please...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![New homes portal reports 71 per cent surge in leads in a year](/img/default/eat.png)
A new homes portal says that in the past year it’s seen a rise of 82 per cent in website visitors and...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![General election 2019: The housing crisis remains a top issue](/img/default/eat.png)
With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...
07 December 2019
From: Features
![Labour pledges ‘revolution’ based on revamped council housing](/img/default/eat.png)
Labour is pledging a “housing revolution” with the biggest council house building programme for decades Its manifesto being launched today will include new...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Will the current political landscape encourage Generation Rent to vote?](/img/default/eat.png)
In recent years, governments and local councils have sought to change the private rented sector (PRS) to make it more appealing...
28 September 2019
From: Features
![Agency chief blasted for backing Boris Johnson, Brexit and homes policy](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agent turned Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake has provoked a furious response on social media by coming out in favour of...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Radical reform for agency industry to be signed off by minister today](/img/default/eat.png)
Some of the most radical reforms ever proposed for estate and letting agents are expected to be signed off today by...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Back to the future? A home ownership crisis](/img/default/eat.png)
With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...
06 July 2019
From: Features
![Demand for shared ownership homes set to double - Savills](/img/default/eat.png)
Demand for shared ownership properties will rise by over 15,000 units a year when Help To Buy comes to an end...
06 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![So farewell Theresa May and thanks for...well, not much](/img/default/eat.png)
No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...
13 April 2019
From: Features
![Shelter and Generation Rent? Radical? Don’t make me laugh…](/img/default/eat.png)
Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...
30 March 2019
From: Features
![Building better homes is good for everyone – not just older people](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s no secret that the UK’s housing sector is in crisis. Headlines scream about the shortage of new-build homes. TV pundits...
30 March 2019
From: Features
![Stamp duty relief for first time buyers extended by Chancellor Hammond](/img/default/eat.png)
Stamp duty relief for first time buyers of full-priced houses and apartments is to be extended to first time buyers of...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - a bumper week for industry moves](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today, your weekly insight into the key moves within our industry. Everyone...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Should equity release be taxed to encourage down-sizing?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...
25 August 2018
From: Features
!['Voluntary Right To Buy' pilot launched in one region](/img/default/eat.png)
A regional pilot has been launched for what is called the Voluntary Right to Buy - a scheme giving housing association...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Want more new homes? Then cut the red tape, say property chiefs](/img/default/eat.png)
Some of Britain’s top property experts say bureaucracy, lack of cooperation and a dwindling number of smaller builders are the main...
06 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![May's new housing adviser is ex-Shelter ex-Livingstone policy chief](/img/default/eat.png)
Theresa May has appointed a controversial former Shelter executive as her new housing policy adviser working in Whitehall. Toby Lloyd was until...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Connells celebrates doubling of new homes and land activities](/img/default/eat.png)
Land and investment deals achieved by Connells Group in 2017 will add a further 2,750 units to its new homes pipeline,...
26 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![New franchise estate agency wants housing associations to sign up](/img/default/eat.png)
A housing association which for over two years has operated its own estate agency now wants similar organisations to join up...
02 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Party conference season - A housing plan for UK Plc](/img/default/eat.png)
And so concludes another party conference season. We’ve followed the great and the good (both terms are debatable) around Torbay, Bournemouth,...
07 October 2017
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - as the summer holidays start...](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been an undeniably tough year for agents so far and no one can say the industry doesn’t deserve a summer...
21 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![New homes must be marketed to Britons first, say Liberal Democrats](/img/default/eat.png)
The Liberal Democrats have set a building target of 300,000 new homes a year, have pledged to scrap housing association Right...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – a conference wrapped in Guild](/img/default/eat.png)
Excuse the puntastic (or not) title, but as you’ve no doubt already deciphered I took a trip northwards a couple of...
11 February 2017
From: Features
![What we learnt about the Government post-White Paper](/img/default/eat.png)
If you work in lettings, I’ll already have a pretty good idea on how you feel about the current Conservative Government. The...
11 February 2017
From: Features
![Is building homes in factories the solution to the housing crisis?](/img/default/eat.png)
The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...
11 February 2017
From: Features
![Zoopla: Hometrack makes us UK's most valuable property resource](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group’s £120m purchase of Hometrack, announced yesterday evening, is part of its aim to create “the UK’s most valuable...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla buys data and automated valuation giant Hometrack](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group is buying Hometrack, one of the country’s leading property market business consultancies. Established in 1999, Hometrack is one of...
31 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![How can estate agents secure more new build housing instructions?](/img/default/eat.png)
Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...
28 January 2017
From: Features
![What next for the rental market in 2017?](/img/default/eat.png)
The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...
14 January 2017
From: Features
![Autumn Statement: The property industry's wish list for Philip Hammond](/img/default/eat.png)
It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...
19 November 2016
From: Features
![30 years after her disappearance, we still have to learn from Suzy’s story](/img/default/eat.png)
Suzy Lamplugh was just 25 years old when she disappeared whilst working as an estate agent in London in 1986. She’d...
07 October 2016
From: Features
![Government fund will buy new-build homes that fail to sell](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has revealed that its £2 billion accelerated construction fund will be used to guarantee housing schemes, including deals to...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Stay safe: Suzy Lamplugh Trust urges agents to sign up to new code](/img/default/eat.png)
Three decades after 25-year-old Suzy Lamplugh disappeared on a house viewing, the charity set up in her name is calling on...
05 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Little England is out of step – on Right To Buy, at the very least](/img/default/eat.png)
If you want an indicator that the United Kingdom isn’t so united any more, have a look at Right To Buy. The...
12 August 2016
From: Features
![Look what Labour’s Owen Smith has done to me](/img/default/eat.png)
Older readers may recall a terrific movie called Network where a character, disillusioned by life, shouts from a window: “I’m as...
29 July 2016
From: Features
![New housing minister opposes homes scheme in his own constituency](/img/default/eat.png)
It has been revealed that the new housing minister, Gavin Barwell, appears to be campaigning to oppose a new housing scheme...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Brexit-focussed May eventually names Gavin Barwell as housing minister](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing appears to have a disappointingly low priority in the new Theresa May-led Cabinet - at least judging from the time...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![50,000 Right To Buy homes sold since 2012 but only 5,000 replacements started](/img/default/eat.png)
Government figures claim almost 50,000 households in council and other forms of social housing have taken up their Right To Buy...
29 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Bungalows vulnerable under government sell-off, says think-tank](/img/default/eat.png)
Bungalows are likely to be sold-off as a by-product the government’s plans to extend Right To Buy, but are unlikely to...
04 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Lords enter row over affordability (or not) of Starter Homes](/img/default/eat.png)
An influential committee of the House of Lords has waded into the argument over whether the government’s new Starter Homes are...
19 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Government fund to encourage more starter homes](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has launched a £26m fund for house builders and developers to demonstrate the range of high quality homes appropriate...
11 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Latest Right To Buy idea may be watered down](/img/default/eat.png)
The House of Lords has set the cat amongst the pigeons on the government proposal to give housing association tenants the...
22 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Budget - Buy To Let interest relief changes plus Non-Dom clampdown](/img/default/eat.png)
The Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced a series of measures impacting on the property industry, including: Mortgage interest relief for buy-to-let homebuyers...
08 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Agency figures make last-gasp pleas to Osborne](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate and letting agents and other figures in the property industry have been making their last-minute calls on Chancellor George Osborne...
08 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Boris lobbying government to change Right To Buy](/img/default/eat.png)
The Financial Times says London Mayor and new Conservative MP Boris Johnson is lobbying the government in a bid to persuade...
02 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Right to Buy extension confirmed in Queen’s Speech](/img/default/eat.png)
The Conservative Party’s manifesto pledge to extend the Right to Buy scheme was confirmed in yesterday’s Housing Bill. The Bill was part...
28 May 2015
From: Breaking News
![Hollinrake backs Right To Buy extension despite controversy](/img/default/eat.png)
Hunters founder and new Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake says he supports the Tory policy of extending Right To Buy to housing...