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The news in September that Birmingham City Council (‘Europe’s largest local authority’) had been forced to issue a Section 114 notice...

Landowners seeking to sell their land for development will have to adjust their expectations as the market, the planning system and...

The 2023 Autumn Budget, amongst its considerable 110 growth measures, contained an important announcement for the property sphere, with £3 million...

A recent poll of 11,000 private renters by SpareRooom reveals that 81% spend more than 30% of their take-home pay on...

So next week we get to know how high housing is on the Government’s list of priorities. As we wait to see...

Conveyancers are warning that this week’s Land Registry strikes could have a knock-on effect on property sales once staff return to...

The Land Registry has said it anticipates ‘minimal disruption’ if a civil service strike goes ahead. Civil servants across 126 public sector...

Some people will say: What problem? But they are getting fewer as the detrimental effect of increasing numbers of short lets on...

A property expert has claimed that it remains to be seen where housing will feature in the upcoming political agenda. Nicky Stevenson,...

Earlier this year, we ran a story asking whether agency would ever embrace a four-day week. This came ahead of the...

In this Guides & Tips piece, the team at Together set out what Right to Buy is and who is eligible. If...

An agency specialising in Nigerian clients has opened its first international office in London. Jide Taiwo & Co’s office will open next...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a dramatic future income tax cut, changes to National Insurance thresholds and scrapping VAT on more...

Buying agency Middleton Advisors has made a commitment to go carbon neutral - and its method may be a template for...

A part of the Connells Group is telling the new Housing Secretary that he and his government “must do more” to...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

National property auctioneer Pugh & Co is launching an initiative to partner with estate agents across the UK. Via a new network...

Rightmove has taken the unusual step this weekend of issuing its usual monthly asking price index on a Saturday instead of...

A trade group wants councils and search companies to co-operate more closely during the virus to minimise delays to the remaining...

Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new edition of PJT. If you’re on the move or your firm has...

Hello there and welcome along to the latest PJT, your weekly catch-up on who’s moving where in agency, amongst suppliers and...

It was in this very column, back in July, when I wrote about how the British government was starting to take...

Shadow defence secretary Nia Griffiths is pledging to improve the quality of housing for serving military personnel if Labour gets into...

Estate agents are amongst the workers to suffer the worst fall in wages over the past 10 years according to shock...

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...

I don’t believe it’s unfair to state that our government, indeed, the entire political establishment is in some turmoil at the...

Owning a home has become almost impossible for many public sector workers across Britain, according to research from the union UNISON. Getting...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of the industry’s best known research experts, Johnny Morris, has left Countrywide.  Morris joined Hamptons...

An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...

Conveyancers and the speed of local council searches have come in for criticism as details have emerged of the government’s consultation...

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

When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation takes some beating. Press releases are still arriving berating the December...

A series of leaks to national newspapers and a flurry of broadcast interviews by housing minister Gavin Barwell means we already know...

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...

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

The government is reported to have yet again delayed a decision on whether to privatise the Land Registry. The Financial Times says...

A housing body says that, rather than presiding over a worsening housing crisis as many suggest, David Cameron has actually left...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has challenged the government over its renewed attempt to privatise the Land Registry. Last week's Queen's...

In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...

The Financial Times says London Mayor and new Conservative MP Boris Johnson is lobbying the government in a bid to persuade...

Registrations for new private homes rose 17 per cent in the three months to the end of May when compared to...

It’s the long Bank Holiday weekend and we’re here again to publicise the side of British estate agency that rarely presents...

There has been much debate in recent years about Britain’s desperate need for more housing stock. Demand has been outstripping supply...

Savills has snapped up this historic residential and rural agency Smiths Gore which was originally founded in 1847. Some reports say the...

Time is running out for would-be home owners to save £10,000 on the cost of a new home - in return...