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It’s tempting to think that Michael Gove’s proposed clampdown on Airbnb-style short lets is a uniquely British form of small-mindedness, part...

Who says irony is dead? That Purplebricks, of all agencies, should promote the idea of a ‘BS-Tester’ to identify false promises by...

When is a landlord a business, and when is (s)he not a business? I’m not referring to landlords who have gone down...

Sir Simon Clarke’s call for Rishi Sunak to be ousted from Downing Street may well express what many of his MP...

The factor most likely to influence the housing market next year is entirely outside the industry’s control: the General Election. Knight Frank...

If you’ve paid even scant attention to Landlord Today or other trade titles, you’ll be familiar with the headlines about rogue...

The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) has formed a new member panel that will be chaired by senior industry figure Eric Walker. The...

I’ve just read an article saying that this is the time of the online estate agency. The time in question is, of...

I’ve been on Twitter for a decade and have 23,500 followers - a gratifying number and of those a couple of...

And…breathe. For a while back there, the only certainty for the housing market was uncertainty. That isn’t to say the election of Rishi...

How did the housing market transform from incredibly strong - almost too strong - early in the year, to a situation...

Who would be in the shoes of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng? I don’t mean who would like their power, pay and...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) is seeking views about the industry beyond its membership. The trade body has launched a new survey asking...

Some people will say: What problem? But they are getting fewer as the detrimental effect of increasing numbers of short lets on...

We are only a fortnight away from having a new Prime Minister, following a contest in which housing has played a...

In retrospect, it was perhaps inevitable that the infamous dead cat would come into the debate over government housing targets and...

For the record, this isn’t my last Industry Views for Estate Agent Today, although by the time you read this I'll be...

If you want to sex-up the Chancellor’s financial statement scheduled for lunchtime on Wednesday, you’d call it a Budget or a...

Almost exactly a decade ago I wrote a blog on the back of a spate on mainstream news stories about prime...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...

We’ve probably all learned to be a little less cynical about politicians in recent weeks, given the tragic events. We perhaps...

By the time I next write this column, we’ll be just days before the next Budget and Autumn Statement. So I’ll...

There’s already plenty of talk about autumn - depressing huh? - with agents pondering how the housing market will respond to...

There’s gathering momentum to do ‘something’ about the unfairness of council tax and stamp duty. This isn’t new in principle. Agents have...

Forecasts are a tricky business. And as I wrote in a recent Industry Views opinion piece, any prediction in the current...

Angels Media, publisher of Estate Agent Today, is delighted to welcome on board one of Britain’s top property industry journalists, Marc...

A few of our Industry Views pieces this week focus on the upcoming EU referendum. I don’t think I can add...

The long-awaited Euro 2016 tournament is here at last and to mark the event, compliance training expert David Beaumont - a...

Estate Agent Today’s editor Graham Norwood has won a Gold award as Property Blogger of the Year at the prestigious annual...

My suspicion in my December Industry Views column that the Chancellor, George Osborne, holds certain types of property owners in contempt...

EAT returns on Monday January 4 when we - and the rest of our industry - are back to work for...

We know that many agents will be shutting up shop at the end of today for a well-earned Christmas break -...

A reader of Industry Views is unlikely to need converting to the virtues of buy to let, but anyone involved in...

I’m writing this from the brand spanking new Center Parks in Woburn Forest. Set within 365 acres of lush Bedfordshire forest,...

Challenger portal OnTheMarket is “not attracting a meaningful audience or engaging with its users” and so is likely to fail according...

There are three days left to quiz Zoopla founder and chief executive Alex Chesterman as he steps into the firing line...

What will Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) do if it is overtaken in agent numbers by OnTheMarket?  Does the acquisition of uSwitch risk...

Zoopla founder and chief executive Alex Chesterman is to step into the firing line to answer online questions from estate and...