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In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

The government has revealed that it’s to ‘test’ the workings of the New Homes Ombudsman before the scheme formally launches. Housing Secretary...

The dust may have settled on the government’s recent announcement regarding housing and property complaints, but opinion is still split on...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

Developers have continued to sell thousands of new-build houses with leaseholds, despite a government pledge to ban the “unscrupulous” practice a...

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the government’s move to ensure most future new-build houses are sold as freehold...

The vast majority of new-build houses are to be sold as freehold with ground rents for new leases capped at £10...

It seems a lifetime ago but in fact we’re approaching just the first anniversary since the government triggered its Call for...

Emoov’s founder Russell Quirk has outlined how he would help Britain get out of its current housing crisis to a Labour...

Sales of holiday homes could be hit as a result of a new £560m tax proposal put forward by Labour.  Under the...

It’s holiday time: schools have broken up, quite a few estate agents are taking time off, and the MPs are in...

Councils across England will have new powers to charge dramatically more council tax on homes left empty for many years following...

The government says its funding schemes such as Help To Buy will no longer be applied to what it calls “unjustified...

A London council is seeking widespread powers to ban For Sale and To Let boards which it claims are seen by...

To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics would be something of an understatement. As I write, the Brexit...

Estate Agent Today understands several major national agencies and some smaller operators are involved in a project to understand why transaction...

A leasehold reform campaigner has called on the government to ensure it publishes its report on leasehold reform before the summer recess at...

The game of musical chairs that has so often gone on with politicians in charge of housing continues today with the...

The Conveyancing Association has backed the government’s calls for extensive reform of the buying and selling process, announced at the weekend. The...

Have you noticed a new turf war going on on the fringes of the agency world? It’s not a high-profile battle like...

An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...

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

Housing minister Dominic Raab took to Twitter to make a Trump-style criticism of trade magazine The Negotiator and its editor, the...

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