Property professionals have called for cross-party support and stability when it comes to housing policy under the new Labour Government after...
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![Don't skimp on the details - PropTech expert's message to the new government](/upload/images/shutterstock_1881270919.jpg)
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
![Industry Views - There will be no excuses if Labour fails on housing](/upload/images/1%20--%20Industry%20Views%20-%20The%20Housing%20Battleground%20for%20General%20Election%202024.png)
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
![Industry Views - Labour Agrees New Housing Policies](/upload/images/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViews%20(007)%20Labour's%20housing%20pledges.png)
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
![Unintended consequences of 'rushed' leasehold law](/upload/images/5%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Unintended%20consequences%20of%20rushed%20leasehold%20law%20By%20Mark%20Chick.jpg)
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
![Government criticised for ‘disappointing’ response to agent regulation inquiry](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The chairperson of the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has hit back at the Government’s approach – or lack of...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer and Russell Quirk team up to tackle housing crisis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Online agent turned property PR guru Russell Quirk has set out his solution to solving the housing crisis. Speaking on the latest...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Growing financial risk for 'go-it-alone' landlords](/upload/images/2%20--%20Prooded%20--%20Reapit%20May%20PR%20-%20Growing%20financial%20risk%20by%20Neil%20Cobbold%2C%20Commerical%20Director%2C%20Reapit%20UKI.jpg)
Housing minister Jacob Young recently scotched rumours that the property portal proposed in the Renters (Reform) Bill would remove the need...
18 May 2024
From: Features
![Labour - The Housing Policies Coming Our Way Soon](/upload/images/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViews.png)
You don’t have to be a mind-reader to believe there will be a large majority Labour government by the end of...
04 May 2024
From: Features
![Julie James returns as Welsh Housing Minister](/upload/images/shutterstock_2156575995.jpg)
Propertymark has welcomed the reappointment of Julie James as the new Welsh Housing Minister. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and campaigns at...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour fails in latest attempt to get ROPA rules introduced](/upload/images/shutterstock_1750387934(5).jpg)
Attempts to get the long-awaited Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules introduced into the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill have failed. The...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warm words and cold comfort on the menu for Budget Day](/upload/images/3%20Warm%20words%20and%20cold%20comfort%2C%20by%20Rollo%20Miles.jpg)
Last weekend, Levelling Up and Housing Secretary, Michael Gove wrote in the Sunday Times that the nation’s housing crisis was so...
17 February 2024
From: Features
![UK should follow Norway to speed-up property sales - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_1878042871.jpg)
UK property professionals should look to Norway when assessing how to improve the home buying process, a housing minister has claimed. Speaking...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Industry Views - Why Are Housing Ministers So Mediocre These Days?](/upload/images/1%20Whay%20are%20housing%20ministers%20so%20mediocre%20-%20IndustryViews%20(005).png)
Sir Simon Clarke’s call for Rishi Sunak to be ousted from Downing Street may well express what many of his MP...
27 January 2024
From: Features
![Could ROPA rules finally materialise in leasehold reforms?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Estate agency regulations and minimum standards may finally see the light of day after Labour put forward amendments to the Government’s...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold reform bill returns to Parliament – will it be improved?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Parliamentary news may have been dominated by the fallout from the Rwanda Bill yesterday but another important piece of legislation also...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Jonathan Rolande: What we learned about the property market in 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
There is rarely a quiet year in the property market. And 2023 has felt like the usual rollercoaster at times. On...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold reform bill passes second reading](/upload/images/shutterstock_1155447730.jpg)
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill passed its second reading in Parliament last night. Housing minister Lee Rowley pledged that the legislation...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government urged to bring back Help to Buy-style incentive](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
A lawyer has called for Help to Buy to be resurrected in the Autumn Statement. Paul Sams, head of property at Dutton...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sweet 16? Rowley returns as latest housing minister](/upload/images/shutterstock_2372452591.jpg)
The Government appears to have gone through so many housing ministers that it is now repeating them. Lee Rowley was appointed as...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lee Rowley returns as housing minister](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Lee Rowley has returned as housing minister. The reappointment comes after Rachel Maclean was sacked this morning and follows reports that the...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![PM Sunak sacks housing minister](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Rachel Maclean has been sacked as housing minister as part of today's Cabinet reshuffle. Maclean had replaced Lucy Frazer as housing minister...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark renews calls for agency regulation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Will%20the%20post%20Christmas%20boom%20materialise%20this%20year%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Propertymark has written to the Housing Secretary Michael Gove to reiterate its longstanding call for regulation of property agents. The agency trade...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark backs leasehold reform proposals](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Propertymark has given its backing to commitments from the Housing Minister on the long-awaited next steps of leasehold reform. Timothy Douglas, head...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour backs ROPA rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Labour Party has committed to introducing the Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules if it wins next year’s General Election. Shadow...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Could stricter regulation mean higher fees? A marketer explains….](/upload/images/__thumbs/2%20weekend%20features%20-%20could%20stricter%20regulations%20mean%20higher%20fees%20by%20Simon%20Leadbetter.jpg/2%20weekend%20features%20-%20could%20stricter%20regulations%20mean%20higher%20fees%20by%20Simon%20Leadbetter__399x266.jpg)
I'll start with a confession. I am not an estate agent - I'm a marketer. But since I joined the industry...
09 September 2023
From: Features
![Property Natter - The long arm of the law that changed the property market](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
It was a genuine pleasure to read this week about Yorkshire estate agent Ian Bradbury who clocked up 40 years selling...
19 August 2023
From: Features
![Answers on a postcard please, Minister](/upload/images/1%20shutterstock_22741720.jpg)
Housing Minister Rachel Maclean MP is probably looking forward to her summer break this year. But wherever she's going and whatever she's...
29 July 2023
From: Features
![Speculation about Gove future as reshuffle likely in September](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
It may be all change - again - at the Department of Levelling Up, Communities and Local Government if media speculation...
17 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Former housing ministers slam Government for scrapping housebuilding targets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Two former housing ministers have criticised the Government for scrapping housebuilding targets. The Government officially watered-down proposals for mandatory local housebuilding targets...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government slammed by public over housing failures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
A new survey suggests the overwhelming majority of the public are critical of the government’s apparent housing failures. A study of 1,323...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government ‘working with’ Trading Standards on conditional selling](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
The issue of conditional selling in estate agency has hit Westminster. There have been several reports in recent months about agents requiring...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘Fundamental’ leasehold reform promised in King’s Speech](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has signalled that legislation to allow for further leasehold reform will be included in the next parliamentary...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Unlucky for some? 13th Housing Minister in a decade quits](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Lucy Frazer became the 13th Housing Minister to leave the role in the past decade yesterday after she was promoted to...
08 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property market awaits another Housing Minister](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.png)
Lucy Frazer has been promoted from Housing Minister to Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in Rishi Sunak’s latest...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government still ‘considering’ ROPA rules as MPs question timeframe](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-Image-400x310.png)
Conservative MPs are continuing to question when new estate agency regulations will come in as the Government sticks to its stock...
17 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ex-PM and Home Secretary raise housing issues in Parliament](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ex-Home Secretary Priti Patel had around three years in Government to sort out housing but...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘More work needed’ a year since cladding reform pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/Builders-400x310.png)
It’s been a year since Housing Secretary Michael Gove declared that was “morally wrong” that leaseholders should pay to fix unsafe...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![There are reasons to be optimistic in the second half of 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Usually, I enter January with a spring in my step - optimistic about what the future holds. Two years ago, after the...
07 January 2023
From: Features
![Property Natter – the five biggest property moments of 2022](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...
17 December 2022
From: Features
![What To Expect from the Property Market in 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/HappyNY-400x310.png)
Over the later part of 2022, we have experienced unprecedented economic and political turmoil, which will remain as we head into...
17 December 2022
From: Features
![Government brings BIDEN to Levelling Up Bill](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament_UKPolitics-400x310.png)
Measures to deliver new homes, regenerate left-behind communities and clean up rivers have been added to the Government’s flagship Levelling Up...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Who is the latest Housing Minister?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Night-400x310.jpg)
The Government’s latest Housing Minister Lucy Frazer brings plenty of property experience as a landlord and has also indirectly received donations...
10 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Gove’s ministerial team confirmed with new Housing Minister](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove2-400x310.png)
MP for South East Cambridgeshire Lucy Frazer has been confirmed as the latest Housing Minister as part of a department reshuffle. Michael...
09 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![A new week, a new PM – and yet another Housing Secretary?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament_UKPolitics-400x310.png)
A week-long race to be the next Conservative Party leader and the Prime Minister kicks off this week, or may already...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – property is holding its own despite the turmoil](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
I can’t really write about anything else this week, can I? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have...
22 October 2022
From: Features
![Poor Liz and Kwasi. What Do They Do Now?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/LizTruss01-400x310.png)
Who would be in the shoes of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng? I don’t mean who would like their power, pay and...
01 October 2022
From: Features
![Activists query why Tory housing fringe event excludes homebuyers and owners](/upload/images/library/First-TimeBuyer-Questions-400x310.jpg)
Housing minister Lee Rowley is set to make one of his first official public appearances at a Conservative Party fringe event...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - how can agents combat the cost-of-living crisis?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The worst cost-of-living crisis in generations is everywhere we look and agents – and the property industry more widely – are...
24 September 2022
From: Features
![What agents want from today’s mini-Budget](/upload/images/Back-link-images/9_Steps_to_getting_a_mortgage_after_an_IVA.jpg)
New Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is expected to unveil the Government’s so-called “plan for growth” today during a mini-Budget. The property market is...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![New housing minister named amid rumours of a Stamp Duty cut](/upload/images/Back-link-images/Man%20with%20a%20speaker.jpg)
The latest housing minister has been revealed as the prospect of Stamp Duty reform returns to the property market. New ministerial appointments...
21 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Leading law firm calls for 'revolving door' of housing ministers to be closed](/upload/images/Back-link-images/house%20and%20happer%20scale.jpg)
The government is being urged to close the "revolving doors" of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to...
12 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - why housing must always have a seat at the top table](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...
10 September 2022
From: Features
![Marcus Jones departs as Housing Minister](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/ParliamentView-400x310.jpg)
Marcus Jones has left the housing brief. He was appointed as housing minister just two months ago in Boris Johnson’s reshuffle but appears...
08 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents highlight property priorities for the new Prime Minister](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/LizTruss-400x310.png)
From housebuilding to planning laws and stamp duty reform, agents and property professionals were ready with plenty of suggestions for Liz...
06 September 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
![Rishi-Tweedle-Dum and Liz-Tweedle-DumDum](/img/default/eat.png)
When it comes to housing policy, the Conservative MPs have given their party a choice between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle DumDum. Rishi...
23 July 2022
From: Features
![Buying reform continues despite Cabinet chaos; leasehold uncertainty remains](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
A senior member of the Home Buying and Selling Group has insisted work on reforms is ongoing despite the ministerial merry-go-round...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive - what makes an agency industry leader tick](/upload/images/Headshots%20and%20Property%20People/DavidVotta-400x310.png)
People in prominent positions in the housing industry aren’t always perfect role models. After all, Chris Pincher was housing minister for...
09 July 2022
From: Features
![New housing minister appointed](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
Marcus Jones has been appointed as housing minister. The appointment came late last night after a tumultuous day in Westminster that saw...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent calls for housing tsar as minister quits and Gove is sacked](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingHelp-400x310.jpg)
Independent agent Barrows and Forrester has called for the appointment of a housing tsar for a fixed term as yet another...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Michael Gove sacked as Housing Secretary](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
Michael Gove has been sacked as Housing Secretary as Prime Minister Boris Johnson continues to reject calls to resign. Johnson was hit...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Cabinet chaos: Housing minister resigns as Johnson clings on](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
Housing minister Stuart Andrew has become the latest minister to resign from the government. More than 15 government ministers and officials have...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Housing Secretary holds on amid Cabinet exits](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove2-400x310.png)
Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid sensationally quit as Chancellor and Health Secretary respectively this evening but Housing Secretary Michael Gove is...
05 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
![Why Rental Reform Is Becoming More Important By The Day](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/UKHouses2-400x310.png)
It’s easy to overestimate the importance of something in one’s own industry or work, but there seems good reason for believing...
23 April 2022
From: Features
![Up your street! Residents to get a vote over road name changes](/upload/images/library/RoadSigns-1-400x310.jpg)
Local residents are to be given the final say on changes to the name of their street under new government plans. The...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![New housing minister named in government mini-reshuffle](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
A new housing minister has been named this afternoon, to replace Chris Pincher. Stuart Andrew has been confirmed by Downing Street as...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Housing ministers line up to back beleaguered PM Johnson](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
Housing ministers have lined up in recent days to support beleaguered Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Housing minister Chris Pincher, upon hearing of new...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shut It! Conveyancing chief welcomes end to t-annoyance](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/TrainTannoy-400x310.jpg)
High profile conveyancing supremo Rob Hailstone makes many announcements about government and industry housing policy - but he is less keen...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
22 January 2022
From: Features
![New Covid guidance to estate and letting agents](/upload/images/Coronavirus/Coronavirus4-400x310-min.jpeg)
Propertymark, the main industry trade body, has this evening updated its guidance on Covid safety for estate and letting agents in...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour changes shadow housing minister after just six months](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/KeirStarmer-400x310.jpg)
Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has promoted housing minister Lucy Powell to a more senior position after just six months. This leaves...
30 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Pilot scheme announced to limit second home ownership](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
A pilot scheme has been announced to test ways of limiting second home ownership and reducing the impact additional properties have...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Housing leaders pay tribute to murdered MP](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
Leading politicians operating in the housing industry have paid tribute to murdered backbencher Sir David Amess. Housing Secretary Michael Gove tweeted: “David...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Labour wants radical house buying changes if it comes to power](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
Labour is to reveal a raft of new housing policies at its party conference this weekend - and it claims it’s...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ministry of Housing rebrands but it’s still a bit of a mouthful](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has changed its name to reflect the government’s levelling up agenda. The department’s...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Pincher survives as ruthless Johnson reshuffle concludes](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
Boris Johnson's sudden and unexpectedly ruthless Cabinet reshuffle, which drew comparisons with Margaret Thatcher's 'purge of the wets' in 1981, ended...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sector reform - stamp out this market malaise](/img/default/eat.png)
Every so often it comes around – the argument that stamp duty should be reformed/removed/replaced (delete as appropriate). But why? Where’s the...
21 August 2021
From: Features
![Unique Property Reference Number concept backed by government](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has thrown its weight behind the concept of Unique Property Reference Numbers as a way of speeding up transactions. UPRNs...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Vetting Buyers: row escalates over ‘proof of funds’ demand](/img/default/eat.png)
The row over whether agents should be allowed to vet people who view properties on the basis of their wealth has...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ministry of Housing’s new headquarters is in … Wolverhampton](/img/default/eat.png)
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has revealed that what it calls its “second HQ” will be in Wolverhampton,...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Is the tide turning for the lettings industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been quite a week for the rental sector. Lettings agents and landlords have had such a torrid time in recent years...
15 May 2021
From: Features
![New Labour shadow housing minister revealed](/img/default/eat.png)
Labour’s new housing spokesperson is the experienced MP Lucy Powell, who until the weekend was shadow business and consumer affairs minister. She replaces...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Vote, Vote, Vote - Housing and the 2021 Local Elections](/img/default/eat.png)
Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...
01 May 2021
From: Features
![Lobby your MP over stamp duty holiday extension, agents told](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark - still reeling over two senior resignations in less than a week - says its lobbying sessions with politicians are...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Foreign investors may be banned from some waterfront properties](/img/default/eat.png)
The high-end housing market on Jersey has been rocked by a plan from the island’s government which may ban foreign investors from...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Housing minister resigns from government](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing minister Kelly Tolhurst has resigned from the government for personal reasons. Tolhurst had formal responsibility for the government’s policies to combat...
16 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: exclusive Q&A with Tim Balcon, Propertymark’s new CEO](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...
16 January 2021
From: Features
![Dumb Perignon! Daily Mail mocks champagne-quaffing housing minister](/img/default/eat.png)
The Daily Mail has mocked housing minister Chris Pincher for advising people to going £174-a-bottle champagne while awaiting the rollout of...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![You guessed it…10 things to watch for in 2021](/img/default/eat.png)
Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...
02 January 2021
From: Features
![Exclusive - Agents' training and licensing latest from the chair of RoPA](/img/default/eat.png)
First off, hello and welcome to this new series – appearing in Estate Agent Today’s Breaking News section each month –...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![“Deplorable” government slammed for years of housing problems](/img/default/eat.png)
A scathing document produced by MPs slams the government for its “deplorable” housing policies which are "invented, abandoned and reinvented" -...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![New industry regulator could use versions of TPO codes of practice](/img/default/eat.png)
The industry regulator who comes into force when the Regulation of Property Agents’ recommendations are adopted may take over versions of...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Why the delay? Leasehold lobby presses government for action](/img/default/eat.png)
A leasehold group has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher pressing for an update on the government’s approach to reform for...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Renters' Reform Bill delay - what does it mean for the lettings market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing Minister Christopher Pincher announced that the introduction of the Renters' Reform Bill will be delayed for an indefinite period due...
31 October 2020
From: Features
![Agents MUST disclose referral fees, Trading Standards tells government](/img/default/eat.png)
Customers must be told about third party referral fees when buying or selling a home says the National Trading Standards Estate...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![New sleaze allegation against Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick](/img/default/eat.png)
The Times has revealed new allegations concerning the behaviour of Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick. The Cabinet member has been under the spotlight...