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Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and strategist Sir Lynton Crosby - the architect of many Conservative election campaigns -...

High end agents usually keep their powder dry when it comes to party politics, to avoid upsetting customers. However Knight Frank has...

The new housing minister is Christopher Pincher, who for the past decade has been Conservative MP for Tamworth having had a...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged to go further with property tax reform and not just stop at reducing stamp...

It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...

Extended Permitted Development Rights unveiled in the Chancellor’s recent Spring Statement could create issues concerning Right To Light for homes near...

The National Association of Estate Agents has met with other members of a high-level government board to look at ways of...

With a new year nearly upon us, it’s always a good idea to be aware of the major events that are...

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

On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not what you could describe as ‘housing heavy’ in terms of the...

Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the other hand maybe we’re bored with politics, but this year’s Budget...

I’ve spoken many times before of my desire to see government take property more seriously. For more than just lip service...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...

Figures from the Treasury suggest that the annual revenue from stamp duty for the year to the end of March is...

One day, I’ll sit down to write for Estate Agent Today and I won’t express my dismay at the lack of...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing.  The decision to cut stamp duty...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...

Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10...

Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...

Stamp duty has become the latest weapon in the ongoing war of words between different wings of the Conservative party, as...

As we approach Thursday's General Election, more property professionals have criticised stamp duty and called for the Government to make changes...

In November 2016 when the Autumn Statement was delivered by Chancellor Philip Hammond, the announcement was made to ban letting agent...

We’re almost nine months on from the EU Referendum and yet the issue remains the big divide across the nation: an...

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...

2016 was quite a year – eventful, dramatic, shocking and impossible to predict. In no particular order, we saw Leicester winning...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

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

Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...

Just a couple of weeks ago, we waited with anticipation to see what the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, would say in...

Listening to all the coverage of the tenant fee ban, all I hear is consumer groups talking about how some agents...

Chancellor Philip Hammond caught the lettings industry unaware with an incredulous Autumn Statement.  The buy-to-let sector took a bashing earlier in 2015...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

Forecasts are a tricky business. And as I wrote in a recent Industry Views opinion piece, any prediction in the current...

We are now only days away from one of the most-anticipated events in UK politics; one which has a considerable impact...

We are now less than a month away from Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement to the nation, depending of course on...

The almost non-stop series of tax changes affecting all aspects of the housing market in recent years looks set to continue...

The government has signalled that it is going to publish a housing White Paper later this year with “significant measures” to...

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

The industry publication Property Week says it has exclusively discovered that the government is preparing a housing market stimulus package to...