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![Can the Labour Government get Britain building again?](/upload/images/4%20--%20Can%20the%20labour%20government%20get%20Britain%20building%20again.jpg)
Mandatory housing targets are back, alongside a pledge to build 1.5 million homes in the next five years. But can Prime...
27 July 2024
From: Features
![Historic houses campaign for VAT reform](/upload/images/6%20--%20Historic%20houses%20campaign.jpg)
Views are sought from all heritage destinations with listed buildings across the UK to find out how much they pay on...
27 July 2024
From: Features
![Calls for Law Society reform ‘won’t go away’ – warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The Law Society may have seen-off a no-confidence vote but disgruntled solicitors have vowed to keep up the pressure on the...
26 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlord property purchases hit record low](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
A lack of new investment rather than landlords selling-up is causing rental market supply issues, research suggests. The latest Hamptons Lettings Index...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![JONATHAN ROLANDE: Can the Government deliver on King's Speech promises?](/upload/images/shutterstock_1634178964.jpg)
NOBODY does pomp and ceremony like us Brits and, wow, it was on full display in Westminster last week. Despite the prestige...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - Why are we waiting? Delays are suffocating…](/upload/images/1%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Mistakes%20milkshakes%20and%20military%20memories%20-%20Natter.jpg)
It’s so good to see housing at the top of the government’s agenda for change. Finally! The housing crisis has been met...
20 July 2024
From: Features
![Building sites and battlegrounds - will Labour’s 1.5m new homes plan collapse?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/ConstructionWorkers-400x310.png)
The new Government’s plan to ‘Get Britain Building’ is ambitious, to say the least. And it is central to their mission, not...
20 July 2024
From: Features
![The new government, planning policy and challenges ahead](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/ConstructionBlueprints-400x310.png)
The Chancellor’s plans to ‘get Britain building again’ are very significant for the property sector and property investment, specifically. The plans...
20 July 2024
From: Features
![Digital ID could ‘transform property market’ - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2166069807.jpg)
An anti-money laundering (AML) expert has highlighted an overlooked part of this week’s King’s Speech that could boost the property market. While...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![King’s Speech: Labour policies back housebuilding and leasehold reform](/upload/images/shutterstock_1100834378(1)(1).jpg)
Housebuilding, leasehold and rental reform are set to be key roles of the new Labour Government’s legislative agenda but agency regulation...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Welsh First Minister resigns: Propertymark calls for end to housing instability](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Propertymark has called for an end to instability over Wales’ housing policy. It comes after Welsh Labour leader and First Minister Vaughan...
17 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government urged to avoid ‘one size fits all’ planning policy](/upload/images/shutterstock_2350994731.jpg)
Reforms to the UK’s planning system must move from a one size fits all approach to boost development, the Government has...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Reapit webinar to coach agents on how to unlock profitability](/upload/images/shutterstock_1545205661.jpg)
The UK sales and lettings markets are in a state of flux, but an upcoming webinar from Reapit, the leading technology...
13 July 2024
From: Features
![Reform of EPCs can't come quick enough](/upload/images/shutterstock_741888556.jpg)
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) continue to make headlines, and unfortunately, it’s once again for the wrong reasons. A recent investigation by Which?...
13 July 2024
From: Features
![Chancellor restores housebuilding targets](/upload/images/shutterstock_2123937818.jpg)
New Chancellor Rachel Reeves has used her first speech to reinstate housebuilding targets and pledge to build one and a half...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour Government needs 'less chopping and changing' on housing](/upload/images/3%20shutterstock_1487630333.jpg)
Property professionals have called for cross-party support and stability when it comes to housing policy under the new Labour Government after...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![JONATHAN ROLANDE: Starmer’s golden opportunity](/upload/images/23%2011%2028%2004.jpg)
So, now we know. After weeks of reports predicting a Labour landslide, Keir Starmer is indeed unpacking his boxes and settling into...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Now the election is over, the real work begins for agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2080599556.jpg)
On balance, a stable new government with a large majority is good news for the sales market. Labour’s costed spending plans,...
06 July 2024
From: Features
![Don't skimp on the details - PropTech expert's message to the new government](/upload/images/shutterstock_1881270919.jpg)
With a historic majority for Keir Starmer and the Labour Party, there can be no doubt over which party will be...
06 July 2024
From: Features
![Election '24 - Industry leaders call for landlord support](/upload/images/Election%20housing%20.jpg)
Heidi Shackell, chief executive officer at The Lettings Hub said: “The General Election, called in May, halted progress of the Renters'...
06 July 2024
From: Features
![Energy assessors: EPCs will become more accurate](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
Energy assessor trade body the Property Energy Professionals Association has hit back at claims about the accuracy of work by professionals...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents urged to take advantage of new MPs in 'listening mode'](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
An industry expert has called on agents to actively lobby new MPs to influence housing policy – whoever wins the election. Neil...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Can traditional BTR learn from the successes of suburban BTR?](/upload/images/shutterstock_572192086(3).jpg)
We frequently read about how the traditional form of urban BTR has inspired the more recent model, suburban BTR. Our own...
29 June 2024
From: Features
![Jonathan Rolande: 2.5m reasons why EPC ratings need reforming - and fast](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-3-400x310.png)
You may not have seen it, but one of the most important reports published within the housing sector over the past...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Industry Views - The one Property tax Labour really should change](/upload/images/1%20--%20Industry%20Views%20-%20The%20Housing%20Battleground%20for%20General%20Election%202024.png)
In the later stages of an election when the Conservatives’ best chance of success is forcing an own goal by Labour,...
22 June 2024
From: Features
![Tory Housing Policies Miss Out On Poll Position](/upload/images/1%20--%20PROOFED%20--%20Industry%20views%20Tory%20Housing%20Policies(1).png)
You have to wonder who is advising Rishi Sunak these days. Months ago, Silverstone must have seemed a terrific venue to hold...
15 June 2024
From: Features
![Property Tax - Labour on the ropes in key media interview](/upload/images/shutterstock_1060261916(3).jpg)
A Labour frontbencher has failed to explain why the party has no plans to reform council tax based, in most cases,...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ Verdict - We Need More Details in Labour Manifesto](/upload/images/shutterstock_581378308.jpg)
There’s been a broadly warm response from much of the property industry to Labour’s manifesto, but a call for more detail...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Every home EPC rated B or above in 10 years - party pledge](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
A political party is pledging that if elected it will make every home in the UK have an EPC rating of...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![General Election: estate agents react to Tory manifesto](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The Conservative Party’s General Election manifesto has committed to resurrecting the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme and temporarily removing Capital...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election webinar launched to help agents reassure vendors](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
Agents are invited to a webinar on how the General Election will affect the property market. Reapit and PayProp will be hosting...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons reveals General Election wish list](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Stamp Duty reform and first-time buyer support tops the list of what Foxtons would like to see from the next Government. The...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Industry Views - Labour Agrees New Housing Policies](/upload/images/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViews%20(007)%20Labour's%20housing%20pledges.png)
You may not have realised, but yesterday, the new government’s housing policy was agreed. No, I’m not talking about the new ‘Freedom...
08 June 2024
From: Features
![Winds of change set to blow through the PRS](/upload/images/3%20--%20Proofed%20--%20flatfair%20May%20PR%20feature%20FD%20by%20Gary%20Wright.jpg)
Win, lose or draw for the political hopefuls standing as candidates in the upcoming general election, it is likely that the...
08 June 2024
From: Features
![PRS crying out for fiscal reform, says LRG](/upload/images/5%20--%20Proofed%20--%20PRS%20crying%20out%20By%20Allison%20Thompson%2C%20National%20Lettings%20managing%20director%2C%20LRG%20.jpg)
In the second of their Election Wishlist series, Leaders Romans Group turn the spotlight on the Private Rented Sector (PRS). Here, National...
08 June 2024
From: Features
![General Election 2024: Labour unveils Freedom to Buy scheme](/upload/images/shutterstock_1415127329.jpg)
Housing has finally made it onto the General Election campaign, albeit with a familiar policy. Labour has unveiled plans for a Freedom...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![JONATHAN ROLANDE: Ignoring the property crisis damages all of us.](/upload/images/shutterstock_1932299855(1).jpg)
If, like me, you watched the two party leaders battle it out in the first head-to-head debate you’ll have noticed that...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Finding landlords is agents' biggest worry - PayProp survey](/upload/images/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Finding%20landlords%20-%20PayProp%20feature%20FD%20by%20Neil%20Cobbold.jpg)
To put it simply – letting agents are our business. When they overwhelmingly voice a concern about something, we take that...
01 June 2024
From: Features
![Unintended consequences of 'rushed' leasehold law](/upload/images/5%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Unintended%20consequences%20of%20rushed%20leasehold%20law%20By%20Mark%20Chick.jpg)
In what are some of the biggest changes to the residential leasehold sector in the last 21 years since the Commonhold...
01 June 2024
From: Features
![Stamp Duty reform tops General Election property wish-lists](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty--2-400x310.png)
Stamp Duty reform and more housebuilding top the General Election wish-lists for the property sector. General Election manifestos are yet to be...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
!['A muted win' – leasehold reform bill passes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was the final piece of legislation to pass before Parliament closed ahead of the General...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Knight Frank revises prime central London price forecasts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Knight Frank has revised its house price forecasts for prime central London (PCL) and now expects values to fall this year. The...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Industry Views - The Housing Battleground for General Election 2024](/upload/images/1%20--%20Industry%20Views%20-%20The%20Housing%20Battleground%20for%20General%20Election%202024.png)
So we’ve been sent the ‘Save The Date’ card - it’s July 4. Now all we need is the invitation to the...
25 May 2024
From: Features
![After delays, departures and disruption, Renters (Reform) Bill finally runs out of steam](/upload/images/3%20--%20After%20delays%20departures%20and%20disruption%20RRB%20runs%20out%20of%20steam.jpg)
The Government’s controversial Renters (Reform) Bill has fallen victim to Rishi Sunak’s election announcement and has been shelved. The legislation – which...
25 May 2024
From: Features
![JONATHAN ROLANDE: Sunak really needs to work on his kerb-appeal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Even the most junior of estate agents will tell you that if you are going to bet the house on pulling...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![General Election date set – will the property market pause?](/upload/images/shutterstock_628553066(1).jpg)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday confirmed a date for the General Election. Voters will go the polls on 4 July, meaning the...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government criticised for ‘disappointing’ response to agent regulation inquiry](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The chairperson of the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has hit back at the Government’s approach – or lack of...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Growing financial risk for 'go-it-alone' landlords](/upload/images/2%20--%20Prooded%20--%20Reapit%20May%20PR%20-%20Growing%20financial%20risk%20by%20Neil%20Cobbold%2C%20Commerical%20Director%2C%20Reapit%20UKI.jpg)
Housing minister Jacob Young recently scotched rumours that the property portal proposed in the Renters (Reform) Bill would remove the need...
18 May 2024
From: Features
![UK housebuilders back in the market for land as outlook brightens](/upload/images/5%20--%20Proofed%20--%20UK%20housebuilders%20weekend%20feature%20by%20EAT%20Team.png)
Britain's housebuilders are seeing a recovery in buyer interest and land purchasing activity in early 2024, according to the latest Knight...
11 May 2024
From: Features
![Agents highlight biggest industry challenges and opportunities](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Help to Buy has been ranked as having the most positive influence on the property market in recent times. Agency comparison website...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Appraisals down in pre-Easter trading, reveals Propertymark](/upload/images/shutterstock_2375331445.jpg)
Market appraisal volumes dropped 7% in March according to Propertymark’s latest market snapshot, based on data from up to six weeks...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Complete Overhaul of EPCs demanded by key consumer body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
An influential consumer body is demanding a complete overhaul of Energy Performance Certificates. Which? says that with millions of households across the...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![MPs demand scrapping of ground rents on leasehold properties](/upload/images/shutterstock_385772824.jpg)
Sky News is reporting that up to 30 Conservative MPs are threatening to rebel against the government’s approach to ground rents...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Revolution - call for sellers to pay instead of buyers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
A prominent estate agent has started an online petition to reverse stamp duty so it is paid by the vendor, not...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform? What about the tax bill?](/upload/images/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Nolettinggo%20April%20PR1%20-%20Renters%20Reform%20what%20about%20the%20tax%20bill%20By%20Nick%20Lyons%2C%20CEO%20and%20co-founder%2C%20NoLettingGo.jpg)
There was a long-awaited return to the House of Commons this week when the Renters (Reform) Bill finally rose to the...
27 April 2024
From: Features
![Clarity needed on Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill report](/upload/images/3%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Weekend%20feature%20-%20Clarity%20needed%20By%20Mark%20Chick%2C%20Director%20of%20ALEP.jpg)
Last weekend a story by The Sunday Times’ Deputy Political Editor indicated that the Government is proposing implementing a £250 cap...
27 April 2024
From: Features
![Radical reform of Right To Buy demanded by industry group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Will%20the%20post%20Christmas%20boom%20materialise%20this%20year%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
A property industry group has called for a reduction in the discounts available for council tenants buying their own home, after...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Law Society faces backlash over material information forms](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-1-400x310.png)
The Law Society is facing backlash from conveyancers after issuing new property information reforms that take account of Trading Standards’ material...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lord Best: ROPA reforms won't break the bank for agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Further estate agency regulation won’t be too expensive for the industry, Lord Best has said. Lord Best, who led the Regulation of...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Ground rent reform set for scrapheap - reports](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Plans to set ground rents at a ‘peppercorn rate’ are reported to have been dropped amid opposition from freehold campaigners and...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government urged to stop ‘sitting on its hands’ over agency regulations](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) reforms has expressed frustration that the recommendations have failed to materialise as...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Better news for economy gives confidence boost to property market](/upload/images/Better%20news%20for%20economy%20gives%20confidence%20boost%20to%20property%20market(1).png)
The best news for the property sector to come from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget statement came not from any fiscal...
20 March 2024
From: Features
![Landlord Licensing - Time to stop the councils](/upload/images/1%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViews%20%20Landlord%20licensing.png)
It’s time to abolish what is colloquially called Landlord Licensing. If you’re a casual reader and perhaps not in our industry, a...
09 March 2024
From: Features
![Spring Budget disappoints but OBR revises housing forecasts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has almost halved its house price forecasts after another relatively quiet fiscal update for the...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Spring Budget: Will there be help for housing?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Agents are hopeful of support for the property market in today’s Spring Budget. It could be the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s final fiscal...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government intervention needed on property transaction times – claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_1245681568(1).jpg)
Property professionals have called for the Government to allocate its promised £3m towards improving the home buying and selling process to...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Winkworth boss warns Chancellor against scrapping non-dom status](/upload/images/shutterstock_1750387934(7).jpg)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is reported to be considering scrapping non-dom status in the latest rumour ahead of this week’s Budget. It comes...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government's leasehold reform proposals come under the spotlight](/upload/images/5%20proofed%20-%20Government's%20leasehold%20reform%20weekend%20feature%20by%20EAT%20team.jpg)
The complexities of the government’s leasehold reform proposals affecting millions of homeowners came under the spotlight at a seminar organised by...
02 March 2024
From: Features
![Labour fails in latest attempt to get ROPA rules introduced](/upload/images/shutterstock_1750387934(5).jpg)
Attempts to get the long-awaited Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules introduced into the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill have failed. The...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency trade body reveals Spring Budget wishlist](/upload/images/shutterstock_2218189005%20(1)(2).jpg)
Propertymark has added its name to calls for Stamp Duty reform and has also urged lenders to develop more affordable mortgage...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove calls for regional Stamp Duty thresholds](/upload/images/shutterstock_2199764593(1).jpg)
Rightmove has joined growing calls for Stamp Duty reform ahead of the Spring Budget next week. The property portal has outlined three...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Are Leaseholds Becoming The Best Option for First-Time Buyers?](/upload/images/4%20Are%20leaseholds%20best%20option%20FD%20by%20Dave%20Sayce.jpg)
Dave Sayce, Founder and Managing Director of Compare My Move, reflects on the legal changes that will make leasehold purchase more...
24 February 2024
From: Features
![Government’s ‘laughable’ planning reforms overshadow ‘real-time property market’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agents-400x310.png)
A senior estate agent has described the Government’s pledge to compel councils to cut red tape in favour of development as...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Making history fit for the future](/upload/images/2%20Proofed%20--%20Making%20history%20for%20for%20the%20future%20-%20weekend%20feature.jpg)
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
![Cohabiting as a couple - what happens to the house if we split?](/upload/images/4%20shutterstock_1746444971.jpg)
There are several pros to cohabitation, and it’s always a wonderful experience when you’re handed your set of keys as a...
03 February 2024
From: Features
![Property Natter - Marching bravely forward with eyes fixed firmly on the past](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
Everyone’s a pundit these days, aren’t they? And January is pundit season – when a New Year starts, out come the...
20 January 2024
From: Features
![Another year of change? How property law will evolve in 2024](/upload/images/3%20How%20property%20law%20will%20evolve%20in%202024%20-%20weekend%20feature%20by%20Yulia%20Barnes.jpg)
Yulia Barnes is founder and managing partner of Barnes Law 2024 is set to be another significant year for the property...
20 January 2024
From: Features
![Could ROPA rules finally materialise in leasehold reforms?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Estate agency regulations and minimum standards may finally see the light of day after Labour put forward amendments to the Government’s...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold reform bill returns to Parliament – will it be improved?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Parliamentary news may have been dominated by the fallout from the Rwanda Bill yesterday but another important piece of legislation also...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buckle Up! It's Going To Be A Busy 2024](/upload/images/Phil%20Spencer%20NEW%20image.png)
Happy New Year and welcome to what’s looking like a busy - perhaps even hectic - 2024! I thought it worth running...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Will housing be a major battleground in the 2024 general election?](/upload/images/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Weekend%20feature%20-%20Will%20housing%20be%20a%20major%20battleground%20in%20the%202024%20general%20election%20-%20Christopher%20Roberts%20(Boyer).png)
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during May’s local election campaigning,...
13 January 2024
From: Features
![NAVA Propertymark calls for hospitality VAT cut](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
NAVA Propertymark members are predicting another challenging year for the hospital sector. Chris Platts, NAVA advisory panel member, said 2023 was a...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Budget date set but will it including housing support?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Agency trade body Propertymark has expressed hope that housing will be a key part of the Spring Budget after the Treasury...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Crystal Balls - Who Knows What's Happening In 2024?](/upload/images/1%20-%20Proofed%20--%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViews301223%20.jpg)
The last thing you want as we rake through the dying embers of 2023 is a journalist’s prediction of what’s going...
30 December 2023
From: Features
![Tardy Renters (Reform) Bill is running against the clock](/upload/images/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20PayProp%20December%20PR%20-%20Tardy%20Renters%20Reform%20Bill%20running%20against%20the%20clock%20v2%20FD%20by%20Neil%20Cobbold%2C%20Mana.jpg)
As the world marches relentlessly forward to 2024, the government’s flagship legislation for the private rented sector (PRS) remains in limbo. This...
30 December 2023
From: Features
![Will cities see an urban renaissance through 'gentle density'](/upload/images/4%20--%20EAT%20weekend%20features%20-%20Will%20cities%20seen%20an%20urban%20renaissance%20by%20Grant%20Leggett.jpg)
The debate over the Green Belt, and the newly branded ‘grey belt’, has made the headlines a lot recently and will...
30 December 2023
From: Features
![Revealed! The best month for completions and what buyers wanted in 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
March was the most popular month for completions this year as sales took longer and buyers focused on affordability, analysis has...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Merry Christmas to all our readers!](/upload/images/shutterstock_2393595747.jpg)
T'was three nights before Christmas, when all through the site, We’ve delivered thousands of stories to bring you delight. We’ve had Strike turn...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government publishes new housing policy but will it get Britain building?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/Construction-400x310.png)
The Government has published long-awaited reforms to its National Planning Policy Framework, confirming that local housebuilding targets will be advisory rather...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Scottish Budget was a ‘missed opportunity’ for property market - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
The Scottish Government’s Budget has been described as a “missed opportunity.” The update yesterday from Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison, outlined a...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Michael Gove's Long-term plan for housing](/upload/images/2%20Michael%20Gove%E2%80%99s%20Long-term%20plan%20for%20housing%20by%20Sarah%20Cox.jpg)
In July the Government committed to ‘a new era of regeneration, inner-city densification and housing delivery across England, with transformational plans...
16 December 2023
From: Features
![Time to stop wading through treacle: General Election must prioritise property digitisation drive](/upload/images/3%20Time%20to%20stop%20wading%20through%20treacle%20General%20Election%20must%20prioritise%20property%20digitisation%20drive%20by%20Andrew%20Lloyd.jpg)
The 2023 Autumn Budget, amongst its considerable 110 growth measures, contained an important announcement for the property sphere, with £3 million...
16 December 2023
From: Features
![Leasehold reform legislation still has ‘missing parts’ - warning](/upload/images/shutterstock_1155447730.jpg)
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is falling short of its own objectives, an industry executive has claimed. Linz Darlington, founder of...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold reform bill passes second reading](/upload/images/shutterstock_1155447730.jpg)
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill passed its second reading in Parliament last night. Housing minister Lee Rowley pledged that the legislation...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![How investing in a CRM is the best way to NTS compliance](/upload/images/Ricardo%20Dawson.png)
I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...
06 December 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Leasehold activists: Peppercorn ground rents are best reform option](/upload/images/shutterstock_1155447730.jpg)
Leasehold campaigners are urging anyone responding to the Government’s consultation on ground rents reform to boycott all options but capping them...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Housing Ombudsmen - our industry's new growth area](/upload/images/02%20shutterstock_1993087799.jpg)
It may be a measure of the government’s incompetence in the area of housing that two recent major announcements were sorely...
02 December 2023
From: Features
![Agents urged to check PI cover amid rise in cyberattacks](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals is urging estate agents across the UK to be on high alert as cyberattacks targeting the...