A recent announcement by housing giants Persimmon has been heralded as a welcome boost to the property sector. In a trading update they...
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![Major house builder warns of subdued property market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
Property market conditions in the new-build sector are likely to remain subdued this year. Persimmon has claimed. An outlook in the house...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Competition watchdog: ‘Significant intervention’ needed in housebuilding market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/Builders-400x310.png)
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into the UK’s largest housebuilders as it warns of “fundamental concerns”...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![New build sales stronger than rest of market - agency’s bold claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-2-400x310.png)
An estate agency with a major new homes department claims new build sales are proving more resilient than the mainstream market. Leaders...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency beefs up new homes division despite sector worries](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
London estate agency Chestertons has made another senior appointment for its growing New Homes division. Henry O’Neill, former New Homes Director at...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Persimmon: 'Too early to say when buyer demand will recover''](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertyFind-400x310.png)
Higher mortgage rates and the end of Help to Buy has had a “sharp impact” on sales rates, Persimmon has warned. A...
13 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Major housebuilder agrees multi-year software contract with Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
Housebuilder Persimmon has signed a multi-year software contract with Zoopla. It follows the launch of Zoopla for Housebuilders in July, a new...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Motivated buyers hampered by ‘hesitant’ sellers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/NewHomeowners1-400x310.png)
Buyers are facing hesitant sellers and a continuing shortage of properties, Chestertons claims. The agency reported that the number of property viewings...
09 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![More leaseholders freed from doubling ground rents](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove2-400x310.png)
Fifteen businesses which had bought freeholds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Legal warning that sales market still hurt by ground rent problem](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LeaseholdImage-2020-400x310.jpg)
House and apartment sales are still being hit by confusion and worry over ground rents on existing second-hand leasehold properties. This is...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Breakthrough in ground rents and leasehold controversy](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LeaseholdImage-2020-400x310.jpg)
A probe by the Competition and Markets Authority has led housebuilder Taylor Wimpey to make changes for the benefit of leaseholders. Taylor...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![ALEP welcomes ground rents action as Countryside scraps unfair lease terms](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Houses-Row-2019-400x310.jpg)
The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) has become the latest body to welcome the decision by Countryside Properties to scrap the requirement to pay...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold victory – leaseholders with Countryside freed from costly terms](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Houses-Row-2019-400x310.jpg)
In what will be seen as the latest win for leaseholders across the UK, it’s been revealed that – following action...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ground Rent refunds: Agents demand rest of industry must follow suit](/img/default/eat.png)
NAEA Propertymark says the news that two major players in the leasehold sector have reformed their activities must be just the...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ground rent refunds after watchdog strikes leasehold deal](/img/default/eat.png)
The Competition and Markets Authority has struck a deal with house builders over leasehold abuses. Aviva has committed to remove certain terms...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ground rent scandal: Housebuilders bite back after attack by watchdog](/img/default/eat.png)
Two of Britain’s largest house builders have reacted sharply to calls by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and the Competition and Markets...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold scandal: Top house builders ordered to change contracts](/img/default/eat.png)
The Competition and Markets Authority has written to two top house builders ordering them to change their leasehold terms. In September the...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Has the Stamp Duty Holiday extension campaign worked?](/img/default/eat.png)
There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...
06 February 2021
From: Features
![Watchdog launches probe into unfair sales tactics of leasehold homes](/img/default/eat.png)
The Competition and Markets Authority is today opening enforcement cases focusing on the sale of leasehold homes by four leading housebuilders. They...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla takes fight for New Build listings to OnTheMarket](/img/default/eat.png)
The tussle for New Build listings between Zoopla and OnTheMarket has swung in favour of the former this morning with the...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agent sells £53m of property within hours of General Election result](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla and OnTheMarket slog it out for new homes success](/img/default/eat.png)
The competition is hotting up between Zoopla and OnTheMarket for new homes listings. Today Zoopla has revealed that it has seen a...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Help To Buy housebuilders get another government bung](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been quite a week for news so you might have missed this story - there is yet another boost for...
31 August 2019
From: Features
![Developer that offered its boss £75m asks the public what it thinks](/img/default/eat.png)
Is this the ultimate in accountability or a desperate bid to win back public support for a company damaged by the...
14 August 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 Jobs Today - your one-stop-shop for the industry's jobs news](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
11 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Help To Buy boosts housebuilder’s profits once again](/img/default/eat.png)
While even agents of the calibre of Savills struggle in today’s market - see the agency’s figures here - it’s a...
17 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - key industry moves and a ‘Rock Star Agent’ invitation](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to our latest edition of Property Jobs Today, a weekly run-through of the key job moves within our...
12 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Senior agents say wider issues must be addressed in housing debate](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Editor defends Persimmon chief's £107m 'Help To Buy' bonus](/img/default/eat.png)
The business editor of right-wing political weekly The Spectator has made an attempt to defend the controversial £109m bonus paid to...
08 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Is building homes in factories the solution to the housing crisis?](/img/default/eat.png)
The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...
11 February 2017
From: Features
![New homes: Sajid and Gavin must do better](/img/default/eat.png)
Now I’m not one to lose sleep over politicians, but it strikes me that Communities Secretary Sajid Javid and Housing Minister...
07 January 2017
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - as the countdown to Christmas commences](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s no need to worry but...er....there are only three weeks to go until Christmas. With traditional feelings of goodwill at this time...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![No action over ad claiming flats were 'waterfront' - when they weren't](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest round of complaints made to the Advertising Standards Authority against property firms’ ads have once again ended only with...
23 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Brexit see-saw - now the housing market looks stronger since vote](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![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
![New housing minister opposes homes scheme in his own constituency](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Chris Rundle, Managing Director of GK Signs](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you? Chris Rundle, What does it say on your business card? Managing Director of GK Signs. How long has GK Signs...
07 December 2015
From: 60 Second Interview
![Countrywide – A Titanic failure waiting to happen?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s rare for an incumbent to pivot to a disruptive business model, even in the face of compelling logic that they...