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It has certainly been a very busy week for news in the housing sector.  Here, the first of a new series of...

A news conference today is expected to reveal more details of the governance scandal which has engulfed the Royal Institution of...

The chief executive of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Sean Tompkins, is in talks to step down according to an...

According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...

Hello and welcome to our latest ADC, with more evidence that fund-raising goes on even with communal activity at a premium...

High end London agency Beauchamp Estates has been selected to join the Bank of England’s advisory panel of companies and senior directors, and to...

Two of Britain’s largest and best known estate agencies have endured a day of turmoil at the hands of investors -...

Talks are reported to have been held between Purplebricks leading shareholder, Neil Woodford, and the German publishing group Axel Springer about...

The sun has finally returned to ours skies and you’re on the lookout for a little bit of summer reading. As...

The magazine Property Week is reporting that Countrywide’s former chief executive Alison Platt, who quit her post this morning, will receive...

HouseSimple is reported to have secured £20m in growth capital which it says will help it “challenge Purplebricks as the UK’s...

The government has poured cold water over industry speculation that Help To Buy could be phased out or significantly modified between...

The government is thought to be reviewing Help To Buy which, it is claimed, could end with the scheme being scrapped...

Speculation is growing over whether figures to be released by Countrywide on Thursday may prompt another fall in the troubled company’s...

Reports in the commercial property industry publication Property Week suggest there may be difficulties concerning the sale of Countrywide’s commercial operation,...

A well-informed industry article on the possible sale of Strutt & Parker to French bank BNP Paribas suggests that the deal,...

So, Property Week has announced its Property Awards shortlist for 2017. Looking at the entries for PropTech Company of the Year, I'm surprised...

Confusion surrounds the timing of the government’s eagerly-anticipated White Paper on housing. Respected property industry weekly magazine Estates Gazette has tweeted that...

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 revealed that its £2 billion accelerated construction fund will be used to guarantee housing schemes, including deals to...

There has been widespread scepticism from many within the industry that the government will miss its latest house building targets, despite...

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

An equities analyst has suggested that some of the most extreme warnings of housing market chaos after a Brexit vote came...

Strutt & Parker won the UK Sales Agency of the Year award at the annual RESI Awards event, organised by Property...

The developer of Battersea Power Station is holding back around 150 apartments in phase three of the landmark scheme. In an interview...

easyProperty is reported to be in talks to raise around £5m to expand its services. Reports over the weekend, including one on...

The head of a central London property firm says an unintended consequence of the new stamp duty thresholds is that fewer...