Keir Starmer set out Labour’s policy for housebuilding this week and targeted ‘ugly’ parts of the Green Belt. It will be a...
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The Labour Party has committed to working on ways to offer longer-term fixed rate mortgages to support first-time buyers. Outlining its plan...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
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
The Labour Party has proposed introducing 25-year fixed term mortgages should it win the next General Election. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves suggested...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The United Kingdom stands on the precipice of a historic overhaul in property ownership. With the King's speech unveiling the anticipated...
25 November 2023
From: Features
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
Housing supply rather than the private rented sector (PRS) made the headlines during the Conservative and Labour Party conferences this year...
14 October 2023
From: Features
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
The Labour Party is being urged to take the lead on estate agency regulation and help driving up standards in the...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is extending its political engagement and reach by exhibiting at the party conferences this week. The agency trade body will be...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
And suddenly it’s autumn. It’s just six weeks before the clocks change, days are getting shorter and - the real sign...
09 September 2023
From: Features
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
The Labour Party has announced it will be hosting an emergency mortgage summit this week. The summit, happening in London tomorrow, is...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The Labour Party has pledged to introduce legislation within its first 100 days of Government to abolish leasehold if it wins...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
It has been another busy week in the property sector. In his latest column, property commentator Jonathan Rolande, provides his take on...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Labour leader Keir Starmer took to the airwaves yesterday, promising to "back the builders not blockers" when it comes to homeownership. Speaking...
18 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The Labour Party has outlined three ways it will help first-time buyers onto the housing ladder as it ramps up its...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
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
Sir Kier Starmer has used his speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool to set out plans of getting home...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the founding partners of the well-known agency Slater, Hogg and Howison has died at the age of 76. It was...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
It appears almost certain that there will be limits imposed on the number and location of second homes in Wales, following...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
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
Labour’s shadow housing minister has revealed that it will be two years at least before the party sets out its long-term...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News
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
In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...
27 November 2019
From: Features
A Labour proposal to dramatically improve energy efficiency in almost every British home would cost an estimated £60 billion. The upgrades would...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News
There’s no doubt that we live in politically charged times and every day appears to bring something new to the ‘party’. For...
05 October 2019
From: Features
Two prominent estate agency chiefs, both members of the Conservative Party, have both tweeted their opposition to some of the policies...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Shadow defence secretary Nia Griffiths is pledging to improve the quality of housing for serving military personnel if Labour gets into...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News
A leading London estate agent has written to The Times dismissing MPs who have been squabbling over Brexit and a possible...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News
The latest report commissioned by the Labour party to resolve the UK’s housing problems would crash the housing market rather than...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Emoov’s founder Russell Quirk has outlined how he would help Britain get out of its current housing crisis to a Labour...
24 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Labour MP Chris Williamson, regarded as an ally of party leader Jeremy Corbyn, is suggesting that high-value homes in England should...
12 January 2018
From: Breaking News
Agents and even the Labour Party have backed the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers’ purchases up to...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News
New Zealand’s new Labour prime minister elect has banned non-resident foreigners from buying existing homes anywhere in the country in a...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News
With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...
21 October 2017
From: Features
In this week’s Natter I’m going to get all political. Don’t worry, I won’t be giving my opinions on Brexit, Trump...
02 September 2017
From: Features
British homeowners have the most confidence in the Conservative Party to run the nation's housing market. A survey of almost 4,500 homeowners,...
06 June 2017
From: Breaking News
The Conservative and Labour party manifestos do not go far enough to tackle problems with the leasehold system. That’s the view of...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News
In November 2016 when the Autumn Statement was delivered by Chancellor Philip Hammond, the announcement was made to ban letting agent...
20 May 2017
From: Features
The Conservatives now say they are not resuscitating Home Information Packs, despite a suggestion by a prominent former minister that they "had...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News
My apologies if this causes you to break your Easter egg with a little too much aggression, but I reckon the...
15 April 2017
From: Features
In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...
08 April 2017
From: Features
The Labour Party claims there has been a strikingly large reduction in the number of under-45s who own a home -...
28 September 2016
From: Breaking News
Wales has confirmed that it is to scrap the former flagship Thatcherite policy of Right To Buy. Since 1980, 138,423 homes have been...
09 August 2016
From: Breaking News
In case you were wondering, it appears that the Labour party has still to find someone to replace John Healey as...
05 July 2016
From: Breaking News
The controversy over whether the Land Registry should be sold off will now not be resolved until a new Prime Minister...
04 July 2016
From: Breaking News
The haemorrhage of Labour spokespeople now includes the party’s respected shadow housing minister John Healey. His letter to party leader Jeremy Corbyn...
28 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Tomorrow, June 8, is the closing date for submissions to the Labour Party’s latest consultation on housing policy: it is seeking...
07 June 2016
From: Breaking News
As we all know, Peter Redfern is critical to the future of the British housing market and.... What? Wait? You don’t know...
13 February 2016
From: Features
There’s bad news today for Labour members living in homes valued at £1m or more - one of their own MPs...
15 January 2016
From: Breaking News
You might recall a collective sigh of relief emitted by stakeholders in the housing market and private rental sector back in...
04 December 2015
From: Features
The party's over. It's probably the best double entendre in the world of politics right now. For centre or right-leaning Labour...
25 September 2015
From: Features
John Healey - a former housing minister from when Tony Blair was prime minister - has taken the housing post under...
15 September 2015
From: Breaking News
One of the candidates for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party says she wants pensioners to invest in bonds which...
03 September 2015
From: Breaking News
Consider the scene. It is July 8th and new Chancellor, Ed Balls, stands at the Dispatch Box giving his first Budget...
17 July 2015
From: Features
An MP has tabled an Early Day Motion calling on the Land Registry to require greater transparency for overseas company purchases...
16 July 2015
From: Breaking News
Andy Burnham, one of four candidates in the electioin to become next Labour leader, is the latest prominent party member to...
23 June 2015
From: Breaking News
Given that I wrote my last article on the day of the General Election but well before the result was known,...
19 June 2015
From: Features
An estate agent whose office window had displayed Labour posters says he is devastated at an arson and vandalism attack which...
19 May 2015
From: Breaking News
Stella Creasy - a long-time campaigner against what she regards as rogue practices by estate agents and letting agents - now...