Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...
Archive
11 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Winkworth has set up a dedicated land and new homes division. The franchise agency, which has most of its offices in and...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency team has issued new guidance for those seeking redress over leasehold disputes. This guidance contains a...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A respected property investment consultancy is warning that the current premium put on the prices of new-build homes - around 15...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading buying agent says 2019 is likely to see the continuation of last year’s trend where distressed sellers accept discounts...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Are you a real Doctor? Not in the conventional sense no, sorry to disappoint! I’m Tom Durrant and I’m the Creative Director...
09 January 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

With one year to go, the 2010s will see housebuilding figures in England come in below any decade since the Second...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Property analysts say ‘flippers’ - those who buy new homes and sell them quickly, hopefully for a profit - are losing...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The closure of Foxtons’ Park Lane office and five other branches in the capital are merely the start of things to come...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

New build property values are rising at a much greater rate than existing property values according to a study by DJ Alexander. The...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Is Help To Buy going to remain in existence for much longer? Question marks over the scheme’s future are being raised through...
16 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the government’s move to ensure most future new-build houses are sold as freehold...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The vast majority of new-build houses are to be sold as freehold with ground rents for new leases capped at £10...
14 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a new development in London after complaints over claims about the yields...
10 October 2018
From: Breaking News

New build house prices rose 5.1 per cent in the year to the end of August - substantially more than the...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A housing academic claims that while popular belief has it that homes are getting smaller, the typical living space in England...
12 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman has urged the government to bring the new homes build sector under consumer redress. New builds are not currently...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Prices and transaction volumes have both fallen again in Prime Central London according to the index produced by Central London Portfolio,...
01 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A report in the Financial Times lays bare the scale of the housing market downturn in central London - it suggests...
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Part of the South Hams area, a popular tourist hotspot in south Devon, has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a ban...
05 July 2018
From: Breaking News

High-end housebuilder Berkeley Homes says “macro and political uncertainty, including Brexit” is leading to some developers previously building in London to...
22 June 2018
From: Breaking News

There’s been a landslide vote to ban new-build second homes in another tourist hotspot. Some 90 per cent of those who voted...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The retirement housing sector has increased its market share considerably in the last two years, creating a 'perfect storm' for estate...
24 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The proportion of first time buyers in the market is still 11 per cent below the level seen before the 2008...
11 April 2018
From: Breaking News

At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue dominates our marketplace, but I think it’s fair to acknowledge during...
31 March 2018
From: Features

Estate agency Jackson-Stops says it has discovered precisely how many existing home owners understand the difficulties facing first time buyers in...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Investment consultancy London Central Portfolio has launched a new index which it claims uses “the most comprehensive data available” to assess...
07 March 2018
From: Breaking News

An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News

When it comes to growing your business sustainably, maintaining a brand that is eye-catching and identifiable with your audience is vital...
01 March 2018
From: Sponsored Content

London estate agency chain Dexters is expanding its brand once again thanks to a new partnership with Stirling Ackroyd New Homes. Dexters...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Land and investment deals achieved by Connells Group in 2017 will add a further 2,750 units to its new homes pipeline,...
26 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Readers of a certain age may remember the spoon-bending eccentric Uri Geller, self-proclaimed friend of Michael Jackson and an almost permanent...
14 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Chris Philp, a Conservative MP and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Chancellor Phillip Hammond, says 50 per cent of new homes in...
18 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Another Budget, another pledge of new house building: it appears from statements made over the weekend by Chancellor Phillip Hammond that...
20 November 2017
From: Breaking News

New figures out this morning show that house builders registered nearly 38,000 new homes in the UK during the third quarter...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The residential research associate director of Cushman & Wakefield says there is now evidence that the Help to Buy equity loan...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Respected buying agency Black Brick says there is evidence that prices in prime central London may be stabilising and transactions volumes...
06 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The government says the number of new build homes that have started to be built has surged to the highest level...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The government has poured cold water over industry speculation that Help To Buy could be phased out or significantly modified between...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The government is thought to be reviewing Help To Buy which, it is claimed, could end with the scheme being scrapped...
07 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The government says it wants to ban “unfair” leasehold charges imposed on buyers of new-build homes in England. Under the measure, subject to...
25 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The government has published the findings of research which suggest that very few local opponents to new homes will be bought...
21 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has landed a deal to sell new-build homes, an activity previously done usually directly by developers or traditional high street estate...
20 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A leasehold enfranchisement expert wants government action over what he calls the "forgotten casualties" of the recent ground rent scandal. Louie Burns,...
14 July 2017
From: Breaking News

LonRes has launched a new product which it says helps developers and agents ensure maximum exposure to previously untapped buyers. A new...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News

London Central Portfolio, a property investment consultancy, has set out a five point plan for the next government elected this week...
05 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Residents in two parts of Cornwall will vote tomorrow on whether to join the holiday resort of St Ives in banning...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Not only did Theresa May stun everyone with her decision to call a ‘snap election’ but with the campaign now underway...
29 April 2017
From: Features

More than three quarters of developers want to see the government go into reverse on its stamp duty and mortgage interest...
13 April 2017
From: Breaking News

“I predict that within a few years, folks advertising properties for rent or to buy will start to show if their property is a...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The results of a survey conducted by the Home Builders Federation has been attacked by consumer group, the HomeOwners Alliance. For over...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The Competition and Markets Authority is to review the operation of new home structural warranties issued by the National House Building...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...
11 March 2017
From: Features

Former Conservative minister Michael Portillo has made an outspoken attack on his former party over its switch of housing policy emphasis from...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...
04 March 2017
From: Features

A house builder has set aside £7m to spend on repairs to its own new properties after a series of complaints...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News

What would Norwich’s own Alan Partridge say? An estate agency in the city is offering residents a one-off opportunity - the...
20 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The government appears to have slipped back on two deadlines concerning measures key to the property industry. Firstly the consultation on the...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News

House prices will stall in 2017 and there won’t by any significant improvement in affordability for many hard-pressed buyers - but...
07 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A housebuilder that has in the past profited from its concentration on high-end London schemes says demand for its units is...
05 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A solicitor has asked how the ban on the sale of new-build apartments and houses to holiday home buyers in a...
18 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Barratt Homes, the UK’s largest housebuilder, is slashing the asking prices of some of its most expensive London homes by 10 per cent. In...
17 November 2016
From: Breaking News

There are now around 715,000 homes classed as ‘retirement housing’ which is equivalent to about 2.6 per cent of total housing stock. The...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A campaign group says it wants to state the case for more new homes in a county which until now has...
24 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Countryside Properties and Telford Homes are the latest housebuilders to report good trading conditions following the result of the EU referendum. Countryside,...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A key decision that may have far-reaching implications for the sale of holiday homes has been delayed by a High Court...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The government has signalled that it is going to publish a housing White Paper later this year with “significant measures” to...
04 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The government says its latest release of figures from its various Help to Buy schemes show that over 185,000 people have...
30 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The government's most publicised measure of housebuilding excludes around a fifth of all new build completions each year, according to a...
22 September 2016
From: Breaking News

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...
16 September 2016
From: Features

Barratt Homes is the latest housebuilder to report strong figures - for the period up to the EU referendum - with...
08 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The government’s housing policy, while helpful outside London, has had a negative effect on the capital according to one of the...
07 September 2016
From: Breaking News

In the capital, people will pay a premium to live near great transport links, and as we’ve seen from Crossrail and...
02 September 2016
From: Features

The see-saw of conflcting post-Brexit indicators is continuing with figures from house builder Persimmon suggesting a strong housing market - contradicting...
24 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Rentplus, a business providing Rent To Buy homes, has announced that it has new funding of £20m - on top of...
18 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Square foot prices at one of central London’s most controversial new developments - Nine Elms - are down eight per cent...
17 August 2016
From: Breaking News

There has been another indicator that the Brexit effect on the UK housing market has been less severe than some anticipated. Bovis...
16 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Councils have started replacing just one sixth of the number of homes sold under Right To Buy in England in the...
12 August 2016
From: Breaking News

There is likely to be an October court date set for a judicial review into a ban on new-build houses and...
11 August 2016
From: Breaking News

It has been revealed that the new housing minister, Gavin Barwell, appears to be campaigning to oppose a new housing scheme...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News

nu-move online estate agents -The Future of Property Nu-move is an online venture that has been created to meet the demand...
07 July 2016
From: Sponsored Content

Humberts is introducing what it calls a ‘personal assistant’ for retirees in a bid to woo the growing market of elderly...
24 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners says more leaseholders are complaining of inflated service charges for maintenance, upkeep and communal areas. The...
27 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The service charges for new-build flats coming on to the market this year are on average 96 per cent higher than...
09 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Research from a residential investment consultancy throws light on the extraordinary large pipeline of new homes to be built in central London,...
08 March 2016
From: Breaking News

JLL says the stamp duty surcharge on buy to let properties and second homes has obliged it to downgrade its forecast...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

As we know, the property market in London is notorious for sitting a long way outside the conventions of the wider UK...
27 February 2016
From: Features

Discounted starter homes could be out of reach for the majority of families in need of an affordable home in many...
17 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The government claims 43 per cent of new homes built since the introduction of the Help to Buy equity loan scheme...
16 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A newspaper article claims that Rightmove and Zoopla are “awash” with what it calls “the unofficial resales of flats in developments...
02 February 2016
From: Breaking News

More than half of the new homes being built today are not big enough to meet the needs of the people...
02 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The Bow Group - a think-tank that was previously a solid backer of the Tories but has recently flirted with UKIP...
24 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The agency marketing expert Doctor Photo has launched what he calls a ‘digital surgery’ to provide agents and developers with images...
04 November 2015
From: Breaking News

High-end property business Savills has launched a new service called Retirement Living, aimed at securing business from retirement scheme developers. The team...
22 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Registrations for new private homes rose 17 per cent in the three months to the end of May when compared to...
01 July 2015
From: Breaking News

In my recent article, ‘Is Gazeal for Real?’ I reported on the imminent launch of this new product that claimed it...