It’s tempting to think that Michael Gove’s proposed clampdown on Airbnb-style short lets is a uniquely British form of small-mindedness, part...
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20 April 2024
From: Features
From medieval castles to Elizabethan manor houses, Georgian townhouses and Victorian terraces, the UK’s historic buildings are central to our country’s...
10 February 2024
From: Features
Landowners seeking to sell their land for development will have to adjust their expectations as the market, the planning system and...
30 December 2023
From: Features
Paul Johnson, Head of Corporate Sales at Leaders Romans Group (LRG) Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset...
04 November 2023
From: Features
And suddenly it’s autumn. It’s just six weeks before the clocks change, days are getting shorter and - the real sign...
09 September 2023
From: Features
I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Some people will say: What problem? But they are getting fewer as the detrimental effect of increasing numbers of short lets on...
03 September 2022
From: Features
Property searches are not showing up some new road schemes because they are classified by local councils as planning consent for...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...
19 February 2022
From: Features
The government is threatening to deny planning consent to developers who refuse to pay towards the removal of unsafe cladding on...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A pilot scheme has been announced to test ways of limiting second home ownership and reducing the impact additional properties have...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading planning consultancy has claimed that ‘the myth’ that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Media reports over the weekend suggest the government is preparing a triple whammy - three measures which may reduce the number...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s gathering momentum to do ‘something’ about the unfairness of council tax and stamp duty. This isn’t new in principle. Agents have...
24 July 2021
From: Features
Almost 77 per cent of people think the government must build more homes - but if that means reclassifying Green Belt...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A council cracking down on the increase of illegally positioned estate agent boards. Agents are required, under Planning and Highways legislation to...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A woman who bought a London house in 2012 is now suing the conveyancers that worked for her at the time...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Home owners in England will be entitled to add up to two storeys to the height of their home via a...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News
In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...
11 July 2020
From: Features
Beleaguered estate agency group Countrywide has asked the government to give agents a business rates holiday. Measures announced in last week’s Budget...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News
After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...
04 January 2020
From: Features
A new portal has been launched aiming to take on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket in the retirement property sector - and...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News
The head of a new property portal is urging agents to forget about spending money on For Sale and To Let...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A London council wants government backing for a borough-wide Section 7 direction - effectively banning all agents’ boards being erected without...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News
It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News
A new digital platform has been set up in a bid to provide a one-stop-shop for self-build enthusiasts - and it...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News
There’s been a mixed response to the government’s surprise announcement that it would make permanent the right of home owners to...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News
An estate agency accused of “taking the mickey” over the number of boards it has erected has fought back. The mayor of...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News
It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...
09 March 2019
From: Features
A London council is considering a borough-wide ban on agents’ boards of all kinds. Labour-controlled Camden already has a ban for a...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News
There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...
30 January 2019
From: Features
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
A London council is seeking widespread powers to ban For Sale and To Let boards which it claims are seen by...
25 June 2018
From: Breaking News
A new firm has launched in Surrey describing itself as “the premium hybrid estate agency” with an innovative presence on the...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News
With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...
22 July 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
Concern is growing over the stagnation in transactions in London generally and in prime central areas in particular. Consultancy JLL says there...
30 March 2017
From: Breaking News
The government has set out 29 key points in its Housing White Paper. Introducing it in the Commons this afternoon, Communities Secretery Sajid...
07 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...
28 January 2017
From: Features
The Adam Smith Institute, a right-wing think-tank, has blasted the campaigning charity Shelter over its allegations of land-banking by house builders in...
21 December 2016
From: Breaking News
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
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
The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped into a dispute over a property listing which claimed a property was a two bedroom...
16 November 2016
From: Breaking News
As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...
28 October 2016
From: Features
London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan says some 270,000 homes in London have been granted planning permission but have not yet been...
25 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Auction rooms across the UK are filled with people looking to buy property, from bargain hunters to seasoned investors, ensuring that...
22 October 2016
From: Features
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
A London council is seeking to impose an average £8,000 fee for securing planning consent on a below-ground extension - already...
05 September 2016
From: Breaking News
London agency Stirling Ackroyd says planning consents for new homes recovered from previous lows in the second quarter of the year,...
01 August 2016
From: Breaking News
With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...
15 July 2016
From: Features
The news that Theresa May will be installed as Prime Minister tomorrow has immediately stabilished the share prices of estate agents...
12 July 2016
From: Breaking News
The Conservatives on the council in Brighton and Hove have called for a ban on estate agents’ boards to be extended...
20 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Foxtons has won planning consent for an office in the south London suburb of Peckham after another controversy involving opposition from...
06 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Agents in a London borough have been warned that the local council now has new powers to fine the firms behind...
14 April 2016
From: Breaking News
Who are you? Chris Coates What does it say on your business card? Chris Coates As a small team we don’t have a hang up...
16 February 2016
From: 60 Second Interview
Housing minister has Brandon Lewis has thrown his weight behind the right of foreign investors to purchase buy to let properties,...
18 August 2015
From: Breaking News
In the latest twist in the story of Foxtons’ attempt to turn a pub into an agency office, squatters have moved...