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![Latest house-building figures just 50% of what Labour wants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/PropertyPlanning.png)
Figures from the National House Building Council show that housebuilding is currently running at only half the rate the new Labour...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Alarm Bells for Build To Rent as building starts show huge slump](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/Builders-400x310.png)
New analysis from the British Property Federation (BPF) shows a dramatic slump in the number of Build To Rent units started. Although...
17 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Cost Of Rent Day launched by free-market think tank](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
The right wing think tank the Adam Smith Institute has launched something called the Cost Of Rent Day. The institute has calculated...
17 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Over 100 Build To Rent units coming from Barratt Homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuildHomes-400x310.png)
A 101-home Built To Rent estate is being created by Barratt Homes in Cambridge, as part of a deal with BTR...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour housebuilding targets should be copied, lettings chief demands](/upload/images/shutterstock_709034560.jpg)
Scotland needs to match Labour’s English housebuilding target to tackle the country’s housing emergency according to a high profile lettings agency...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark lukewarm on Labour housing reforms](/upload/images/3%20shutterstock_1487630333.jpg)
Propertymark has struck a lukewarm tone in its response to Labour’s housing ambitions. The trade body says that to meet its manifesto...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour “serious about change” and “grasping the nettle” - top agent](/upload/images/shutterstock_739797655.jpg)
Labour’s proposed planning reforms indicates that the new government is serious about change and grasping the nettle on housebuilding. That’s the view...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Foreign-based tenants and investors targeted by high end lettings agency](/upload/images/shutterstock_2319482101.jpg)
High end lettings agency Hamptons has launched a new international department to woo overseas investors and tenants seeking rental properties in...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![RICS urges Labour to move fast on housing pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-3-400x310.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has congratulated Labour on forming the next government but says it must move quickly to...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s Housing Policies - next five years start today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![“Thousands of homes lost to Airbnb” claims Labour hopeful](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Thousands of homes in central London may have been lost to Airbnb and other short let platforms, a Labour candidate claims. Rachel...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings drives huge profits surge for 27-branch agency chain](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceRising_400x310.png)
London agency chain Dexters has reported a huge 23% rise in revenue to £181m - and much of that rise is...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Experts warn against corporates monopolising private rentals](/upload/images/shutterstock_467960120.jpg)
The decision of property developer Berkeley Group to enter the private rental sector is bad news for tenants, it’s claimed. Berkeley plans...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Call for a new Ministry of Housing with long-term minister](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
The next Government should create a separate Ministry of Housing and encourage MPs of all parties to work together to solve...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lomond acquires well known south of England agency chain](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Lomond has announced yet another acquisition, this time expanding its presence across the south coast with by snapping up Mishon Mackay. The...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants skip food and heat to pay rent, claims industry group](/upload/images/shutterstock_2051940527.jpg)
The Deposit Protection Service's charitable foundation claims that a significant proportion of tenants who have recently moved are cutting back on...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech - Zoopla parent firm launches transaction platform](/upload/images/shutterstock_1108145474.jpg)
Houseful - the company which operates Zoopla amongst other industry brands - has launched Movemnt, which it describes as “a national...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter backs Labour eviction and housing policies](/upload/images/shutterstock_1690158259.jpg)
Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 to be scrapped by Labour immediately](/upload/images/shutterstock_2189665543.jpg)
Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Distinctly Underwhelmed by Tories’ manifesto pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Word-for-Word - Conservative Rental and Housing Manifesto Pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s big idea to shift first time buyers from rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Labour is launching a new Freedom to Buy scheme to get 80,000 young people on the housing ladder, over the next...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent pleads with landlords to believe in buy to let](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
The director of a London lettings agency says buy to let landlords are entitled to feel downtrodden but claims it’s still...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Your Move emailing agents to urge them to become franchisees](/upload/images/shutterstock_2325312031.jpg)
Your Move – part of LSL, which last year underwent a radical restructuring - is trying to woo existing agents and...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Forget party policies - check interest rate movement](/upload/images/shutterstock_2355420851(1).jpg)
A prominent housing market analyst says people shouldn’t bother reading election literature but instead study interest rates if they want to...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent provider claims record breaking rental unit growth](/upload/images/shutterstock_1778683922.jpg)
Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital says it’s enjoyed a record breaking period of growth. Over 2023 and so far in 2024...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove Money-Making Machine set to hike agent fees again](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket claims parity with Rightmove for new-build listings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-2-400x310.png)
It claims that “following a significant increase in the number of new homes advertised on the site” its new build listings...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lloyds Banking Group rental project now has 2,000 properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring more than 150 new family homes to the rental market in...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Political Chaos is perfect time to ditch rent controls - housing bodies](/upload/images/shutterstock_2414859941.jpg)
The political chaos in Scotland presents sensible politicians with an ideal chance to resent housing policies and ditch rent controls. That’s the...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent claims it already conforms with Reform Bill ideals](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Acquisition of agency network, 60 staff and 1,100 lettings portfolio](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
An agency has snapped up a substantial regional firm involving 60 staff, 1,100 properties under management, as well as commercial, new...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Managing agent bags hundreds of homes in new deal with L&G](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/UKHomesTraditional-400x310.png)
Property management and facilities firm Pinnacle is to become the leading managing agent for Legal & General Affordable Homes. In recent weeks, the...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election hopeful demands New Towns to solve housing shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Labour must build “a new generation of New Towns” if it gets into government, according to a parliamentary candidate linked to...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Brownfield Development isn’t the only answer, agents tell government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/1%20RVG%20announces%20%C2%A32bn%20plan%20to%20build%205000%20new%20homes%20-%20PIT%20Construction-400x310.png)
Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket expansion continues as it signs large multi-branch agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Bank aims to support building of new rental homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-3-400x310.png)
NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Rental Crisis - big rise in countryside lets as rural house prices soar](/upload/images/shutterstock_1438059821.jpg)
England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hamptons uses Connells link to woo investor buyers](/upload/images/shutterstock_1918177808.jpg)
Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech sector gives a thumbs down to lacklustre Budget](/upload/images/shutterstock_562475698.jpg)
The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build More Homes! Agents in new desperate plea to government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/1%20RVG%20announces%20%C2%A32bn%20plan%20to%20build%205000%20new%20homes%20-%20PIT%20Construction-400x310.png)
Propertymark has again urged the UK government to continue with its target of building 300,000 new homes in England a year...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Report downplays ‘posh’ image of Build To Rent flats and tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks boss slams Tories in unexpected attack](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![70 Not Out! Agency celebrates seven decades of service](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_524678782.jpg)
Lettings and sales agency Gascoines is this week celebrating 70 years of serving the property market in Nottinghamshire. Founded by Doug Gascoine...
08 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove snaps up rental-focussed reviews website](/upload/images/shutterstock_2166900137.jpg)
A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tens of thousands of new homes built on flood plains, claims insurer](/upload/images/2051783474.png)
New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![House builders overwhelmingly want Labour to win General Election](/upload/images/383356447.png)
A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Council sets up own agency to let and manage private rentals](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
Winchester council is setting up its own agency to let and manage privately rented homes. Venta Living pledges to provide “high quality,...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![High-profile agent joins top table of Single Family Rental body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Rhodri Evans, director of land and new homes at Andrews Property Group, has been named as one of several industry figures...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill causing unease amongst investors - agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Half of prime London new builds in 2023 went to foreign investors - agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-2-400x310.png)
Strutt & Parker’s London New Homes staff attribute 50 per cent of their market this year as dollar-based - 30 per...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents slam government house building failures as rental supply drops](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPC Change On The Way? New energy ratings planned by government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government slammed over clampdown on Airbnb and short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove shares rise as it takes even more money from agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2145128675(1).jpg)
Property portal Rightmove has increased its key revenue target in a bullish set of results which shows it has not been...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![New boss for controversial John Lewis private rental initiative](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
A new director of property has been named by the John Lewis Partnership, to lead its controversial Build To Rent initiative. Martin...
16 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gas Boiler Ban Delay - very few backed original idea](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BoilerInspection_1-400x310.png)
Fewer than one in five homeowners support the government’s plans to ban gas boilers in new homes by 2025, with 83...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Foot Off The Gas - boiler ban deadline may be eased](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BoilerInspection_1-400x310.png)
The Times is reporting that a delay to the controversial ban on gas boilers is being considered by the government as...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘Super Office’ created by long-standing city lettings agency](/upload/images/shutterstock_1727882452.jpg)
A long-established agency has created what it calls a “super office” in its city. John Payne Estate Agents, which has been active...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![John Lewis private rental bid faces “extreme challenges”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lloyds Bank names agency to manage its private rental stock](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agent1-400x310.png)
Lloyds Banking Group has announced the lettings agency chain that it wants to look after its upcoming Build To Rent units. The...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Impossible? The housing target Gove and Sunak must hit](/upload/images/shutterstock_1559871887.jpg)
Research from a property developer suggests that the government needs to deliver an average of 67,500 new homes a quarter by...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Leading agency bosses to star in portal podcast for movers](/upload/images/shutterstock_1433456582.jpg)
Prominent figures from Foxtons and Chestertons are amongst the agency leaders featured on a new six-part podcast series from OnTheMarket. Hosted by...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council Tax premium 'not enough to return homes to rental sector'](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
Council tax premiums being considered in Wales would be insufficient to persuade short let and holiday home owners to move their...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents tell Gove they’re disappointed with housing pledges](/upload/images/shutterstock_2083876012.jpg)
Propertymark has branded the plans by Housing Secretary Michael Gove to increase housebuilding “disappointing”. Nathan Emerson, Propertymark chief executive, says: “The UK...
26 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![John Lewis pushes into private rental market with 800 homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
John Lewis is pushing ahead with its commitment to build and manage rental homes as part of a drive which it...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Surcharge triggers long-term slump in off-plan sales](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
Off-plan new build properties - at one time a solid favourite amongst landlords - are now falling out of favour with...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shock data shows how Green Belt could slash housing shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
A development site sourcing firm claims that reclassifying just one per cent of England’s Green Belt could unlock space for almost...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - politicians demand series of extra restrictions](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency’s outspoken attack on government planning policy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/UKStreetHousing-400x310.png)
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
![Labour supports rent controls - and opposes them](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent_Freeze-400x310.png)
Senior Labour figures have come out with sharply opposing views on whether the party backs rent controls. Shabana Mahmood, a senior MP...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Anger over Airbnbs and holiday lets needing planning consent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental market is badly out of balance warns agents’ leader](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
The number of new prospective tenants registering per Propertymark member branch held at 91 in February - very close to last...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings growth is bright spot for agency after big profits fall](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_542055781.jpg)
Pre-tax profits for Connells Group have plummeted from £111.3m in 2021 to £67.5m last year - but its lettings division has...
02 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Are EPCs reliable for estimating energy efficiency?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenHome-400x310.png)
Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Latest Build To Rent scheme is 22-storey block of flats](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
The latest Build To Rent scheme announced by the UK’s largest listed rental homes firm is in fact a 22 storey...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![High profile lettings supremo takes new role at agency group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Recruitment-400x310.png)
The man who led the sale of prominent lettings agency Finders Keepers to Countrywide has landed a new role as group...
13 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Massive expansion for Build To Rent as operator acquires 11 sites](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital Group Limited has announced plans to deliver 865 new homes across 11 sites around the...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency’s new dedicated lettings team for rejuvenated London area](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London2-400x310.png)
Agency launches dedicated lettings team for rejuvenated London area Savills has launched a dedicated residential lettings office in an area of prime...
31 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Regional franchise firm expands after snapping up independent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
CJ Hole, part of The Property Franchise Group, has expanded with the acquisition of an independent firm in Bristol. CJ Hole owner...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Energy Efficiency Regs will reduce housing supply - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Housebuilders have branded a west country council’s decision to ask for all new homes to be net zero as ‘unaffordable' and...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surprise coup for UK agency as Christie’s names it ‘exclusive UK affiliate’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/prime%20London(695%20%C3%97%20395px)%20(400%20%C3%97%20310px).jpg)
Global luxury real estate brand Christie’s International Real Estate has signed Carter Jonas as its exclusive affiliate in the United Kingdom. Carter...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Net Zero Targets - Why no help for private rental sector to meet them?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Low_EPC-400x310.png)
Propertymark is querying why there’s no help for the private rental sector to meet energy efficiency targets expressed in a new...
17 January 2023
From: Breaking News
!['Post-Covid Lifestyle' pioneered by Build To Rent offering](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculated_400x310.png)
Legal & General - one of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players - has struck a deal with new build...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Massive scale of Build To Rent revealed by top investor's figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Legal & General Capital helped fund over 17,000 new homes last year across a range of tenures, chiefly Build To Rent. Chief...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government consultation launches to improve safety post-Grenfell](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
The government claims buildings will be made safer under new proposals including compulsory second staircases for new tower blocks. It says this...
28 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Gove leans on competitions watchdog to probe house builders](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove2-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has sent a letter to the Competitions and Markets Authority saying the watchdog is independent - but...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb registration and short lets planning consent under consideration](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![John Lewis reveals details of huge rental residential developments](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ConstructionBlueprints-400x310.png)
The John Lewis Partnership has agreed a £500m multi-decade joint venture with global investment company abrdn to deliver around 1,000 new...
05 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Build More Homes Now! Agency chief demands action](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
The head of an estate agency and property investment firm says the government should do more to reform the rental sector...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sunak is new PM - here's what we know about his housing policies](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Rishi%20Sunak%2003_400x310.png)
Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Starmer’s Labour issues threat to buy to let with new restrictions](/upload/images/library/Labour-logo400x310.png)
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer picked on the buy to let and holiday home sectors as targets for future restrictions, in...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Larger homes taking bigger share of Build To Rent market - new figures](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/uk-housing400x310.png)
Increased demand and investor appetite for purpose built Single Family Rental schemes have seen this niche market grow at scale, according...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lomond Group agency snaps up independent’s lettings book](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransaction-400x310.jpg)
A prominent brand in the Lomond Group - Linley & Simpson - has expanded its portfolio by over 600 properties in...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![New branch opens as franchisees celebrate three years with brand](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-Newspaper-400x310.jpg)
The franchise owners of a Parkers branch have marked their third year under the brand by opening a second office. Brendan and...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Town votes on ban for new homes being sold as holiday lets](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EnglishHolidayHome-400x310.jpg)
The famous seaside town of Whitby in Yorkshire has voted in a referendum considering a ban on new build properties being...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Right To Buy extension plans criticised as “laughable … unworkable”](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EvictionNotice-400x310-min.jpeg)
A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents letting high-rise flats ‘must engage with residents over safety’](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CladdingScandal3-400x310.png)
Propertymark says one lasting legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is that agents letting properties in high rise blocks must engage...