The Liberal Democrat General Election manifesto has been published, promising more housebuilding, abolishing leasehold tenures and its own buyer support scheme. Its...
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![Housebuilders back Labour to get Britain building](/upload/images/shutterstock_230062642.jpg)
Housebuilders have indicated that they would prefer a Labour government is formed after the next General Election. The latest Land Index and...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Will housing be a major battleground in the 2024 general election?](/upload/images/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Weekend%20feature%20-%20Will%20housing%20be%20a%20major%20battleground%20in%20the%202024%20general%20election%20-%20Christopher%20Roberts%20(Boyer).png)
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during May’s local election campaigning,...
13 January 2024
From: Features
![‘Financial pressures’ remain as mortgage arrears rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Mortgage arrears and claims for repossession are on the rise as official data shows how much homeowners are still struggling in...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Will housing be a major battleground in the 2024 general election?](/upload/images/__thumbs/4%20From%20Penny%20Norton%20-%20Will%20housing%20be%20a%20major%20battleground%20in%20the%202024%20general%20election%20by%20Christoper%20Roberts%2C%20Associate%20Director%2C%20Boyer.jpg/4%20From%20Penny%20Norton%20-%20Will%20housing%20be%20a%20major%20battleground%20in%20the%202024%20general%20election%20by%20Christoper%20Roberts%2C%20Associate%20Director%2C%20Boyer__400x266.jpg)
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during recent local election campaigning,...
19 August 2023
From: Features
![Rising mortgage rates are worse than 2p tax hike - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_1929426920.jpg)
The hit to the economy from soaring mortgage rates will be equivalent to a 2p income tax hike, new analysis by...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage rates surpass 6% in new blow for housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
Mortgage rates have officially broken the 6% barrier. Average rates for home loans are now back at the level that prompted the...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Pressure grows for mortgage support fund](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
MPs have urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to hold an emergency summit in Downing Street with banks and mortgage lenders to...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lib Dems propose £300 monthly grants for struggling homeowners](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Ed%20Davey03_400x310.png)
The Government is being urged to create a mortgage protection fund to support homeowners who are struggling with repayments. It comes as...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![More politicians back seizure of oligarchs' London property assets](/upload/images/Locations/London400x310.png)
Momentum is building up in support of the government’s probe into whether the London homes of oligarchs on the sanctions list...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tragedy as industry giant dies aged 76](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/PassAway-400x310.png)
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
![Ban family homes becoming holiday lets and Airbnbs - senior MP](/upload/images/library/EnglishHolidayHome-400x310.jpg)
The former leader of the Liberal Democrats is calling for a ban on family homes being used for holiday lets and...
04 August 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
![Agency attacked by Lib Dem for selling holiday homes](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agency is being criticised for marketing properties as second homes in an area reportedly suffering a housing shortage. Local media...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: what will property conferences and events of the future look like?](/img/default/eat.png)
Conferences, events and awards dinners are a hugely important part of the property calendar, bringing the great and the good of...
18 July 2020
From: Features
![General election 2019: The housing crisis remains a top issue](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Election preview - what are the key issues for agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Stamp duty hike for foreign buyers ‘contradicts Brexit claim’](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Reform: have the Conservatives got cold feet?](/img/default/eat.png)
Pressure is building on the Conservative party to honour its previous commitment to reform stamp duty for British buyers and sellers...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Election 2019: what agents should expect from the main parties](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online estate agents and digital malfunction](/img/default/eat.png)
It never rains but it pours. And that’s certainly been the case for the online estate agency sector in the last...
03 October 2019
From: Features
![Will the current political landscape encourage Generation Rent to vote?](/img/default/eat.png)
In recent years, governments and local councils have sought to change the private rented sector (PRS) to make it more appealing...
28 September 2019
From: Features
![Party Conferences: what agents should look out for](/img/default/eat.png)
If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...
14 September 2019
From: Features
![London council wants to levy first-ever mansion tax on high-value homes](/img/default/eat.png)
A Conservative council in London says it is to be the first local authority in the UK to levy a voluntary...
03 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: it’s time to party (political-style)](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![HIP, HIP, Hooray - The Other 10-Year Anniversary](/img/default/eat.png)
You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August...
28 July 2017
From: Features
![Lib Dems change name of their 'mock estate agency'](/img/default/eat.png)
If a political party wants to run a country, it’s probably a good idea that it shows it can at least...
05 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![General election 2017: Facing the UK’s housing crisis](/img/default/eat.png)
Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...
03 June 2017
From: Features
![Oops - Lib Dems open fake estate agency, but use name of real firm](/img/default/eat.png)
Vigilant followers of the Liberal Democrats may have spotted a blog in the name of Mark Pack early yesterday morning, commenting...
31 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold reform: major political parties don't promise enough, says group](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Tories insist HIPs are not on their way back after all](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![New homes must be marketed to Britons first, say Liberal Democrats](/img/default/eat.png)
The Liberal Democrats have set a building target of 300,000 new homes a year, have pledged to scrap housing association Right...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Two more years of government pain for the industry](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Government tipped to reveal major housing policy changes today](/img/default/eat.png)
Speculation was rife over the weekend that the government would today announce major changes to housing policy - possibly shifting the...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Look what Labour’s Owen Smith has done to me](/img/default/eat.png)
Older readers may recall a terrific movie called Network where a character, disillusioned by life, shouts from a window: “I’m as...
29 July 2016
From: Features
![Time to stick it up: Agents still not complying with transparency law](/img/default/eat.png)
Running a business is not easy, but sometimes it becomes harder because we are expected to modify our behaviour due to...
20 May 2016
From: Features
![London mayoral election: A referendum on housing](/img/default/eat.png)
The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...
29 April 2016
From: Features
![Claim that government Starter Homes could be bought by investors](/img/default/eat.png)
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron is claiming that the government’s flagship Starter Homes project could allow properties to be bought by...
29 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rent To Own unveiled by Liberal Democrats](/img/default/eat.png)
Young prospective buyers will be able to pay the equivalent of rent on a property which they then go on to...
31 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Government says 36,000 Right To Buy sales in three years](/img/default/eat.png)
The government claims that over 36,000 new home owners have been created through Right to Buy since 2012. Figures released by the...
26 June 2015
From: Breaking News
![‘Mansion tax threat had no bearing over £24m sale’](/img/default/eat.png)
One of London’s biggest property sales of the year so far completed a few weeks before last month’s election, despite fears at...
02 June 2015
From: Breaking News
![Election results: What they mean for agents](/img/default/eat.png)
After a night of remarkable election results, it looks likely that much of the residential property industry - which was strongly...
08 May 2015
From: Breaking News
![Housebuilders say politicians' targets impossible](/img/default/eat.png)
There's bad news for Britain’s politicians who are using house-building targets as policy objectives in the election - over two thirds...
28 April 2015
From: Breaking News
![Letter from the Publisher – What are the challenger parties saying about housing?](/img/default/eat.png)
With another hung parliament looking increasingly likely, the so-called ‘challenger parties’ look set to have a major say in who forms...