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![Charity proposes buyer bans and Stamp Duty overhaul](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty_400x310.png)
A high-profile charity is calling for a Stamp Duty overhaul, local buyer restrictions and extra charges on property purchases by landlords...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Joe Biden’s housing market - well, it’s just like over here…](/img/default/eat.png)
With a new President elected and the old one reluctant to move out, this is a good time to see how...
14 November 2020
From: Features
![Property Natter: will the real Housing Minister please stand up?](/img/default/eat.png)
Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...
02 February 2019
From: Features
![Dominic Raab - another one bites the dust](/img/default/eat.png)
Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what it feels like! The resignation of the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...
21 July 2018
From: Features
![Major estate agencies in secret project to try to end delays in chains](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate Agent Today understands several major national agencies and some smaller operators are involved in a project to understand why transaction...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Here we go again - another '£1m home' is offered as a raffle prize](/img/default/eat.png)
As the £1m-plus housing market continues to struggle in most parts of the country, so the use of stunts and gimmicks...
18 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![What next for property in 2018?](/img/default/eat.png)
What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...
30 December 2017
From: Features
![Housing minister Sharma at centre of Twitter and speech disputes](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing minister Alok Sharma has blocked some of his Twitter followers, accusing them of “abusive language”. Sharma has a relatively modest 9,169 followers...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Google building homes - another act of ultra-diversification](/img/default/eat.png)
It was only a couple of weeks ago that I was writing about the Google City, in Toronto, and now the...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![James Dearsley: Enough about Purplebricks, let’s talk printing bricks](/img/default/eat.png)
It has been a busy week for investment in PropTech businesses and no doubt you have already got reading fatigue about...
08 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housing must remain top of the government’s agenda](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Countrywide sets housing challenges for London mayoral candidates](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide has taken the unusual step, for an estate agency group, of stepping into next year’s London mayoral election by setting...
22 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![The weather outside is frightful – A new starter home would be delightful](/img/default/eat.png)
So this weekend some of us will see our first snow of the season. Harsh weather, Christmas adverts and winter generally...
20 November 2015
From: Features
![Build To Rent – What we learn from Germany and the US](/img/default/eat.png)
I make no apologies for returning to Build To Rent, the institutional investment in building and managing blocks of flats to...