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![Green Belt and Labour - broad industry support for new approach](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
There’s been broad support from within the agency and wider property sectors for Labour’s proposal to build on selected parts of...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Guarded support for Labour's 'grey belt' plans](/upload/images/5%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Weekend%20features%20-%20guarded%20support%20for%20Labours%20grey%20belt%20by%20EAT%20Team.png)
Keir Starmer set out Labour’s policy for housebuilding this week and targeted ‘ugly’ parts of the Green Belt. It will be a...
20 April 2024
From: Features
![Propertymark proposes ‘infrastructure-first’ approach to housing supply](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Propertymark has urged the UK Government to consider other ways of boosting the supply of homes for purchase. The Government has two...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Brownfield building sites ‘not silver bullet’ to solve housing crisis - warning](/upload/images/shutterstock_769272595.jpg)
Building on brownfield sites may not be the silver bullet it is made out to be, the government has been warned. Housing...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Michael Gove’s Wasted Opportunity](/upload/images/__thumbs/1%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViews%20(002)%20Michael%20Gove%20wastes%20opportunity%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.jpg/1%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViews%20(002)%20Michael%20Gove%20wastes%20opportunity%20by%20Graham%20Norwood__400x194.jpg)
Talk about a wasted opportunity. The Conservative party conference - just finished, and possibly the last one before a General Election -...
07 October 2023
From: Features
![Why we need a reasoned approach to Green Belt release](/upload/images/2%20Weekend%20features%20-%20Why%20we%20need%20a%20reasoned%20approach%20to%20Green%20Belt%20release%20by%20Ian%20Barnett%2C%20National%20Land%20Director%2C%20Leaders%20Romans%20Group%20(LRG).jpg)
Keir Starmer’s announcement about building on the Green Belt attracted some contentious headlines. It immediately thrust housing and planning into the...
26 August 2023
From: Features
![PropTech Today - By laying stable foundations today we will reap infinite possibilities](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
From valuations to viewings, conveyancing to completions, technology has transformed our sector dramatically and permanently. After comparatively slow beginnings, PropTech really took...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Less space for more money as house sizes shrink over time](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-2-400x310.png)
Homes have decreased in size every decade since the 1950s, despite house prices rising exponentially, according to new data. Intriguingly the average...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Housing Secretary: UK property supply and standards are broken](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/UKHomesTraditional-400x310.png)
The property market is broken, Housing Secretary Michael Gove acknowledged yesterday. Despite the Conservative Party being in power since 2010, Gove insisted...
04 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - 2023? Keep calm and carry on](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
Happy New Year, to you all. Now that we’re all back in harness and Christmas feels like a long-distant memory, I...
14 January 2023
From: Features
![Ex-PM and Home Secretary raise housing issues in Parliament](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ex-Home Secretary Priti Patel had around three years in Government to sort out housing but...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![EAT poll: Who do agents back as the next Prime Minister?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/TrussSunak-400x310.png)
A quarter of agents have indicated they may prefer Rishi Sunak as the next Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister –...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Housing Reform proposals to change economy by 2030](/upload/images/library/GovernmentImage-400x310.jpg)
The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Budget 2021 aftermath - did the chancellor target property for tax revenue?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Tax-400x310.png)
In the Autumn Budget on Wednesday 27 October, very few impending tax hikes were revealed by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak –...
06 November 2021
From: Features
![Autumn Budget: will Sunak’s pledges create opportunities for agents in the new-build sector?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/RishiSunak-400x310.jpg)
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
![Portals hit out at lack of details over pledges for new homes](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
There’s been some cynicism amongst the industry in response to new homes promises made by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in yesterday’s Budget. Sunak...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Budget: Details of business rate changes and new development tax](/upload/images/library/house-prices-rise400x310.png)
The Budget has proven more generous than many expected - and with most property taxation left unchanged. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Connells tells Gove he “must do more” to build new homes](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove2-400x310.png)
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
![Housing market’s Gold medal performance in ex-Olympic locations](/upload/images/library/RowOfHouses-400x310.jpg)
As the Tokyo Olympics draws to a close this weekend, the Nationwide Building Society has analysed long-term capital appreciation in locations regenerated...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![The government’s PropTech plans have the potential to be good news for agents](/img/default/eat.png)
In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...
14 December 2019
From: Features
![General election 2019: The housing crisis remains a top issue](/img/default/eat.png)
With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...
07 December 2019
From: Features
![Housing minister declares “digital revolution” for land and CPOs](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing minister Esther McVey says Compulsory Purchase Orders and brownfield land registers are to be made digitally transparent. This will allow CPO...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![It’s time to put an end to the ‘housing crisis’](/img/default/eat.png)
At the start of February, Nationwide suggested that the housing market was picking up. Last week, RICS reported on its continued...
17 February 2018
From: Features
![Housing agency launched with aim of 300,000 new homes a year](/img/default/eat.png)
A new national housing agency – Homes England – has been launched by the newly-rebadged Ministry of Housing Communities and Local...
12 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: it’s time to party (political-style)](/img/default/eat.png)
In this week’s Natter I’m going to get all political. Don’t worry, I won’t be giving my opinions on Brexit, Trump...
02 September 2017
From: Features
![General election 2017: Facing the UK’s housing crisis](/img/default/eat.png)
Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...
03 June 2017
From: Features
![Developers want SDLT and tax changes reversed to boost sales](/img/default/eat.png)
More than three quarters of developers want to see the government go into reverse on its stamp duty and mortgage interest...
13 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Experts give sceptical welcome to government new homes pledge](/img/default/eat.png)
The government’s blizzard of New Year announcements about new homes has received a distinctly frosty welcome from many within the property...
04 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![2017 will see 200,000 new homes built for first time since 2008 - Redrow](/img/default/eat.png)
2017 is set to be the first year since 2008 that the UK constructs 200,000 new homes, suggests Redrow, one of...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![London mayoral election: A referendum on housing](/img/default/eat.png)
The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...
29 April 2016
From: Features
![Councils hold the key to affordable housing crisis, says land agent](/img/default/eat.png)
An agency which specialises in land is calling on local councils to play a greater part in the push to create...
17 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Government clampdown on slow planners in bid to get more new homes](/img/default/eat.png)
The government is telling councils to produce local plans for new homes in their area by 2017 – or Whitehall will...
13 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Government fund to encourage more starter homes](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has launched a £26m fund for house builders and developers to demonstrate the range of high quality homes appropriate...
11 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Agents give enthusiastic thumbs-up to planning reforms](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents have given an enthusiastic endorsement to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposals to help boost housing building totals through changes to...
13 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Agency figures make last-gasp pleas to Osborne](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate and letting agents and other figures in the property industry have been making their last-minute calls on Chancellor George Osborne...
08 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Property industry reacts to Housing Bill](/img/default/eat.png)
The new government has announced its legislative plans for housing in the coming year. In the first all-Conservative Queen’s Speech since 1996,...
28 May 2015
From: Breaking News
![Letter from the Publisher: Are brownfield sites the solution to the UK’s housing shortage?](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been much debate in recent years about Britain’s desperate need for more housing stock. Demand has been outstripping supply...