Two former housing ministers have criticised the Government for scrapping housebuilding targets. The Government officially watered-down proposals for mandatory local housebuilding targets...
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07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Going Green: are agents ready for buyers wanting eco-info?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s a clear change of mood music in the country now regarding environmental issues. You don’t need to be old to remember...
28 September 2019
From: Features
![MHCLG gets a makeover – three key tasks for the new ministers to consider](/img/default/eat.png)
With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...
03 August 2019
From: Features
![Boris Johnson’s stamp duty chatter could paralyse market - fear](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing experts have expressed their concerns that speculation about a radical stamp duty reduction to be introduced by Boris Johnson’s government...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - we reveal who’s in and who’s out](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new Property Jobs Today column, bringing you the industry’s...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Today may be final day in office for current housing minister](/img/default/eat.png)
This may be the final full day in office for Kit Malthouse, the latest politician to occupy the short-term position of housing...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Theresa May’s legacy - how has housing fared under her government?](/img/default/eat.png)
Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...
06 July 2019
From: Features
![Blond ambition - Does Boris Johnson have any housing policies?](/img/default/eat.png)
Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...
22 June 2019
From: Features
![Housing minister mocked over bid to become Prime Minister](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing minister Kit Malthouse appears to have some difficulty being taken seriously as a candidate for Conservative party leader and Prime...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Shock decision by housing minister Malthouse: “I want to be PM”](/img/default/eat.png)
In a surprising announcement overnight, housing minister Kit Malthouse says he is standing to become the Conservative party leader and next...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Easier extensions - mixed response from industry and planners](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a mixed response to the government’s surprise announcement that it would make permanent the right of home owners to...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Planning rules relaxed ‘to avoid owners selling homes’](/img/default/eat.png)
Homeowners will be able to extend properties more easily instead of moving home. In a surprise announcement this morning - less than...
25 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Here we go again … another new housing minister on the way](/img/default/eat.png)
It appears almost certain that there will be another new housing minister named when a new Conservative leader - and thus...
20 May 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
![Who benefits from Help To Buy? First time buyers or fat cat developers?](/img/default/eat.png)
The row over whether Help To Buy benefits house builders’ personal wealth more than it assists the housing market is continuing...
27 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: will the real Housing Minister please stand up?](/img/default/eat.png)
Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...
02 February 2019
From: Features
![Housing minister makes it clear: We must deliver in 2019](/img/default/eat.png)
The housing minister has made it clear that his government - and the property industry as a whole - must deliver...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – A to Z of the property market for 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...
22 December 2018
From: Features
![Brexit Shambles: Housing minister Malthouse backs Theresa May](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing minister Kit Malthouse appears to be backing Theresa May as Brexit chaos consumes the government. A request from Estate Agent Today...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty - should downsizing pensioners be exempt?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been another call for the government to reform stamp duty - and this time the request is that the duty...
15 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Dominic Raab - another one bites the dust](/img/default/eat.png)
Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what it feels like! The resignation of the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...
21 July 2018
From: Features
![Why property software needn’t be as changeable as the Housing Minister](/img/default/eat.png)
With the shelf life of recent housing ministers being on a par with football managers, it's perhaps little surprise that we're...
20 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Jobs Today - all the latest industry moves...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - a slim edition given how quiet the industry is at the...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Kit Malthouse - We’ve obviously had enough of experts](/img/default/eat.png)
It may not be a good idea for a journalist to be personal about a politician, so I write about our...
14 July 2018
From: Features
![Property Natter: what has 2018 brought so far?](/img/default/eat.png)
First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...
14 July 2018
From: Features
![New Housing Minister makes his first statement - all 93 words of it](/img/default/eat.png)
The new housing minister, Kit Malthouse, has made his first formal statement from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. It...
12 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![If we’re to be taken seriously, our industry needs a Tsar says agency chief](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading agency chief says the frequent churn of housing ministers means there is only one answer if our industry wants...
11 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![May-hem: Disillusioned industry groups welcome 'unknown' minister](/img/default/eat.png)
Industry groups have welcomed Kit Malthouse as housing minister - but make little effort to hide their frustrations, disappointment and disillusionment. Malthouse was announced...