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![Is Boris letting down the poor? Agency in rare criticism of government](/img/default/eat.png)
High end agents usually keep their powder dry when it comes to party politics, to avoid upsetting customers. However Knight Frank has...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Controversial housing minister named as predecessor picks up thousands](/img/default/eat.png)
The new housing minister is Christopher Pincher, who for the past decade has been Conservative MP for Tamworth having had a...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Tax reform - don't stop at stamp duty, Boris Johnson urged](/img/default/eat.png)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged to go further with property tax reform and not just stop at reducing stamp...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Impact of the Tenant Fees Act - how can agents cover their costs?](/img/default/eat.png)
It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...
13 April 2019
From: Features
![Right To Light may become an issue thanks to extended PDR - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
Extended Permitted Development Rights unveiled in the Chancellor’s recent Spring Statement could create issues concerning Right To Light for homes near...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Anti-money laundering system to be beefed up by new government board](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents has met with other members of a high-level government board to look at ways of...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News
21 December 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Good or bad? Help To Buy surge reignites debate about scheme](/img/default/eat.png)
Figures released by the government over the weekend show that 14,867 Help To Buy equity loans were taken out in the...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![A quiet Budget – but there’s still enough to keep everyone busy](/img/default/eat.png)
On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not what you could describe as ‘housing heavy’ in terms of the...
03 November 2018
From: Features
![Budget briefing - Seven things to watch for today](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
27 October 2018
From: Features
![Dear Mr Chancellor…this is what we need on October 29…](/img/default/eat.png)
I’ve spoken many times before of my desire to see government take property more seriously. For more than just lip service...
13 October 2018
From: Features
![Property Natter – legislation, legislation, legislation](/img/default/eat.png)
Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...
22 September 2018
From: Features
![Forget narrow demands - Work together for more homes](/img/default/eat.png)
Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...
15 September 2018
From: Features
![Devastating impact of stamp duty revealed in buying agency's data](/img/default/eat.png)
Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty: yet more for government despite 69,000 first time buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
Figures from the Treasury suggest that the annual revenue from stamp duty for the year to the end of March is...
27 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Eight months to make a difference to UK housing](/img/default/eat.png)
One day, I’ll sit down to write for Estate Agent Today and I won’t express my dismay at the lack of...
24 March 2018
From: Features
![What next for property in 2018?](/img/default/eat.png)
What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...
30 December 2017
From: Features
![Property Natter: A to Z of the property industry for 2017](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
25 November 2017
From: Features
![Property industry reacts to the Autumn Budget](/img/default/eat.png)
Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing. The decision to cut stamp duty...
25 November 2017
From: Features
![Property experts reveal their Autumn Budget wishlist](/img/default/eat.png)
The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday. Despite...
18 November 2017
From: Features
![Stamp duty tinkering will make the whole process more complicated](/img/default/eat.png)
With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...
21 October 2017
From: Features
![Industry criticism of Tories' monumental mistake in boosting Help To Buy](/img/default/eat.png)
Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Three reasons why we need stamp duty reform](/img/default/eat.png)
Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...
02 September 2017
From: Features
![Newspapers ramp up pressure for further reform of stamp duty](/img/default/eat.png)
Stamp duty has become the latest weapon in the ongoing war of words between different wings of the Conservative party, as...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![More professionals call for changes to stamp duty system](/img/default/eat.png)
As we approach Thursday's General Election, more property professionals have criticised stamp duty and called for the Government to make changes...
06 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Why we’re absorbing tenant fees until a decision is made](/img/default/eat.png)
In November 2016 when the Autumn Statement was delivered by Chancellor Philip Hammond, the announcement was made to ban letting agent...
20 May 2017
From: Features
![Brexit: Housing must not be ignored in the clamour](/img/default/eat.png)
We’re almost nine months on from the EU Referendum and yet the issue remains the big divide across the nation: an...
18 March 2017
From: Features
![Budget 2017: Pleas for reform fall on deaf ears](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Budget 2017 wishlist: Expectations from the property sector](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Buy-to-let mortgages: What opportunities and challenges lie ahead?](/img/default/eat.png)
The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...
17 February 2017
From: Features
![Three things agents need to consider in 2017](/img/default/eat.png)
2016 was quite a year – eventful, dramatic, shocking and impossible to predict. In no particular order, we saw Leicester winning...
18 January 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![What next for the rental market in 2017?](/img/default/eat.png)
The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...
14 January 2017
From: Features
![What next for property in 2017?](/img/default/eat.png)
Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...
17 December 2016
From: Features
![Are landlords about to ditch letting agents and go it alone?](/img/default/eat.png)
Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...
09 December 2016
From: Features
![Is a long-term housing policy too much to ask for?](/img/default/eat.png)
Just a couple of weeks ago, we waited with anticipation to see what the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, would say in...
09 December 2016
From: Features
![The market is dead, long live the market](/img/default/eat.png)
Listening to all the coverage of the tenant fee ban, all I hear is consumer groups talking about how some agents...
26 November 2016
From: Features
![Autumn Statement: reaction and what’s next for us?](/img/default/eat.png)
Chancellor Philip Hammond caught the lettings industry unaware with an incredulous Autumn Statement. The buy-to-let sector took a bashing earlier in 2015...
26 November 2016
From: Features
![Autumn Statement: The property industry's wish list for Philip Hammond](/img/default/eat.png)
It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...
19 November 2016
From: Features
![Five guesses about the Autumn Statement](/img/default/eat.png)
Forecasts are a tricky business. And as I wrote in a recent Industry Views opinion piece, any prediction in the current...
19 November 2016
From: Features
![Will Hammond's property past benefit the future of our industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
We are now only days away from one of the most-anticipated events in UK politics; one which has a considerable impact...
19 November 2016
From: Features
![The market is crying out for a positive Autumn Statement](/img/default/eat.png)
We are now less than a month away from Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement to the nation, depending of course on...
28 October 2016
From: Features
![Cabinet minister hints at property tax changes next month](/img/default/eat.png)
The almost non-stop series of tax changes affecting all aspects of the housing market in recent years looks set to continue...
21 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Government pledges substantial house building ideas by Christmas](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Housing must remain top of the government’s agenda](/img/default/eat.png)
With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...