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We all know what defines a successful community: not just a range of homes to address a range of requirements, but...
20 July 2024
From: Features
The Single-Family Rental (SFR) sector is experiencing rapid growth in the UK, presenting a unique opportunity for local lettings and estate...
13 July 2024
From: Features
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
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
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
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
A new report sheds light on the future of UK town centres, presenting a roadmap for the revitalisation and repurposing of...
25 May 2024
From: Features
Both 'beauty' and ‘gentle density’ are central themes of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).. The notes which accompany the NPPF state...
23 March 2024
From: Features
North Berwick in East Lothian, has been named the best place to live in the annual Sunday Times Best Places to Live...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
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
Propertymark has backed the launch of the Government’s £80m brownfield regeneration scheme. Councils across England can now bid for a share of...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The borough of Richmond upon Thames in London has been crowned the happiest place to live in Great Britain, according to...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Three major agency brands have unveiled high-profile appointments this week. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature here, email...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Over a hundred years before the climate emergency became a global concern, it was recognised that, ‘He who plants a tree,...
28 October 2023
From: Features
Build to Rent (BTR) is the UK’s fastest-growing sector and this trend looks set to continue throughout 2023 and beyond. The...
23 September 2023
From: Features
Twenty-minute neighbourhoods, 15-minute cities, low traffic neighbourhoods, walkable neighbourhoods: these concepts are suddenly everywhere. They boil down to a simple idea:...
16 September 2023
From: Features
And suddenly it’s autumn. It’s just six weeks before the clocks change, days are getting shorter and - the real sign...
09 September 2023
From: Features
Agents are being urged to take extra care when dealing with sales on behalf of someone who lacks mental capacity. Kate Stockdale,...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
It is no secret that our climate is getting warmer. 2022 was one of the six warmest years on record globally,...
31 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Andrew Jones, Group Director, Corporate Lettings & Build to Rent, Leaders Romans Group (LRG) In the past 10 years, the Build to...
29 July 2023
From: Features
The Government has set out yet another attempt to meet it manifesto commitment to build 1m homes over this Parliament. Prime Minister...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
According to the latest English Housing Survey, there were 495,000 second homes in the UK in 2018/19 – a figure said...
15 July 2023
From: Features
MPs have cast doubt on the Government’s ability to achieve its target of 300,000 new homes per year by the mid-2020s...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Higher interest rates have already softened UK prime regional markets but cities are proving resilient, Savills claims. Research by the agent shows...
03 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A lack of direction and constant shifts in planning policy at local and national government level is putting a block on...
15 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Recent tragic deaths of women walking home alone, notably Sarah Everard, have highlighted the need to address gender inequality in the...
25 March 2023
From: Features
So next week we get to know how high housing is on the Government’s list of priorities. As we wait to see...
11 March 2023
From: Features
Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers has begun replacing its fleet of cars with electric vehicles. It comes as a clean air zone is...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The ‘race for space’ may not have been as significant a contest as first thought, new data suggests. Figures from property data...
15 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The ‘race for space’ is over and the property market is returning to pre-pandemic levels, Nicky Stevenson claims. Stevenson, managing director of...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Property demand has halved but the slowdown is focused on the previously popular rural and coastal areas, Zoopla has revealed. Higher mortgage...
22 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank’s London New Homes team has ended the year on a record-breaking high, following a successful run of sales over the...
22 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Hamptons is returning to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2023 following last year’s Gold win. The agency brand is sponsoring a...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...
12 November 2022
From: Features
One of the stranger stories emerging from the fallout of Kwasi Kwarteng’s sacking last Friday has been news that someone in...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Good estate agents are always busy, we get that, but the constant juggling of tasks that could be outsourced to others...
27 September 2022
From: Sponsored Content
Agents and property professionals have backed the creation of Investment Zones to help boost housebuilding but have called for more clarity...
26 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The property jobs market hasn't taken a summer holiday this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took place during...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Despite all the controversy surrounding it in recent years, and various government attempts to address the leasehold scandal, new research from...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Another ‘prestigious’ London location has been added to the Fine & Country roster, with Teddington the latest to open a branch...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Greg Clark, who is also the Levelling Up Secretary, has been caught up in the storm surrounding Rishi Sunak...
08 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A few weeks ago, we saw widespread disruption due to record breaking 40°C heat in the UK. The extreme temperatures caused...
06 August 2022
From: Features
The government is being urged to not just treat housebuilding as a numbers game. It comes as the Department for Levelling Up,...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News
National estate agency and advisory company Fisher German has merged with commercial property consultancy Matthews & Goodman. The merger creates one of...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Rural areas are dominating the boost in property supply. Agents have reported an improvement in sales stock in recent weeks. Analysis by Knight...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The number of areas where the average house sale price exceeded £500,000 has surpassed 15% of Great Britain for the first...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
House price growth is expected to hit single digits by the end of the year as the cost of living crisis...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
Boomin has unveiled its latest round of paying agents. The challenger portal, launched by former Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce, has revealed 10...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Savills suggests that London is returning to its role as the dominant element in the high end housing market in the...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A so-called Climate Innovation District is to be constructed in central Leeds with low carbon homes at its heart. The developer Citu...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent trade body says the property industry must do more to recognise and support those with mental health issues. The Association...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The rental market is recalibrating after Covid, and this is evident in the latest data from Zoopla’s rental index. For 18 months...
23 February 2022
From: Features
Normally estate agents are rightly proud of their professional abilities to provide expertise to vendors when it comes to selling -...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The total value of all UK homes broke the £8 trillion barrier in 2021 according to Savills - and London is...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...
22 January 2022
From: Features
A wealth tax on overseas owners of UK homes could raise £5 billion a year to help local people buy their...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The number of locations where average house prices still stand at below £150,000 has shrunk by 28 per cent in recent...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The government should reset planning policy and scrap proposals for thousands of new homes in high-risk flood areas. The think-tank Localis, in...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Sir David Amess, murdered at a constituency surgery last month, may have an unexpected housing market legacy for his constituents. To commemorate...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News
At first glance, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech earlier this week didn’t offer much from a property perspective. But digging down a little...
30 October 2021
From: Features
We have all heard the terrible forecasts and listened to Sir David Attenborough’s speeches on the environment and the “we still...
30 October 2021
From: Features
A part of the Connells Group is telling the new Housing Secretary that he and his government “must do more” to...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Fund-raising takes all sorts of shapes and sizes and this week we have a splendid selection proving that point. Don’t miss out...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News
As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...
29 September 2021
From: Features
We may be getting an extended summer but agents haven’t just been basking in the heatwave. There has been plenty of goodwill...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Buyers are getting less square foot for their money when buying a property. Research by insurer Churchill has found that the average...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...
11 September 2021
From: Features
House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed. HM Revenue and Customs...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...
14 August 2021
From: Features
Over a fifth of properties have risen in value by more than the average salary according to a calculation made by...
16 July 2021
From: Breaking News
London-focussed agency Winkworth - which has around 60 of its 100 franchise branches in the capital - has now opened another...
25 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The youngsRPS agency now has a fifth branch in the north of England - it’s in Darlington and will cover the...
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News
House prices have soared 10.9 per cent in the past year - the highest level since 2014 - according to the...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News
An analysis of over 1.6m listings by Rightmove shows a big return to normality - demand for smaller city centre properties...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A think tank claims that ‘urban flight’ - when people leave cities and head for towns and villages - is merely a...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News
As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...
21 April 2021
From: Features
The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...
03 April 2021
From: Features
One year on from the UK’s first stay-at-home order, London has been overtaken as the most searched-for location on Rightmove, according...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A prominent estate agent has warned buyers and sellers about the perils of the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA is now...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News
At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...
30 January 2021
From: Features
A new estate agency listing historic houses is to have “a select group of creatives and thinkers” that will assist in the...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News
With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content
London and other urban areas dominate the league table of locations seeing the biggest house price rises of 2020. This is despite...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics. The...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Another day, another house price record as the bull market continues. The latest Halifax index shows prices surging 7.6 per cent to...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...
28 November 2020
From: Features
We’re just a few days from December so why not get into the festive spirit a little early and get some...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The soon-to-launch Boomin portal has signed up a national firm and now claims to have recruited 40 per cent of the...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News
What’s the happiest place in Britain? Rightmove has the answer. In a new ‘Happy At Home’ index calculated by the portal and...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The Home website, which publishes a detailed monthly snapshot of the market, has raised the alarm over London because of a...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Just when you thought the housing market was beginning to calm down... along comes a likely vaccine for Coronavirus. One of the country’s...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to your regular Friday charity round-up from the industry - appropriately enough on the day of the latest...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Some 713 estate agency branches have failed to reopen following the spring lockdown according to a business consultancy. TwentyCi says that is the...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...
10 October 2020
From: Features
The regional agency group which master-minded the Say No To Rightmove campaign has made a big commitment to the future of...