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A property industry group has called for a reduction in the discounts available for council tenants buying their own home, after...

As the Budget approaches and the housing crisis intensifies, it is important to consider what the Chancellor could – and should...

It may be a measure of the government’s incompetence in the area of housing that two recent major announcements were sorely...

In simple terms, as you are probably aware, ‘lenders’ are the organisations who loan you something, in this case money to...

New-build buyers will save on average around £2,600 a year in energy bills, research claims. Analysis based on Government’s Energy Performance Certificate...

The current period of national solidarity over the death of Queen Elizabeth II has embraced the world of property as it...

The Dispute Service has been selected to operate the New Homes Ombudsman scheme, following what has been called ”a fiercely competitive...

The price of new build homes could soar if developers are expected to pay for additional energy efficiency measures not necessarily...

There is pressure growing in Brighton for the city to hold a referendum giving residents the opportunity to ban new build...

There’s been a huge rise in references to electric car charging within property listings submitted to Rightmove. The number of homes listed...

Hamptons is to expand the provision of New Homes and residential development services across all of its 90 branches, after a...

It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t very high in the property and agency world, despite the potential...

The number of Energy Performance Certificates issued for new build homes in England rose 16 per cent in the year to...

Shock price rises in materials are set to make new build homes more expensive if a warning from leading industry figures...

Buyer demand for new-build property has bounced back 66 per cent in the six weeks since the resumption of the housing...

There’s been a big rise in demand for new-builds since the lockdown according to figures from Knight Frank - but the...

Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

The controversial Help To Buy scheme looks likely to be expanded in breadth and extended in duration to help kick-start the...

As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant conversations with customers to understand the challenges they’re facing and to...

One of the country’s best known high-end independent estate agencies is marketing a home for £22.5m and hopes it finds a...

New build homes cost 19 per cent more than comparable pre-owned properties according to a new survey - and sometimes 50...

The tussle for New Build listings between Zoopla and OnTheMarket has swung in favour of the former this morning with the...

A digital platform claims its taken “a massive step” towards speeding up property sales with what it says is the first...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

The government has given details of a scheme allowing 30 per cent reductions for what it calls ‘local first time buyers’...

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Another estate agency has provided evidence of the problems that continue to hurt the prime central London housing market. Strutt & Parker,...

Consumer demand for new build homes has dropped to a six-year low, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The organisation's House...

The National Association of Estate Agents has told the government that it wants one single Ombudsman to provide redress across all...

The Housing Secretary says he wants to make home ownership more affordable for first time buyers - which could mean discounts...

Innovate or Die. But What is Innovation? It Isn’t just PropTech A certain Mr Dick Whittington Esquire was once convinced that the...

A volume house builder is launching a TV advertising campaign claiming its properties are a “premium alternative” to second hand homes...

A survey of owners has revealed that recent leasehold scandals have deterred many would-be buyers from considering new build homes.  The survey,...

The government has this morning set out wide-ranging changes to redress systems for agents, the sales and lettings sectors, and other...

The government says it will be releasing details of its ideas to revamp redress systems concerning agents and new homes “in...

Six directors have been banned from office after misleading over 300 people who bought new build homes in the north of...

Figures released by the government over the weekend show that 14,867 Help To Buy equity loans were taken out in the...

New build house prices rose 5.1 per cent in the year to the end of August - substantially more than the...

The government, which only recently said there would be one Ombudsman covering the entire housing sector, has announced that there is...

The Property Ombudsman has urged the government to bring the new homes build sector under consumer redress. New builds are not currently...

One of the three official redress bodies serving the estate and lettings agency industry has conducted a survey of complaints across...

Barclays is next week launching a so-called ‘green mortgage’ which links the loan to the Energy Performance Certificate rating of the...

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

The consumer group HomeOnwers’ Alliance says buyers of new build homes should be able to retain 2.5 per cent of the...

The residential research associate director of Cushman & Wakefield says there is now evidence that the Help to Buy equity loan...

Long-established central London estate agency Kay & Co is opening what it calls “a stylish new boutique office” on the ground...

The government says the number of new build homes that have started to be built has surged to the highest level...

Shelter, the campaigning charity that has been hugely critical of private landlords and letting agents in recent years, has now launched...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

Since the seventies, housing starts and completions across England and Wales have been on a downward trajectory. The long run average...

There has been widespread praise for the Nationwide building society's crackdown on criteria for mortgages for leasehold new build homes.   From May...

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

After years of surveys suggesting the UK’s new-build homes were getting smaller, and may even be the smallest in much of...

The Halifax says house prices across the UK will rise between 1.0 and 4.0 per cent in the next 12 months...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

The government's most publicised measure of housebuilding excludes around a fifth of all new build completions each year, according to a...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

Property consultancy Arcadis, which monitors construction and development around the world, wants Chancellor George Osborne to offer temporary stamp duty relief...

The government is launching the new official UK House Price Index - to be known in short-form as the UK HPI...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement from a property company selling new homes in East London, after it was...

On Wednesday 21st October future and reality will collide. Back to the Future’s Marty McFly will arrive in the DeLorean to...

Working with a well-connected local estate agent should be a priority for British house-hunters looking for property overseas, according to an...

Auction house Allsop is launching the country’s first ever online-only auction for new build homes - and claims it's a first. The...