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10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Cladding scandal petition reaches key 10,000 signature stage](/upload/images/library/CladdingScandal2-400x310.png)
A petition calling on the government to set up an independent enquiry into the cladding crisis has reached a key 10,000...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Second Homes Targeted - government ‘preparing triple whammy blow’](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/RobertJenrick-400x310.jpg)
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
![Self-Build Homes - government backs call for 40,000 a year](/img/default/eat.png)
Proposals to resuscitate the self-build housing sector have been welcomed by the government. Conservative MP Richard Bacon has published an independent report...
24 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Appetite for home ownership proven by Help To Buy claims Jenrick](/img/default/eat.png)
Over 55,000 households bought homes through the government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme in the past financial year - a...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![EPC figure show new build homes more energy efficient says Jenrick](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of Energy Performance Certificates issued for new build homes in England rose 16 per cent in the year to...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ clarity over leasehold sales backed by Propertymark](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark has welcomed the move by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to help make certain leasehold flats more attractive to would-be buyers...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ Offices: masks no longer required - announcement soon](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents are to be told this week that employees can drop face masks, social distancing and other workplace measures put in...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents back First Homes - but should government do more to boost supply?](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ministry of Housing’s new headquarters is in … Wolverhampton](/img/default/eat.png)
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has revealed that what it calls its “second HQ” will be in Wolverhampton,...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![First time buyers snap up most Help To Buy new-builds](/img/default/eat.png)
Over 300,000 new-builds in England have been purchased using the government's Help to Buy Equity Loan since its launch in 2013. Of the...
19 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government unveils new bid to push forward ‘commonhold’ concept](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has set up a committee to push forward ideas on the collective form of homeownership known as commonhold. Housing Secretary...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![New Property Tax - consultation begins on 'cladding' tax proposal](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has launched a formal consultation process on a new residential property developer tax which is to contribute towards cladding...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ground rent scandal: Housebuilders bite back after attack by watchdog](/img/default/eat.png)
Two of Britain’s largest house builders have reacted sharply to calls by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and the Competition and Markets...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Two new property taxes announced by Housing Secretary](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has given details of two new taxes to provide funds to address the cladding problem on high rise tower blocks...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Unsellable: Thousands of flats remain impossible to mortgage or sell](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents and a wide range of property experts have demanded yet more government funds to end the cladding crisis that is...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agent launches petition for radical overhaul of house buying process](/img/default/eat.png)
An online petition has been started by an independent estate agent seeking a radical overhaul of how homes are sold in...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Will relaxed EWS1 safety checks allow thousands of flats to be sold?](/img/default/eat.png)
Safety checks which are apparently now preventing thousands of owners selling flats are to be eased - but there is confusion...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage holiday set to be extended as housing market stays open](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s one key takeaway for agents from the weekend’s announcements on the next England-wide lockdown - the housing market is staying...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![New sleaze allegation against Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick](/img/default/eat.png)
The Times has revealed new allegations concerning the behaviour of Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick. The Cabinet member has been under the spotlight...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing Secretary Jenrick confident of keeping job in reshuffle](/img/default/eat.png)
Controversial Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, tipped by some for sacking when the Cabinet is reshuffled next month, appears to be confident...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Confirmed: 30% discount for first time buyers under new scheme](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed that the First Homes scheme will provide newly built homes at a 30 per cent...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Going Up: two-storey extensions allowed without full consent](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Agency regulation: still no government action, one year on](/img/default/eat.png)
The recommendations to regulate and train the estate agency industry put forward a year ago remain on the Housing Secretary’s desk...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing Secretary Jenrick may be sacked shortly, says newspaper](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - currently at the centre of a planning controversy - could be sacked in a September Cabinet reshuffle. The...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Second politician named in Jenrick ‘cash for favours’ controversy](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing minister Chris Pincher has now been named in media investigations into allegations concerning his political boss, Robert Jenrick, and the...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Jenrick fails to show for key question as ‘cash for favours’ row grows](/img/default/eat.png)
Beleaguered Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is under growing pressure to explain his part in a planning decision - now deemed illegal...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Eviction ban extended for another two months](/img/default/eat.png)
The government is extending the eviction ban for a further two months. A tweet early this evening from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Police ‘assess’ Housing Secretary’s planning row as PM steers clear](/img/default/eat.png)
The Metropolitan Police says it’s “assessing” the controversial surrounding the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, and a planning decision over which he...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing Secretary Jenrick in hot water again as he admits bias](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - accused by some of breaking the lockdown some weeks ago - is now in more hot...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing ministers steer clear of Cummings row - until last evening](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing Minister Chris Pincher and Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick stayed well clear of the Dominic Cummings row over the weekend -...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents in England can return to work tomorrow!](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is expected to announce tomorrow that the housing market in England can resume with estate and letting...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Let Sales Resume! Pressure piles on government from agents and suppliers](/img/default/eat.png)
Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...
05 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide pleads to government to allow agents to return to work](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![New Homes Ombudsman announced (again) with banning powers](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has - once again - announced the introduction of a New Homes Ombudsman. The news came yesterday when Housing Secretary...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing Minister McVey to be sacked this week, briefings suggest](/img/default/eat.png)
Unsourced stories in a number of newspapers over the weekend - all likely to have come from government off-the-record briefings -...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Discounted homes for first time buyers scheme unveiled by government](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has announced its First Homes scheme - a policy under which it says some new homes will see their...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ Compulsory Qualifications: politicians to meet group this week](/img/default/eat.png)
The chair of the working group introducing mandatory examinations and qualifications for estate and letting agents says senior politicians will meet...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tory tiff prompts gossip about yet another new Housing Minister](/img/default/eat.png)
He’s a young and very wealthy up-and-coming MP in his 30s, a Cambridge graduate who also studied in the US and...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agent sells £53m of property within hours of General Election result](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tories give housing a major role at party conference next week](/img/default/eat.png)
The Conservative Party conference agenda, now published, gives the housing issue several bites of the cherry in Manchester next week. Housing minister...
24 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![First time buyers may get discounts if they buy locally, government says](/img/default/eat.png)
The Housing Secretary says he wants to make home ownership more affordable for first time buyers - which could mean discounts...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![High profile housing minister named - but how long will she last?](/img/default/eat.png)
Esther McVey is to be the new housing minister - one of the most seasoned politicians to take the job in...